Admission

Malaysia (2013)
England and Wales (2012)

Education

University of Nottingham (LLB Honours)
Bar Professional Training Course, Nottingham Trent University

Nimisha has worked with multinational companies and large corporations in manoeuvring intricacies through general litigation, as well as where employer-employee relationships and their legal entanglements are concerned.

Nimisha’s key areas of expertise include commercial disputes, director and shareholder disputes, recovery of debt and loans, employment disputes and advisory, regulatory compliance, advisory on contract interpretations, court sanctions for mergers and amalgamations, advocacy (interlocutory and trial), and arbitration.

Nimisha has been involved in many complex trial and appellate Court disputes in Malaysia, including Industrial Court disputes, and is experienced in handling international and domestic arbitration matters.

Amongst others, Nimisha has handled a highly complex trial for a public listed company at the High Court for claims of breach of fiduciary duties, fraud, and negligence against their former directors; handled and succeeded in a complex trial for an airlines company at the Sessions Court for claims of fraud against their former employees in a covert scheme engineered by these former employees; and represented and handled trial preparation for an airlines company in an unfair dismissal claim involving a fraudulent transaction performed by the claimant.

Nimisha has acted for industry leaders across a range of sectors and industries including aviation, education, food and beverage, information technology, luxury, fashion, manufacture, and water technology.

Notable Work Highlights
Represented and advising our client, a subsidiary of one of Asia’s leading regional building materials groups, in Court proceedings surrounding the successful exercise of the Client’s lawful right to possession of its land and eviction proceedings against unlawful occupants.
Representing a leading Malaysian sugar producer in commencing legal proceedings against former employee for, among others, breach of confidence.
Representing a large American water technology company in an appeal commenced by the opposing party against the High Court decision dismissing his judicial review application.
Representing and assisting in defending an international company against an unfair dismissal claim premised on the company’s decision to conduct a retrenchment exercise.
Advised an international company in defending against an employee’s demand for damages against the company’s subsidiary pursuant to sexual harassment allegations levelled against former employees of the subsidiary.
Representing our clients, an award-winning engineering and construction group and others, in defending a suit commenced against them for activities performed by them, for allegations of negligence, nuisance, trespass, and / or pollution to the plaintiff’s fish breeding farm.
Handled a complex trial for a public listed company at the High Court for claims of breach of fiduciary duties, fraud and negligence against their former directors.
Represented and advised the client, a subsidiary of one of Asia’s leading property development groups, in defending against a suit filed for alleged encroachment and trespass on land around construction site which procured a favourable outcome for the client.
Representing and advising our client, one of the largest oil and gas companies globally, on their objection towards compensation awarded by the Land Administrator on a compulsory acquisition of the Client’s land.
Handled and succeeded in a complex trial for an airlines company at the Sessions Court for claims of fraud against their former employees in a covert scheme engineered by these former employees.
Represented a well-known wellness company in Malaysia in an international arbitration involving a joint venture with a Korean company.
Represented a leading utilities company in Malaysia in various arbitrations and court proceedings, including injunctions, which involved the supply of chilled water and the interpretation of agreements concerning the same.
Representing and advising the client, a subsidiary of one of Asia’s leading regional building materials groups, in Court proceedings surrounding a legal suit filed against the client, the Director General of the Land and Mines Office and the State Government to, among others, invalidate the Client’s ownership over its Land.
Represented and handled the trial for an airlines company in an unfair dismissal claim involving a fraudulent transaction performed by the claimant.
Represented and handled a complex Industrial Court dispute by members of a trade union in respect of their dismissal by the Company.
Advising the largest mainline carrier in the world on the manner in which its employment relationship should be managed with its employees during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown imposed by the Malaysian government.
Assisted a major global energy company specialising in oil, gas, and renewable energy solutions in obtaining an injunction against lessors and in proceedings to secure the renewal of its lease.
Advising the largest university press in the world on the law surrounding a retrenchment exercise in Malaysia in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Advising a Dutch beverage company on the manner in which its employment relationship should be managed with its employees during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown imposed by the Malaysian government, and on misconduct and the processes to be adopted by the client in acting against the targeted employees.
Advising a British multinational information technology company and rendering assistance for the preparation of documentation to conduct an employee transfer.
Representing our client, an energy and petrochemical company, in a civil suit to enforce their contractual right to renew a lease, raising key issues on lease renewal rights and their implications under the National Land Code.
Advised a multinational client on the transfer of their employees in respect of a corporate merger exercise.
Advised and assisted a renowned company on the crafting and reviewing of their sexual harassment and disciplinary policies which would be rolled out to their employees.
Professional Associations
  1. Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya
  2. Malaysian Bar
  3. Honorable Society of Middle Temple
  4. Bar of England and Wales
Awards and Accolades

ALB Malaysia 
Rising Star (2021-2022)

asialaw Profiles and Leading Lawyers 
Rising Star, Labour and Employment (2024-2025) 
Rising Star, Dispute Resolution (2024-2025)

Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific 
Up and Coming, Employment & Industrial Relations (2026) 

Benchmark Litigation

Future Star, Labour and Employment (2025)

 

The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 
Next GenerationPartner, Labour and Employment (2022-2026)