Areas of Practice

Energy
Insurance
Intellectual Property

Contact

Tel (Sec)
03 2164 0200
ext 156

E-mail

 

 

About Lim Kock Hooi

Lim Kock Hooi is the present Managing Partner of the firm since January 2009. He was previously Senior Legal Counsel with PETRONAS, the national oil company of Malaysia, for 7 years, acting as legal adviser on upstream oil and gas contracts and petroleum-related joint ventures within Malaysia and in the South East Asian region.

Prior to being legal counsel with PETRONAS, he practised as a petroleum geologist for 8 years, being largely involved in acreage evaluation within Malaysia and South East Asia in the later part of his career. As a result of his varied experience in a legal/commercial/technical environment, he is familiar with relevant issues in the petroleum industry from different perspectives.

He joined Azman, Davidson & Co as a partner in 1996.

Qualifications and Admissions

  • BSc (Hons) in Applied Geology, University of Malaya (1981)
  • LLB (Hons) University of London (1988)
  • Certificate in Legal Practice (1989)
  • Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya (1997)
  • Registered Patent Agent
  • Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Areas of Practice

Kock Hooi’s areas of practice include project work in a variety of infrastructures and commercial environments ranging from energy construction to engineering/construction insurance claims. He is proficient in English, Malay and Mandarin.

Experience

Major matters Kock Hooi has handled include the following:

  • Upstream petroleum and services contracts.
  • EPC and project management contracts.
  • Procurement issues.
  • Petroleum arrangements for joint development in overlapping boundary claims areas.
  • Energy & construction insurance claims.