Lim Kock Hooi is the 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.
