INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (IP)

At Wong Partnership, we advise developers, contractors, subcontractors, consultants, project owners and financiers on complex construction and engineering projects across Malaysia and the region.

Wong Partnership provides comprehensive legal services to clients in the construction and engineering sectors whereby our scope of work encompasses the drafting, review and finalisation of a wide range of contract documents, including design-and-build/turnkey arrangements, building contracts, technical assistance agreements, joint venture agreements, franchise agreements, contracts for services, non-disclosure agreements, partnership agreements, share sale agreements and shareholders’ agreements.

From project inception to completion, and where necessary, dispute resolution, our team provides, commercially grounded, technically precise and execution-focused legal support to safeguard project viability and investment value. Our firm oftenrepresents clients in arbitration and dispute resolution proceedings, acting as counsel or co-counsel alongside contract and construction management consultants. In addition, we assist in the appraisal and evaluation of engineering and building contracts in collaboration with contract management consultancy firms, ensuring our clients’ interests are protected throughout every stage of the project lifecycle.

Amongst Our Services: 

Project Structuring and Contract Documentation 

• Drafting and negotiation of building contracts (PAM, CIDB, FIDIC and bespoke forms)

• Drafting of Consultancy agreements (architects, engineers and quantity surveyors)

• Drafting of Design-and-build agreements and Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts

• Drafting of Joint Venture and Consortium Agreements for construction projects

• Drafting of Performance Bonds, Guarantees and Security Arrangements 

• Drafting of Sub-contracting and supply agreements

Project Advisory and Risk Management 

• Advisory on termination, suspension and project delays

• Regulatory, risk allocation and statutory compliance advisory

• Tender documentation and procurement advisory 

• Variation, extension of time (EOT) and liquidated damages advisory

Construction Dispute Resolution

• Adjudication proceedings under CIPAA

• Arbitration (domestic and international)

• Claims involving defective works, delays and cost overruns

• Enforcement of performance bonds and guarantees

• Litigation in courts relating to construction claims

Our team is positioned to advise foreign developers, EPC contractors and investors entering the Malaysian construction and infrastructure market. We provide clarity on local regulatory requirements, statutory obligations and procurement frameworks while ensuring contract structures remain internationally bankable.

For Malaysian developers and institutional investors, we deliver commercially focused legal solutions that protect project margins, minimise dispute exposure and enhance long-term asset sustainability.

Our integrated approach, combining transactional drafting expertise with dispute resolution strength, allows us to anticipate risks at the contracting stage and mitigate them before they escalate.