Wei Kiat Sun

Wei Kiat is associate counsel with Chen & Leung.  With over two decades of practice in dispute resolution and litigation as a partner in a national firm and then later an international law firm based in Canada, Wei Kiat brings a broad range of experience and skills when solving client’s problems.

Wei Kiat is business-focused counsel, keeping in mind the client’s bottom-dollar and always seeking to provide cost-effective results that align with business and personal objectives.  In that regard, Wei Kiat has effectively acted as ad-hoc in-house counsel for clients, advising on how potential risks and disputes fit within the dynamics of one’s overall current and future business operations.

While broadly practicing commercial litigation, Wei Kiat’s work includes:

• complex multi-party negotiation and mediation in business disputes
• breach of contract disputes, including real estate, confidentiality, non-competition and shareholders’ agreements
• insurance and coverage claims
• negligence and breach of fiduciary duty claims (director and officer liability)
• shareholder rights, oppression, partnership and other business disputes
• creditors’ rights and remedies
• tenancy and leases, including long-term 99 year leases
• injunctions
• product liability
• acting for corporations and partnerships as independent counsel in the context of family or estate proceedings

Wei Kiat has represented and advised clients from a variety of industries, including construction, engineering, infrastructure, transportation, public sector, property management, real estate, software/technology, life sciences, agriculture, start-ups, mining, and environmental.

Outside of law, Wei Kiat enjoys swimming, biking, hiking, basketball and spending time with his family.

Wei Kiat speaks conversational Teochew.