Grace leads an active dispute resolution practice in litigation and arbitration. Local and foreign solicitors regularly brief Grace to appear as a trial lawyer and appellate counsel for contentious legal proceedings emanating from Sabah. She was the lead counsel in various decisions of the High Court, Court of Appeal, and the Federal Court, reported in the Malayan Law Journal (MLJ) and Current Law Journal (CLJ), recognising her dedication to advocacy practice.

Grace is an independent arbitrator empanelled with the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC), the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) and the Borneo International Centre for Arbitration and Mediation (BICAM). She completed her higher education in the laws of investment treaty arbitration and international commercial arbitration at the School of International Arbitration at the Queen Mary University of London. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb).

Grace also sits as an adjudicator at the AIAC to hear payment claims under the Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act (CIPAA) 2012. Her contribution to the Malaysian adjudication literature includes “Statutory adjudication in Malaysia and ‘Sabah proceeding’ – a paradox?” [2021] 3 MLJ cdlxxxviii.

Formerly, she worked as an in-house legal counsel in the headquarters of a leading engineering firm in Melbourne, Australia, which housed over 200 engineers who specialise in infrastructure projects such as tunnel, rail & mass transit, bridges & civil structures, power generation, transmission & distribution, environment & planning, budding design. Her role included contract reviews for project tenders and contractual risk management for project implementation.