Malaysian lawyer Dato' David Gurupatham and his firm DGK represented Lebanese jeweller Global Royalty Trading SAL in one of the largest bailment-related civil awards in recent Malaysian judicial history - a case that tests cross-border enforcement, the commercial fallout of the 1MDB seizures, and the credibility of Malaysia's legal system for international claimants.

Dato' David Gurupatham, the co-founder and managing partner of David Gurupatham & Koay (DGK), secured one of the most significant civil judgments in recent Malaysian legal history on 10 June 2026 when Judge Datuk Quay Chew Soon of the Kuala Lumpur High Court ordered Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor to pay RM67,461,027.37 - roughly USD 14.57 million - to his client, Beirut-based luxury jeweller Global Royalty Trading SAL. The ruling, over 43 pieces of high-value jewellery that the court found Rosmah had received on consignment but never returned, placed Dato' David Gurupatham's cross-border litigation practice squarely in the international spotlight.