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On 5 October 2016, Maybank and Shook Lin & Bok came together to organise a sharing session at Menara Maybank with the participation of Maybank’s personnel and our Mr Jalalullail Othman, Ms Yoong Sin Min and Ms Hoh Kiat Ching. Ms Hoh kick started the event with the topic of “Ship Financing”, elaborating on the […]

On the 13 & 14 October 2016, Legal Plus in collaboration with the Malaysia Inner Temple Alumni Association and the Honourable Society of the Lincoln’s Inn Alumni of Malaysia hosted a two-day seminar which gathered key players from both the corporate, banking and legal communities in the area of Islamic Finance to create greater awareness […]

A flagship event of the Malaysian Bar — the International Malaysia Law Conference (IMLC) 2016 was held from the 21st—23rd September 2016 at The Royale Chulan Kuala Lumpur. The President of the Malaysian Bar and a Partner of the firm, Mr Steven Thiru gave the welcome note for the IMLC 2016 with its theme “Challenges of […]

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has been organising the Banking Supervision Foundational Course annually since 1986 as an initiative to prepare new offices for their job as bank examiners, and also to create a platform for foreign banking personnel in developing countries to meet and learn the needs of other central banks under the MTCP. Mr […]

Solidifying our firm’s commitment to education excellence and collaboration with the academia, our Senior Partner – Mr Jal Othman has attended the Taylor’s Law School Academic Awards Ceremony with the theme “The Leap from Academia to Practice” on 25th March, 2016. (Pictured) Mr Jal Othman receiving a token of appreciation from Mr Harmahinder Singh, Dean […]

Shook Lin & Bok has a long-standing relationship with the regulatory bodies to develop and promote the relevant industry and sector. On 24 February 2016, Bursa Malaysia Berhad hosted a Dialogue Session with PLC whereby Mr Jalalullail Othman, Head of our Islamic Finance Department moderated an interactive dialogue session between regulators and industry players (PLC) […]

On 12 October 2016, the Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM) hosted a one-day Conference themed as “Companies Bill 2015: Modernising Corporate Insolvency Framework in Malaysia” at Sunway Putra Hotel. The conference brought together SSM and insolvency and legal practitioners from Malaysia and Singapore in an opportune event to exchange knowledge and promote a better understanding […]

Our partner, Mr Sudharsanan Thillainathan presented on the topic of “Confidentiality v. Transparency (Tensions Within International Arbitration?)” at the international forum entitled “The Belt and Road Initiative: will it change arbitration and ADR?” held on the 9 September 2016 at the V-Continent Beijing Wuzhou Hotel, Beijing. The forum was organised by the Chartered Institute of […]

On 26 July 2016, the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) hosted its annual National Industrial Relations Conference. Keynote speech and opening of the conference was by YB Dato’ Mohd Sahar bin Darusman, Deputy Secretary General (Policy & Internal) of the Ministry of Human Resources (MoHR). Conference delegates heard from Chairpersons of the Industrial Court, representatives of […]

On 19 May 2016, the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators (MIArb) hosted its 3rd Annual Law Review. The Annual Law Review this year was extended to a half-day event which featured leading practitioners, including the firm’s Mr. Lam Ko Luen (Immediate Past President MIArb) and Mr. Sudharsanan Thillainathan (Deputy President, MIArb), who led in-depth discussions on […]