Our senior partner, Ng Hooi Huang had the pleasure of speaking alongside eminent insolvency and legal practitioners on the topic of “The Evolving Role of Insolvency Professionals: Global Perspective and Collaboration Opportunities” at the INSOL International Seminar which took place in Shanghai on 28th August 2025. We would like to thank INSOL International for the […]
READ MORE >Shook Lin & Bok is pleased to announce the promotion of Hamsavartheni Sivalingam as Senior Associate with effect from 03 September 2025. The Partners would like to extend their heartiest congratulations on her promotion.
READ MORE >1 August 2025 STAMPING OF EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS: COMPLIANCE WITH THE STAMP ACT 1949 In light of the Inland Revenue Board’s (“IRB”) Press Release dated 6 June 2025 (“Press Release”), employers are reminded of their legal obligations to duly stamp all employment contracts in accordance with the Stamp Act 1949. Part A: Employment contracts must be […]
READ MORE >31 July 2025 CROSS-BORDER INSOLVENCY BILL 2025 The Cross-Border Insolvency Bill 2025, tabled and passed by the House of Representatives (Dewan Rakyat) on 29th July 2025, contains provisions aimed at providing effective and global mechanism for cooperative border insolvency proceedings based on UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency. We summarise in this Client Alert some […]
READ MORE >Shook Lin & Bok is pleased to announce the promotion of Sim Bee Ying as Senior Associate with effect from 27 May 2025. The Partners would like to extend their heartiest congratulations on her promotion.
READ MORE >Shook Lin & Bok is pleased to announce the promotion of Wan Yee Herng, Nicole as Senior Associate with effect from 21 May 2025. The Partners would like to extend their heartiest congratulations on her promotion.
READ MORE >29th May 2025 Introduction In line with recent amendments to the Personal Data Protection Act 2010, Act 709 (“PDPA”), the Personal Data Protection Commissioner (“Commissioner”) has issued two important sets of guidelines on 25 February 2025, namely (a) the Guideline on Appointment of Data Protection Officer (“DPO Guideline”), and (b) the Guideline on Data Breach […]
READ MORE >We are delighted to have received awards for the following categories in @Asia Business Law Journal’s Malaysia Law Firm Awards 2025. Insurance & Reinsurance Structured Finance & Securitisation We are deeply grateful to our clients for their support and continued trust in us and to Asia Business Law Journal for this recognition. We would also [...]
READ MORE >The Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2025 rankings have recently been released, and we are pleased to announce that our firm has been ranked in the following practice areas:- Commercial and transactions Construction Intellectual Property Labour and employment We would also like to congratulate our partners who have been ranked in their respective practice areas as follows:- [...]
READ MORE >Our firm is delighted to be the Diamond sponsor of the University of Malaya Law Society’s annual flagship event, the Legal Executive Apprentice Programme (LEAP). As part of LEAP, our partners Khong Mei Lin, Ng Hooi Huang, Wendy Lee Wan Chieh, Jeff Nyau Kok Cheong, and Joseph Yu Shi Yang; senior associates Freddy Choy Kay […]
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