The firm is pleased to announce the elevation of five partners with effect from 1st January, 2017. We congratulate the following Senior Associates who have been admitted to the partnership. Goh May Woei Hadi Mukhlis Khairulmaini Ng Lay San Marianne Loh Suet May Wendy Lee Wan Chieh
READ MORE >New Managing Partner Nagarajah Muttiah Shook Lin & Bok is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Nagarajah Muttiah as the new managing partner of the firm, effective 1st January 2017. Mr Nagarajah who also heads the International and Domestic Arbitration Department, General & Civil Litigation Department and Insurance & Shipping Department has been with […]
READ MORE >Bank Negara Malaysia has announced on 28 November 2016 the appointments of new members to its Financial Stability Executive Committee, ie., Deputy Governor Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour, Datuk Johan Idris and our senior partner and Head of the Banking and Finance Litigation Department, Ms Yoong Sin Min. Our Ms Yoong is one of two external experts […]
READ MORE >On 25 November 2016, the Resolution Institute in Sydney, Australia hosted the year’s annual Regional Arbitral Institutes Forum (RAIF) Conference with its theme “Building the Future of Arbitration Through Innovation”. The Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators (MIArb) is one of the founding members of the RAIF. RAIF is a collaboration established in 2007 between national arbitral […]
READ MORE >The Securities Commission announced on 3.11.2016 the awarding of licenses to six registered peer-to-peer (P2P) financing platform operators to widen funding avenues for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).This makes Malaysia the first country in the ASEAN region to regulate P2P financing. Ms Karen Kaur, a Partner in our Corporate Department together with her team, assisted […]
READ MORE >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 […]
READ MORE >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 […]
READ MORE >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 […]
READ MORE >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 […]
READ MORE >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 […]
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