Our Senior Partner, Hoh Kiat Ching, was honoured with an invitation to the Petronas Compliance Conference 2023, held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on 26 September 2023. Petronas shared insights into its compliance journey, and the challenges faced with the ever-changing regulatory landscapes across several jurisdictions. Other industry leaders also gave their views on […]
READ MORE >Wendy Lee Wan Chieh, our partner in the Intellectual Property, Information Technology & Licensing department, will be speaking on the topic of “AI, Crypto Assets and Social Media: A Brave New Frontier or an Absolute Conundrum for IP Practitioners?” on 19th October 2023 at 3.00 pm to 4.30 pm. This webinar is organised by the […]
READ MORE >We congratulate our partners who have been recognised in their respective practice areas, Michael C.M. Soo as an Elite Practitioner in Intellectual Property and Jal Othman as a Distinguished Practitioner in Banking and Finance, and our partners, Lam Ko Luen and Ng Hooi Huang who have received positive client feedback. We wish to thank AsiaLaw […]
READ MORE >Our Partners, Hoh Kiat Ching and Tan Gian Chung recently attended the third edition of the Sustainability & Renewable Energy Forum (SAREF 3.0). The 2-day event held at the Borneo Convention Centre in Kuching, was brilliantly organised by Sarawak Energy Berhad. Officiated by none other than the Premier of Sarawak himself, SAREF 3.0 brought together […]
READ MORE >The AsiaLaw 2023 Rankings have recently been released and we are pleased to have been ranked for the following practice areas / industry sectors:- Banking & Finance (Highly Recommended) Intellectual Property (Highly Recommended) Dispute Resolution (Highly Recommended) Banking & Financial Services (Highly Recommended) Competition / Antitrust (Recommended) Corporate & M&A (Recommended) Restructuring & Insolvency (Recommended) […]
READ MORE >Our firm is honored to receive Professor Dr. Adolf Peter for a visit to our firm and to deliver a talk entitled “ESG-related Contractual Cascading and the Impact of ESG/Climate-related EU Legislation on Non-EU-Entities Involved in EU-related Supply Chains”. Our Managing Partner, Michael C.M. Soo delivered the opening address, and the session was moderated by […]
READ MORE >Our firm is delighted to have been amongst the Gold Sponsors for the AIAC ADR WEEK 2023 which took place from 24th to 26th August 2023. The event, which was organised by the Asian International Arbitration Centre, was a hybrid event and saw speakers and delegates hailing from different countries congregate at the Sulaiman Building […]
READ MORE >Shook Lin & Bok is pleased to announce that with effect from 2nd September 2023, Hoo Yee Huan has been promoted as a Salaried Partner. The firm congratulates Yee Huan on his promotion.
READ MORE >03 April 2023 INTRODUCTION Termination may relieve a party from future obligations. However, it does not relieve a party from obligations or liability accrued pre-termination, unless clear and unequivocal words are stipulated to that effect. In Triple Point Technology Inc v PTT Public Company Limited [2021] UKSC 29 (“Triple Point v. PTT”), the UK Supreme […]
READ MORE >07 March 2023 At the recent budget presentation of the Belanjawan 2023 initiative, the Prime Minister announced that bankruptcy cases with debts of less than RM50,000.00 will be discharged immediately with effect from 1.3.2023. Based on the Guidelines issued by the Malaysian Department of Insolvency for the discharge of bankruptcy under small-scale debts (w.e.f 1.3.2023), […]
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