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Our Karen Kaur was a panel speaker at a session entitled “Funds Offering in Asia and Passporting of Prospectuses Approved by Authorities in One Country by Another Country” at the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) Conference held in Kuala Lumpur in April 2016. In addition to Karen, the panel comprised lawyers from Hong Kong (Ms. Vivien […]

During the recent Inter-Pacific Bar Association 26th Annual Meeting and Conference in Kuala Lumpur which was held from 13 – 16th April, 2016, Michael Soo, Head of our Intellectual Property, Information Technology and Licensing department and Riccardo G. Cajola (Cajola & Associati, Italy), moderated a session entitled, “How to Manage Multi-Jurisdictional Trademark Disputes in the […]

As a part of our internal continuing legal education initiative, we were honoured to have Professor Khawar Qureshi QC, the author of the Legal Handbook on “Public International Law before the English Courts”, present a talk on the same subject to our lawyers on 18 April 2016.

At the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) Conference held in Kuala Lumpur in April 2016, our Lam Ko Luen was one of the speakers for the session entitled “Latest Developments in Construction Law – Around the World in 90 Minutes”. Ko Luen spoke on the Construction Industry Payment & Adjudication Act 2012 (CIPAA) and recent decisions […]

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We are proud to announce the establishment of our Building, Construction & Engineering Department to advise clients on major deals and projects. Our services range from advisory and documentation to dispute resolution via litigation, arbitration, adjudication (in particular under the Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 (CIPAA)) and other alternative dispute resolution processes The [...]

The firm is pleased to announce the elevation of seven partners with effect from 1st January, 2016. We congratulate the following Partners who have been promoted as general partners.    Lam Ko Luen Sudharsanan Thillainathan Chan Kok Keong   We congratulate the following Senior Associates who have been admitted to the partnership.   Samuel Tan […]

This chapter examines recent developments in licensing laws and their potential impact on businesses and IP rights owners and licensees in the context of trademark law. One of the challenges faced by a trademark owner in a licensing arrangement is how to ensure that use of its trademark by the licensee does not deceive the […]

Mr. Steven Thiru The Firm congratulates Mr. Steven Thiru on his election as President of the Malaysian Bar on 14th March, 2015 and wishes him a successful tenure in office.

Shook Lin & Bok, Kuala Lumpur has expanded its corporate team by welcoming experienced funds lawyer, Karen Kaur as a partner of the firm. Karen boasts over 24 years of legal experience and has spent 11 of those years in the Hong Kong-based firm, Deacons, in its financial services practice group. While at Deacons, Karen […]