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During a workshop on 28.3.2017, our Ms. Hoh Kiat Ching guided in-house legal professionals and officers from the business banking, credit administration and project monitoring units of a local development bank on “Security for Project Financing of a Mixed Urban Development”. The workshop detailed the various securities available for project financing, and touched on the […]

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 on 24th March, 2017.    

The Kuala Lumpur Bar will be hosting a seminar on Competition Law In Action to examine the key topics in the field of competition law from the national and regional perspectives and is now open for registration. Our team from the Competition & Anti-Trust Law Deparment comprised of Mr T. Sudhar (Deputy Head, Competition & […]

The Human Capital Development Centre of Bank Negara Malaysia recently organised a Corporate and Commercial Loans – Refresher Workshop, which was specifically tailored for supervisors with at least 5 years’ experience in the Supervision Departments. Our Ms Hoh Kiat Ching was invited to conduct a workshop on 2 March 2016, to provide participants with an […]

On 10 November 2016, the Malaysian Institute of Accountants in collaboration with Malaysian Associations of Tax Accountants (MATA) organised a one-day special conference to summarise and highlight key aspects of the 2017 Budget proposal tabled on 21 October 2016 which sought to further accelerate efforts in transforming Malaysia into a developed country by year 2020. […]

Shook Lin & Bok’s team (led by Mr Jalalullail Othman and assisted by Ms Ng Lay San) has successfully advised Mumtaz Rakyat Sukuk Berhad as the issuers in the launch of its maiden Basel III-compliant Tier 2 Subordinate Sukuk Murabahah Programme of up to RM5 billion with a tenure of 20 years. Mumtaz represents the […]

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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]