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Shook Lin & Bok is pleased to announce that with effect from 1st January 2023: Marianne Loh has been promoted from Salaried Partner to Limited Partner, and Nina Lai Jian Xian has been promoted as a Salaried Partner. The firm congratulates both of them on their promotion.

We are delighted that Mr. Michael C.M. Soo, our Managing Partner and Head of the Intellectual Property, Information Technology and Licensing Department, has been listed amongst Asia’s Top 15 IP Lawyers by Asian Legal Business in the October 2022 issue of the publication. The October 2022 issue of Asian Legal Business is available as an […]

We are pleased to share that our Partners, Lam Ko Luen and Victoria Loi, and Senior Associate, Nina Lai, contributed the Malaysian chapter on Construction Law 2022, part of the Chambers Global Practice Guides recently published by Chambers and Partners (hyperlink). Our contribution to the guide provides the latest trends and developments as well as practical […]

We are delighted to be named the winner of Intellectual Property Firm of the Year by Benchmark Litigation Awards Asia-Pacific 2022. Benchmark Litigation is a guide to leading litigation firms and lawyers which provide law firms and lawyers rankings based on extensive interviews with litigators, dispute resolution specialists and their clients; as well as an […]

In the recently published text “Law and Practice of Employment Law in Malaysia”, by Thomson Reuters Asia Sdn. Bhd, Mehala Marimuthoo and Gavinesh Siva Dharma contributed a section relating to the “Contract of Employment”. Various aspects of the employment contract are considered in this section of the publication including the relevant legislation which governs and […]

We are delighted to announce that our Partner and the Head of our Building, Construction & Engineering Department, Lam Ko Luen, and Senior Associate, Nina Lai, together with Sr. Dr. Wan Maimun bt Wan Abdullah and Sr. Nik Hasbi Fathi co-authored Chapter 5:  Design and Supervision Obligations in Construction in Law and Practice of Construction […]

CDR – Essential Intelligence: The Belt and Road Initiative, Malaysia Chapter Our Partners, Lam Ko Luen and Victoria Loi, and Senior Associate, Nina Lai, contributed the Malaysia chapter of CDR – Essential Intelligence: The Belt and Road Initiative, published on 21.9.2021 by Global Legal Group, London. The chapter illustrates Malaysia’s robust common law based dispute […]