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Shook Lin & Bok was invited to share our knowledge with the International Shari’ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (ISRA) on 10 July 2018. The half day session entitled ‘Hard Talk on Shariah and Common Law: Islamic Finance Documentation Perspective’ was attended by Shariah researchers from ISRA. Mr Jal Othman, Head of the Firm’s Islamic […]

Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific 2018, a guide to the region’s leading litigation firms and lawyers has just been released. Shook Lin and Bok is pleased to have been recognised in two categories namely Commercial and Transactions and, Labour and Employment. Two of our partners have also been recognised by the publication; Lam Ko Luen – […]

As Shook Lin & Bok comes close to our 100th anniversary, Asian-mena Counsel’s Patrick Dransfield interviewed our managing partner, Mr Nagarajah Muttiah and put to him a series of questions on behalf of the In-House Community. Click on the link below to read the full interview: https://www.inhousecommunity.com/article/thing-nagarajah-muttiah/

Shook Lin & Bok has been invited to share our knowledge on several topics during Genting Group’s Legal Awareness Programme for 2017 at Resorts World Genting on August 9, 2017. The session, attended by personnel from the Group’s middle and senior management, discussed topics that covers both the litigation and commercial aspects of the law. […]

The Firm congratulates Mr Sudharsanan Thillainathan and Mr Gregory Das on their election as the President and the Vice President of the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators (MIArb) respectively for the term 2017/2019. MIArb announced the election of new Office Bearers and Ordinary Council Members during its 25th Annual General Meeting held on June 14, 2017. […]

Ms Victoria Loi, a Partner of the Firm was a co-speaker at a seminar on “An Introduction to Arbitration” on 26 May 2017. The other co-speakers were Kevin Prakash and Karen Ng Gek Suan. The seminar was organised by the Professional Development Committee of the Kuala Lumpur Bar, in collaboration with the Malaysian Institute of […]

Mr Sudharsanan Thillainathan and Ms Victoria Loi, Partners of the Firm, who are active arbitration and adjudication practitioners, were panelist and moderator respectively at the session entitled “Resolving Construction Disputes through Adjudication (CIPAA)” during the conference on Avoiding and Resolving Construction Disputes. The conference, held on 23 May 2017 was jointly organized by the Malaysian […]

Mr Jal Othman, Head of the Firm’s Finance practice group presented on the topic of “Salient Features of IFSA 2013” in the seminar held on 3 May 2017 organised by the Bar Council Islamic Finance Committee with the theme “An Introduction to Islamic Finance”. The Firm is and has been actively involved in the various […]

In conjunction with the World Press Freedom Day on 3 May 2017, the Bar Council CPD Board and Malaysiakini will be jointly hosting an event themed “Can Media and Law Co-Exist?” to provide a platform for the 4th estate – the press and citizen journalists as well as the public at large, to understand how […]

Mr Sudharsanan Thillainathan and Ms Tania Kat-Lin Edwards will be sharing insights on Tax Law in the seminar on "Tax Law, the Federal Constitution and Judicial Review", in collaboration with the KL Bar. The seminar will examine the key constitutional limits on the taxing powers of the Federation, and the role of Judicial Review in this [...]