Conventus Law

Conventus Law

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Practice Areas  

 

  • Employment & Administrative Law
  • Personal Data Protection & Privacy Laws
  • Regulatory Compliance & Enforcement
  • Technology & Communications

 

Languages

 

  • English,
  • Malay

 

PRACTICE

 

All matters relating to employment and industrial relations law including judicial reviews, trade disputes, trade unions, industrial disputes (strikes and picketing), employment contracts, collective agreements, dismissals of employees, employee misconduct, poor performance and health issues of employees, employees’ provident fund, private pension laws and occupational health and safety laws. Raymond appears regularly at the High Court, Industrial Court and Labour Court in Malaysia in relation to these matters.

 

Raymond has broad experience in Data security law, data protection and privacy policies, personal data protection in the banking sector, personal data protection in employment, customer personal data protection in the retail sector, and personal data protection audit services. He is also experienced in anti-corruption, breach of trust and whistle blower rights and issues as well as Information Technology (IT) data security and agreements.

 

QUALIFICATIONS

 

  • LL.B (Hons), University of Malaya
  • Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya

 

ADMISSIONS

 

  • Malaysia (2000)

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

 

  • Malaysian Bar
  • International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Employment Law Alliance (ELA)

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Co-authored various publications on employment and industrial relations law that include:

 

  • Employment and Industrial Relations Law Malaysia published by Commercial Clearing House (CCH) (2014)
  • Retrenchment Law and Procedure in Malaysia published by the Commercial Clearing House (CCH) (2009)
  • Legal Annotation of the Industrial Relations Act 1967, Trade Union Act 1959 and the Employment Act 1955 published by the Malayan Law Journal (2002)
  • The Malaysian section in Employment Law Asia published by the Commercial Clearing House (CCH), where he was the contributing editor (2002)
  • Employment Termination – Law & Practice published by Commercial Clearing House (CCH) (2001)

 

AWARDS & RECOGNITION
 

  • Asialaw Leading Lawyers (2017 – 2019) – “Leading Lawyer” in Labour and Employment
  • Asialaw Leading Lawyers (2020 and 2021) – “Distinguished practitioner” in Labour and Employment
  • Chambers Asia-Pacific (2013 – 2020) – “Leaders in their Field” in Employment & Industrial Relations
  • The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific (2019 and 2020) – “Leading Individual” in Labour and Employment
  • The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific (2017 and 2018) – “Recommended Lawyer” in Labour and Employment
  • In-House Community (2017) – Commended External Counsel of the Year for Malaysia jurisdiction