Practice Areas

 

• Arbitration & Mediation
• Dispute Resolution
• Private Wealth & Family Business
• Regulatory Compliance & Enforcement

 

Languages

 

• English,
• Malay,
• Chinese

 

PRACTICE

 

Corporate litigation and family business feud, shareholders and directors’ disputes, banking and insolvency litigation, winding-up proceeding, asset and debt recovery, commercial litigation and arbitration. Ken has advised on schemes of arrangement for creditors and syndicated lenders and has been involved in matters relating to anti-money laundering, anti-corruption and breach of trust. He is highly experienced in advising private clients, family corporations, wills and probate action.
 

Defamation and libel including online publication claims. Ken often defends media and news publishers. He also has the niche experience of conducting a globally unique market research and readership litigation. He is involved in pre-publication vetting and consulted for his legal opinion by the media. He frequently appears as Counsel at the High Court and Appellate Courts.
 

Effectively trilingual, he delivered talks on shareholders’ rights and directors’ liabilities and has also conducted media law training for editors and journalists at both English and Chinese media organizations.
 

Ken is the Head of our China Desk.

 

QUALIFICATIONS

 

• LL.B (Hons), University of Wales (Cardiff)
• Barrister-at-Law, Lincoln’s Inn
• Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya

 

ADMISSIONS

 

• England & Wales (1997)
• Malaysia (1998)

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
 

• Malaysian Bar
• The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
• Belt and Road International Lawyers Association (BRILA)
• World Law Group (WLG)
• International Bar Association (IBA)
• Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)
• Firm Representative to the Law Society of England & Wales, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of KL and Selangor (KLSCCCI) and the European Union – Malaysia Chamber of Commerce & Industry (EUMCCI)
• The English-Speaking Union of Malaysia

 

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

 

• Chambers Asia Pacific 2020 – “Leaders in their Field” in Dispute Resolution
• The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2016 – 2018) – a “Recommended Lawyer” in Dispute Resolution
• The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific (2019 and 2020) – “Leading Individual” in Dispute Resolution