Ms Foo Siew Li > Skrine > Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia > Lawyer Profile

Skrine
Level 8, Wisma UOA Damansara
50 JALAN DUNGUN, DAMANSARA HEIGHTS
50490 KUALA LUMPUR
Malaysia

Work Department

  • Employment Advisory and Disputes
  • Employee Fraud Management and Investigations
  • Fraud and Asset Recovery
  • Immigration

Position

Partner

Career

Siew Li is a Partner in Skrine’s Employment practice. Siew Li regularly advises a wide range of clients in various industries on all aspects of employment law including drafting of Human Resource documentation and providing strategic advice on performance management and disciplinary action, investigations and internal fraud management, restructuring and retrenchment exercises, voluntary separation schemes, and advising on work permits requirements. She also represents clients in employment litigation such as unfair dismissal claims and judicial review proceedings.

Siew Li has experience in the areas of fraud and asset recovery, commercial litigation and arbitration, and maritime and shipping.

She is currently the Treasurer of the Malaysian Society for Labour and Social Security Laws (local chapter of International Society for Labour and Social Security Laws), Member of the MICCI Human Capital & Education Council, and sits on the Malaysian Bar’s Industrial and Employment Law Committee.

Languages

English, Malay

Memberships

  • Treasurer, Malaysian Society for Labour and Social Security Laws, (local chapter of International Society for Labour and Social Security Laws)
  • ​Member of Bar Council’s Industrial Law Committee
  • Member, MICCI Human Capital & Education Council

Education

  • Advocate and Solicitor, High Court of Malaya (2010)
  • Certificate of Legal Practice (2009)
  • LL.B (Hons), Cardiff University (2008)

Lawyer Rankings

Malaysia > Labour and employment

(Leading individuals)

Foo Siew Li Skrine

Housing a team of practitioners with ‘impressive track records and impeccable legal skills’, Skrine acts for employers on the full scope of mandates, including investigations into breaches of employee confidentiality, disciplinary actions, reductions in workforce and general compliance issues. The team also advises clients on maintaining minimal exposure throughout disputes, in addition to handling civil actions and cases at the Federal Court, namely in relation to breaches of contract or restrictive covenant, and recovery of funds matters. Selvamalar Alagaratnam leads the practice and Foo Siew Li advises on contentious and non-contentious employment issues, while Siva Kumar Kanagasabai is noted for her expertise in shipping-related employment mandates.