Mr Yee Mei Ken > Shearn Delamore & Co > Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia > Lawyer Profile
Shearn Delamore & Co Offices
7th Floor Wisma Hamzah-Kwong Hing
No. 1 Leboh Ampang
KUALA LUMPUR
50100
Malaysia
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Mr Yee Mei Ken
Work Department
- Dispute Resolution
- Private Client & Family Business
- Regulatory Compliance & Enforcement
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Head, China Deskk
Position
Partner since 2005
Career
Corporate and commercial litigation, family business feud, shareholders and directors’ disputes, banking and insolvency litigation, winding-up proceeding, asset and debt recovery 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 the 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 frequently conducted training for editors and journalists at both English and Chinese media organizations.
Ken is the Head of our China Desk.
Languages
English, Malay, Chinese
Memberships
- Disciplinary Committee Panel Member, Advocates and Solicitors Disciplinary Board
- Commerce Committee Member, Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of KL and Selangor (KLSCCCI) 2018 – 2021
- Member, Malaysian Bar
- Member, The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
- Member, Belt and Road International Lawyers Association (BRILA)
- Member, World Law Group (WLG)
- Member, International Bar Association (IBA)
- Member, Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)
- Firm Representative, Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of KL and Selangor (KLSCCCI)
- • Member, The English-Speaking Union of Malaysia
Education
- LL.B (Hons), University of Wales (Cardiff)
- Barrister-at-Law, Lincoln’s Inn
- Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya
Leisure
Publication:
• The Legal 500 & The In-House Lawyer Comparative Legal Guide Malaysia: Litigation (2nd Edition), 2019
Lawyer Rankings
Malaysia > Dispute resolution
(Leading individuals)In the dispute resolution arena, Shearn Delamore & Co has a fine track record of representing financial institutions, multinational corporations, and government agencies in disputes relating to insolvency, restructuring, insurance, and technology, amongst others. Jeyanthini Kannaperan spearheads the practice and frequently appears at trials and appeals at various levels of the Malaysian courts, where her primary areas of specialism are banking, compliance, and regulatory. Yee Mei Ken has propelled the firm’s niche expertise in representing media houses and news publishers in libel and defamation cases, while Rodney Gomez has a wealth of experience in construction and engineering contracts and infrastructure projects. Insolvency expert Rabindra Nathan is also a valuable member of the department, as is Alexius Lee who focuses on litigation in building law, and Lilien Wong is skilled in advising on telecoms and multimedia disputes.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition
- Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Intellectual property
- Labour and employment
- Real estate and construction
- Shipping
- Tax