Ms Tan Shi Wen > Skrine > Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia > Lawyer Profile
Skrine Offices
Level 8, Wisma UOA Damansara
50 JALAN DUNGUN, DAMANSARA HEIGHTS
50490 KUALA LUMPUR
Malaysia
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Ms Tan Shi Wen

Work Department
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Investments
- Oil and Gas
- Competition law
- Shipping Law
- Corporate Advisory
Position
Partner
Career
Shi Wen is a corporate partner focussing on corporate advisory, merger and acquisition, oil and gas and maritime and shipping advisory. She also co-heads the Competition practice of Skrine and has in-depth knowledge and experience in this area.
Shi Wen has been named as a recommended practitioner and leading individual for her competition law work by several leading publications such as Chambers Asia Pacific (Band 1), Legal 500 Asia Pacific and Who’s Who Legal Southeast Asia. She has also been recognised as a stand-out lawyer by Acritas Stars Independently Rated Lawyer. She has been described as “very approachable and her advice is clear, precise and to the point” and that she handles “a broad range of issues, including abuse of dominance and cartel matters, as well as competition audits and dawn raids.”
Shi Wen was invited to be one of the expert contributors for the Annotated Malaysian Companies Act 2016. She authored the Annotated Malaysian Competition Commission Act 2010 and Annotated Malaysian Competition Act 2010. She was also engaged by the Malaysian Energy Commission for the preparation and drafting of Competition Law Guidelines. She has represented various companies and industry groups at the Malaysian Competition Commission (MyCC) in block exemptions applications, cartel and abuse of dominance investigations and leniency applications. She also conducted competition law audit for companies and trade associations in various industries and assisted clients in reviewing, structuring and adapting clients’ global competition policies, drafting and establishing internal competition law policies, compliance procedures and “dawn raid” protocols for purposes of compliance with the Malaysian competition law.
Shi Wen is also a member of the Firm’s China Desk, which is aimed at contributing to the bilateral Malaysia-China legal cooperation and participation in the legal sphere of the One-Belt-One-Road policy and Made in China 2025 strategic plan
Languages
.English, Malay
Memberships
- Vice Chairman, ICCM Competition Committee
- IBA Committee (Anti-trust section)
Education
- Postgraduate Diploma in EU Competition Law, King’s College London (2012)
- Advocate and Solicitor, High Court of Malaya (2011)
- LL.M in International Commercial Law, London College of Law (2011)
- Barrister-at-Law (Lincoln’s Inn) (2009)
- LL.B (Hons), University of Manchester (2008)
Lawyer Rankings
Malaysia > Antitrust and competition
(Leading partners)Experienced in advising domestic and international clients from the pharmaceutical, insurance and shipping sectors, Skrine has an impressive record in the competition and antitrust arena. The group frequently represents corporations at the Malaysia Competition Commission in matters pertaining to block exemption applications, complaints, and cartel and abuse of dominance investigations. Elsewhere, the team has a strong competition disputes practice, in addition to advising trade associations on compliance procedures. The group is co-led by To’ Puan Janet Looi and Tan Shi Wen, who demonstrates expertise in leniency applications and hearings before the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Intellectual property
- Labour and employment
- TMT