Christopher & Lee Ong's employment and industrial relations practice provides a full-service offering covering both advisory and contentious matters. The team advises on business reorganisations, retrenchment exercises, and employee share incentive schemes, and also has expertise in compliance work related to forced labour and anti-corruption. On the contentious side, the practice handles disputes concerning unfair dismissal and breach of contract. The practice is co-led by Yee Ming Yau and Kelvin Kho. Ming’s expertise is in managing complex negotiations and the employment aspects of M&A and large-scale procurements. Kho’s work includes structuring retrenchment exercises and advising on compliance matters, such as forced labour and anti-corruption. Also in the team is Rubini Murugesan, who focuses on employment and construction-related disputes, representing clients in unfair termination cases and trade union negotiations.
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Testimonials
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- 'Sound knowledge of Malaysian law, trusted advisors for Australian-based companies.'
- 'The team was led by Kelvin Kho, who has demonstrated deep expertise in labour and employment practice. Under Kelvin's guidance, the team responded to all our queries promptly and in detail. In addition, they upheld transparency in all billing and always informed us in advance of the potential charges.'
- 'Professional, responsive, and thorough team.'
- 'We've been working with Kelvin Kho for years. He is the partner that we always turn to whenever legal expertise required. He consistently demonstrates deep expertise in labour and employment practice and is always responsive to our queries. Recently, he has guided us through the proper procedures in our retrenchment process.'
Key clients
- Procter & Gamble International Operations and Procter & Gamble Malaysia Sdn Bhd
- Parker Hannifin Industrial (M) Sdn Bhd
- Parker Hannifin (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
- AEM Microtronics (M) Sdn. Bhd
- Syaqua Sdn Bhd NoBSI Services Malaysia Sdn Bhd
- Pacific Star Development (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
- Pearl Discovery Development Sdn. Bhd.
- BT Global Technology (M) Sdn Bhd
- BT Systems (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
Work highlights
Acted for Procter & Gamble Malaysia and Procter & Gamble International Operations (Singapore) in a unique employment dispute involving an employee on international assignment.
Acted for Parker Hannifin Industrial (M) Sdn Bhd in an ongoing litigation involving a claim of unfair dismissal by a former employee seeking reinstatement and back wages.
Acted for AEM Microtronics (M) Sdn. Bhd in defending a claim of unfair dismissal brought by a former employee; the claimant challenges the termination and is seeking reinstatement along with backdated salary.
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Practice head
Yau Yee Ming; Kelvin Kho
Other key lawyers
Rubini Murugesan