Advocate and Solicitor, High Court of Malaya
LL.B (Hons), University of Sheffield, U.K.
Certificate of Legal Practice (CLP)
Registered Company Secretary
Civil Litigation, Family Law, Employment Law, Banking Law, and Land Law.
Shawn commenced his pupillage in Messrs Tan Goh & Associates and was subsequently retained as a Legal Assistant. He was admitted to the High Court of Malaya at Kuala Lumpur in 2008.
In 2011, he joined Law Chamber of Dahlia Lee & Co. (formerly known as Messrs Jagjit Singh Lee & Co.) as a Legal Assistant. In October 2012, he was admitted to the partnership of the same.
Prior to joining Rohamat & Ling he has handled a variety of litigation cases, up to the Federal Court, involving matters on employment, family dispute, divorce, land transactions, contractual disputes, commercial contracts, banking matters, landlord and tenancy, winding-up, bankruptcy, shareholders dispute, boardroom tussle, corporate litigation.
Experience
- Acted as counsel for high profile individuals in defamation suits.
- Acted as counsel in various share disputes, minority oppression and board tousles.
- Acted as counsel in debt recovery matters including winding-up matters for multinational corporations and banks.
- Acted as counsel in family and matrimonial disputes.
- Acted as counsel in various land matters including land acquisition disputes, fraud/forgery matters involving land and etc.
- Lead counsel in various general contract and tort disputes.
- Successfully mediated for various cases.
Professional Affiliation
- Bar Council Malaysia
- Selangor Bar