Our Intellectual Property (“IP”) department is one of the most established and largest in the northern part of West Malaysia.  We handle all aspects of Intellectual Property protection and services that include the following:

• Trade marks – searches, watching, advice on registrability, registration and portfolio management, submissions and oppositions
• Branding
• Patents
• Registered Designs
• Copyright
• Licensing
• Franchising
• Anti counterfeiting litigation and enforcement
• Non-disclosure agreements for employees and third parties
• Due diligence and intellectual property audits

Our IP department represents clients both domestic and foreign ranging from individuals to companies in establishing, maintaining and defending their intellectual property rights in Malaysia and other foreign jurisdictions.

Our IP Group represents clients in establishing, maintaining and defending their intellectual property. To service our domestic and foreign clientele, we have a network of local counsel in major cities around the world.

Below are the main area of work under this department.

• Recovery of debts
• Insolvency proceedings ( bankruptcy & winding-up)
• Transactional disputes - claims arising from breach of  contracts and trust
• Execution of judgments – Foreclosure, Writ fo Seizure & Sale, Judgement Debtors summons.
• Inheritance and probate administration – petition for probates & letters of administration
• Matrimonial cases – divorce, adoption, maintenance & custody proceedings
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• General matters relating to civil litigation e.g Appeals, Injuctions, Specific Perfomance

We act for individuals, private companies, investors, developers and lenders/financial institutions in the following areas of conveyancing:

• Preparing and drafting of sale and purchase agreements & assignments.
• Preparation of joint venture agreements relating to development of lands.
• Preparing and drafting trust deeds, leases, tenancies and powers of attorney.

• Preparing Wills and Powers of Attorney
• Probation and Administration of estates
• Trust

We counsel clients on a wide variety of business and corporate activities. Our representation of clients in this area includes:

• Joint ventures
• Business sales and purchases
• Preparation of commercial agreements or contracts

We counsel clients on a wide variety of company secretarial activities. Our representation of clients in this area includes:

• Advising on organizational and start-up issues
• Incorporation of firms & companies, registration of branch offices of foreign companies
• Company searches
• Shareholders' rights
• Advice on directors' and officers' liability
• Handling day-to-day corporate questions and problems

Our own company secretarial division is supported by qualified individuals which enables us to offer our clients a comprehensive range of corporate and secretarial support services for both domestic and foreign clients in a timely and cost-efficient manner.

We provide legal representation to our clients in the many diverse area of Family Law which include:

• Divorce – nullity of marriage, mutual or contested divorce
• Property Division
• Alimony / Maintenance
• Adoption
• Child Custody And Visitation
• Child Support Enforcement
• Orders for protection/restraining orders
• Family arrangements agreements.

We counsel clients on a wide variety of employment matters which include

• Employment Contracts
• Unfair & Wrongful Dismissal
• Constructive Dismissal
• Hearings at Industrial Tribunals and courts
• Employment-related legal matters