Eastern & Oriental Berhad - Mitsui Fudoson Residential Co Ltd

Partner Dato' Philip Chan, with senior associate, Too Ji Voon and associate, Sim Miow Yean represented Eastern & Oriental Berhad in a joint venture with Mitsui Fudoson Residential Co Ltd to develop The Mews Serviced Residences at Jalan Yap Kwan Seng in Kuala Lumpur.

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EPF - QSR

Corporate Partner Janet Looi, with associates Fariz Aziz and Melvyn Seah, represented the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) in connection with acquisition by Massive Equity Sdn Bhd of the businesses of KFC Holdings (M) Bhd (KFCH) and QSR Brands Bhd (QSR). Massive Equity was a special purpose vehicle set up to privatize KFCH and QSR.

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Friends Life - AMAB Holdings

SKRINE Consultant Chen Kah Leng and Corporate partner, Liang Cheng Jean represented Friends Life FPL Limited in a disposal of its 30% shareholding in Amlife Insurance Berhad and AmFamily Takaful to AMAB Holdings Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of AMMB Holdings Berhad.

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RHP (Mukah) - Petronas

Corporate and Oil and Gas Partner Faizah Jamaludin, assisted by associate Fariz Aziz, represented RHP (Mukah) Pte Ltd, a wholly - owned subsidiary of RH Petrogas Ltd, one of the largest upstream exploration and production companies listed on the Singapore Exchange, in an onshore PSC with Petronas for Block SK331 onshore Sarawak.

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Tengku Dato' Kamal Ibni Sultan Sir Abu Bakar & 3 Ors v Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad

On 16 August 2012, the Court of Appeal comprising Justices Ramly Ali, Zaharah Ibrahim and Aziah Ali upheld the decision of the High Court in relation to Bursa's resort to section 360 of the Capital Markets and Services Act 2007 ("CMSA") to enforce penalties imposed by its regulatory committees on defaulting market participants. The Appellants in the matter were former directors of Cepatwawasan Group Berhad and had been found by Bursa's regulatory committees to have breached Bursa's Listing Requirements. Counsel from Skrine who represented Bursa was Lim Chee Wee, assisted by Lee Shih and Ong Doen Xian.

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Lee Yoke Yam v Chin Keat Seng

On 28 November 2012, the Federal Court unanimously ruled in a landmark decision that statements contained in a first information report under Section 107 of the Criminal Procedure Code are protected by absolute privilege. The Federal Court arrived at this decision based on public policy considerations. Accordingly, the defendant was not liable for alleged defamatory statements contained in a first information report.

Counsel from Skrine who represented the defendant were Oommen Koshy and Kwan Will Sen.

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Lockheed Martin v Raytheon

On 4 September 2012, The Federal Court of Malaysia denied Lockheed Martin Corporation's application for leave to determine the question of "whether a mark if perceived to be generic in its country of origin, could be registered in Malaysia".

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SKRINE International Arbitration Day

The Firm hosted its inaugural International Arbitration Day, a one day seminar at the Sime Darby Convention Centre on 11 October 2012.

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