We are pleased to announce that Skrine has been ranked in 12 practice areas in the 2023 edition of the Legal 500 Asia-Pacific publication.
 
In this edition, Skrine is ranked Tier 1 in 6 practice areas. We maintained our Tier 1 ranking in Corporate and M&A, Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Labour and Employment, and Telecommunications and Media and Technology (including FINTECH), and our Antitrust and Competition practice group improved its ranking from Tier 2 to Tier 1 this year. The firm is also ranked in Banking and Finance, Projects and Energy, Real Estate and Construction, Shipping, Tax, and Islamic Finance.
 
We congratulate our partners, To’ Puan Janet Looi, Charmayne Ong, Khoo Guan Huat, Ivan Loo, Siva Kumar Kanagasabai, Selvamalar Alagaratnam, Kuek Pei Yee, Teh Hong Koon, Fariz Abdul Aziz, Sharon Chong, Foo Siew Li, and Tatvaruban Subramaniam for having received individual recognition in their respective practice areas.
 
Testimonials from this year’s edition include:
 
“The Skrine team are extremely good at handling multiparty, multi-jurisdictional litigation. The team are always on hand, night and day if necessary, owing to the UK/Malaysian time differences and are willing to go the extra mile.”
 
“Best firm in Malaysia. Responsive, fast, technically and commercially knowledgeable and experienced.”
 
“Skrine’s team is very responsive and always keep up to date with new developments. They send regular client alerts on new developments. The firm as a whole is outstanding.”
 
“I have been very impressed with the speed of response of the Skrine team and their general user-friendliness. Malaysia is not the easiest of regulatory environments in which to do business on the banking side, and Skrine’s concise and timely advice helped us to set things out clearly for the clients.”
 
“We have been very impressed with the Skrine team. They are experts in M&A, providing seamless support during difficult processes.”
 
“We have instructed them on the full-range of trademark work and the team is accessible responsive, and is able to work with us seamlessly to craft creative legal solutions for our clients. We also find Skrine’s fees to be reasonable and competitive, despite it being a large firm.”
 
“Skrine has been our go-to legal firm for construction and real estate disputes for over ten years. We are particularly impressed with their team of experienced lawyers, with diverse expertise. The team expediently takes charge of legal documentation. They are truly professional and dedicated and we were swept off our feet when they flew across country to ensure that urgent court papers were filed the very next morning for us.”
 
“The Skrine team is unique because they offer employment legal support both on an advisory front and for employment litigation. They are also equipped to advise on ongoing investigations and conduct investigations for their clients.”
 
We express our sincere appreciation to our clients and peers for their invaluable and positive feedback.
 
Full rankings can be viewed here.