• Acted for an international technology & e-commerce company in a successful invalidation challenge in the High Court against a bad faith trademark registration.

• Acted for a local footwear company to obtain a trade description order from the High Court, which led to a raid action by enforcement authorities and seizure of infringing goods worth over RM600,000.

• Part of team that acted for a Taiwanese bubble tea franchisor against its former master franchisee in an application and subsequent appeal for interim injunction in aid of international arbitration, following the latter’s launch of a competing business and takeover of franchised outlets in Malaysia worth millions in business revenue.

• Part of team acting for the appellants in first-ever patent appeal to the Federal Court of Malaysia concerning the invalidation of a valuable roller-shutter patent and the interplay of independent & dependent patent claims.

• Acted for an Ipoh coffee producer to successfully resist an appeal to the High Court against the Registrar of Trade Mark’s decision to dismiss a trademark opposition brought by a competing coffee products trader.

• Secured transfers of various disputed domain names through UDRP and MyNIC Domain Name Dispute Resolution proceedings, including for a non-profit international institution, a regional mobile technology company and an international motorsport racing event corporation. Also successfully managed takedowns of various abusive websites including those mimicking genuine financial and legal service providers.

• Acted for the local supply arm of a global medical device group in defence of a product liability claim and in the successful appeal, the trial of which involved the taking of evidence via video link from a technical witness in France.

• Co-counsel for a foreign franchisor of workforce development programs in defence of a wrongful termination claim by a former franchisee who sought over RM 13 million in damages and lost profits.

• Acted for a general insurer to defend against an application to the High Court for a premature discharge of a performance bond for over RM2.7 million and release of cash collateral.

• Part of several response teams called on to urgently advise and set aside ex parte injunctions and ‘Anton Piller’ search & seizure orders. At the other end, part of team that applied for and executed an Anton Piller order in order to preserve evidence for a claim worth over a billion ringgit.

• Generally advised on pharmaceutical and medical device marketing authorisations, and on related advertising codes and restrictions.

• Advised across a broad range of regulations and requirements pertaining to general consumer products as well as other regulated products, including on reporting and corrective action obligations and strategies.

• Represented various food producers & distributors under investigation by the authorities and/or in response to prosecution, successfully securing discharges in several cases.

• Acted for importer in response to the detention of frozen consignments weighing over 112 metric tonnes by the Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services (MAQIS).

• Acted for importer in relation to detained consignment and dispute with MAQIS over organic fertilizer classification.

• Advised a veterinary solutions company in relation to an investigation by the authorities for alleged unauthorised movement of animal product.

Qualifications:

• Advocate and Solicitor, High Court of Malaya (2013)
• Barrister-at-Law (Inner Temple) (2010)
• LL.B (Hons), King’s College (2009)