Rosli Dahlan Saravana Partnership

Senior Partner: Datuk D.P. Naban

Partners: Rosli Dahlan, Bee Hong Ooi, Ong Eu Jin, Saravana Kumar, Nagarajah Muttiah, Syafinaz Vani, R Rishi, Tan Gek Im, Chia Loong Thye

Number of partners: 11

Number of lawyers: 37 (and expanding)

Languages: Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese (including Cantonese and Mandarin), English, Tamil

Firm Overview: Rosli Dahlan Saravana Partnership (RDS) is an award winning, full-service commercial law Firm with diverse experience among the partners who are consistently ranked as leading lawyers in Malaysia by notable legal rankers including Chambers Asia-Pacific, Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation, and Asian Legal Business. The firm subscribes to the highest standard of integrity and morality. It practices excellence and is performance driven.

The founding goals of the firm are:

■ Delivering customised legal service

■ Embracing legal technology and innovation

■ Nurturing young talent

■ Forging a respectful work environment

The firm’s lawyers have a high level of industry knowledge in their chosen fields and have the requisite knowledge, understanding, and experience in business processes and commercial concerns.

Datuk D.P. Naban, a senior partner of the firm, is a highly acclaimed band 1 tax lawyer, as ranked by Chambers Asia with nearly 40 years of experience in legal practice. He was recently named as one of the top 100 lawyers in Malaysia by Asia Business Law Journal.

Rosli Dahlan, the firm’s head of dispute resolution has 30 years of experience in civil and commercial disputes and is ranked as a leading individual for dispute resolution on the recent Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020 rankings.

Ooi Bee Hong, the head of corporate & real estate transactions has 30 years of experience in a broad spectrum of corporate and commercial related transactions, with an emphasis on foreign direct investments in Malaysia. She is ranked as a recognised practitioner (corporate and M&A) in Chambers Asia-Pacific 2020 and recommended in the Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2020 (antitrust & competition, corporate and M&A).

Saravana Kumar, the head of tax, SST & customs was recently named as one of the top 100 lawyers in Malaysia by Asia Business Law Journal and is ranked as a band 1 tax lawyer by Chambers Asia 2020.

Ong Eu Jin, an author and lawyer with corporate experience, has a sound and acute understanding of his clients’ commercial objectives. He has acted for local and foreign corporations, public-listed companies, financial institutions and REITs. He was the chief operating officer (COO) of a subsidiary of a financial services group for 7 years. He has been appointed as director (both executive and independent non-executive) of companies regulated by the Securities Commission Malaysia. He has also previously served on the board of the Financial Planning Association of Malaysia as its honorary secretary.

Main Areas of Practice: 

■ Appellate Advocacy

■ Banking & Finance

■ Capital Markets

■ Civil & Commercial Disputes

■ Construction & Arbitration

■ Corporate Fraud

■ Data Protection

■ Employment & Industrial Relations

■ Energy, Infrastructures & Projects

■ Fintech

■ Government & Regulatory Matters

■ Healthcare & Medical Negligence

■ Incentives

■ Intellectual Property, Technology, Media & Telecommunications

■ Maritime & International Shipping

■ Mergers & Acquisitions

■ Real Estate Transactions

■ Tax, SST & Customs

■ Trade Facilitation

■ Wills & Probate

Appellate Advocacy 

Contacts: D.P. Naban, Rosli Dahlan

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Tel: +603 6209 5405, +603 6209 5420

Capital Markets 

Contact: Ong Eu Jin

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +603 6209 5488

Civil & Commercial Disputes 

Contacts: D.P. Naban, Rosli Dahlan

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Tel: +603 6209 5405, +603 6209 5420

Competition Law 

Contact: Ooi Bee Hong

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +603 6209 5401

Construction & Arbitration 

Contacts: D.P. Naban, Rosli Dahlan

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Tel: +603 6209 5405, +603 6209 5420

Corporate Fraud 

Contacts: D.P. Naban, Rosli Dahlan, R Rishi

Email: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Tel: +603 6209 5405, +603 6209 5420

Personal Data Protection 

Contact: Ooi Bee Hong

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +603 6209 5401

Employment & Industrial Relations 

Contacts: D.P. Naban; Ooi Bee Hong

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Tel: +603 6209 5405, +603 6209 5401

Energy, Infrastructure & Projects 

Contacts: D.P. Naban, Rosli Dahlan

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Tel: +603 6209 5405, +603 6209 5420

Fintech  

Contacts: Ooi Bee Hong, Ong Eu Jin

Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

Tel: +603 6209 5401; +603 6209 5488

Intellectual Property  

Contact: Bahari Yeow

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +603 6209 5405

Medical Negligence 

Contact: Syafinaz Vani

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +603 6209 5400