Asia-Pacific
Practice Areas
Banking Litigation/ Insolvency
Antitrust & Competition Law
Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Employment & Industrial Relations
Social Security
Occupational Safety
White Collar Crime/Anti-Corruption/Anti-Money Laundering
International Trade Disputes
Immigration
Career
Leonard leads the Dispute Resolution and Employment & Industrial Relations practice groups. He has substantial trial, appellate and arbitration experience and has litigated as counsel at all levels of the Malaysian and Singaporean court hierarchy as well as domestic and international arbitrations, representing mainly blue-chip corporate clients and foreign multinational companies. From 2001 to 2002, he practiced with one of Asia-Pacific’s premier law firms, based in Singapore and has acted as counsel in numerous cases before the High Court of Singapore and conducted domestic and international arbitrations held in Singapore.
Professional Memberships
Executive Committee (EXCO) member of Lawyers Associated Worldwide (LAW); Past Officer & Chair of the Publications Committee of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA); Vice-Chair of the Employment & Immigration Law Committee of Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA); International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Malaysia's Arbitration Committee; Member of the Home Affairs & Human Resources Committee; Arbitration & Legal Affairs Committee of the Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MICCI); Member of the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM)’s Human Resource Management Committee.
Publications
Leonard is a key opinion leader and his articles are published regularly by The Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) and The Malaysian Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (MAICSA). He also contributed to the