The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2017 rankings were released on 9 November 2016.
The Legal 500 directory is widely viewed as the most prestigious legal rankings in the world, as the recommendations are based on work done, and feedback from clients and other lawyers worldwide.
The Malaysia section is divided into 13 sections, and the following is an excerpt of The Legal 500’s overview:
The second half of year is always peak period for job applications at law firms. At various times during this period, we will receive applications from local or overseas graduates, as well as those who have passed their CLP or UK Bar exams. Whenever this time of year comes around, I’m always shocked at some of the appalling job applications that I see — and it’s not just me, many fellow employers or recruitment partners share horror stories and regularly ask “how on earth did this person pass law school?”
For the benefit of current applicants, here are 3 ridiculous errors that you really shouldn’t be making:
Five Malaysian lawyers, including one of the co-founders of themalaysianlawyer.com, Marcus van Geyzel, have just been named in Asian Legal Business’ “Top 40 Under 40” of Asia’s lawyers for 2016.
The mid-year months of June to August are traditionally popular periods for legal career fairs in Malaysia. During these months, law students are either on a break in between semesters, or on their summer holidays before the start of the new school year.
In recent years, there has been a notable decline in interest in these legal career fairs. Employers who have been participating in these events started noticing a few years ago that the number of attendees was beginning to drop. After some time, we are now seeing employers beginning to lose interest too, and the number of law firms and other employers who are willing to spend on taking up spaces at legal career fairs have reduced dramatically.
The failure of the most recent legal career fair in Kuala Lumpur — the Bar Council’s “Legal Expo” (LEXPO) on 30 July — is a perhaps extreme example of this trend.
Malaysia’s Securities Commission (SC) has announced significant changes to the take-overs and mergers regulatory framework.
In a statement, the SC explained that the new Rules on Take-overs, Mergers and Compulsory Acquisitions 2016 (Rules) “stipulates operational and conduct requirements in relation to take-overs”. The SC also clarified that the Rules, which came into force immediately, were issued as an SC guideline under Section 377 of the Capital Markets and Services Act 2007 (CMSA).
Together with the Rules, the SC also introduced a vastly revised Malaysian Code on Take-overs and Mergers 2016 (Code).
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