Shearn Delamore & Co. is one of the oldest law firms in Malaysia and has evolved over the last ten decades into one of the largest, providing a comprehensive range of services to a broad spectrum of clients from private individuals to the largest multinationals.
The firm has 48 partners, 2 consultants, 52 legal assistants and more than 280 support staff in its Kuala Lumpur and Penang offices.
Shearn Delamore & Co. consists of 15 practice groups: Competition Law & Antitrust, Corporate and Commercial, Dispute Resolution, Employment and Administrative Law, Energy, Natural Resources and
Green Technology, Environmental, Financial Services, Immigration, Infrastructure and Projects, Intellectual Property, Personal Data Protection and Privacy Laws, Real Estate, Regulatory Compliance and Enforcement, Tax and Revenue, and Telecommunications, Media and Technology.
Our Accolades:
Chambers Asia Pacific 2012 Awards — Malaysian Law Firm of the Year
Eighteen (18) of our Partners are recommended as Leaders in their Fields for Chambers Asia Pacific 2012
IFLR1000 2012 - Recommended Firm of the Year
Who's Who Legal Country & State Awards 2012 — Malaysia Firm of the Year
Asian Legal Business (ALB) awarded the Temasek Holdings (Private) - Khazanah Nasional Berhad Joint Development deal as the M&A Deal of the Year at the ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2012.
INTERCONTINENTAL FINANCE 2012 Continent Awards - One of the Winners in Asia
Asialaw Profiles 2012 ranks Shearn Delamore & Co. a first tier firm in:
Corporate / M&A
Dispute Resolution
Intellectual Property
Labour & Employment
Tax
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2012 ranks Shearn Delamore & Co. a first tier firm in:
Corporate and M&A
Dispute resolution
Intellectual property
Islamic finance
Real estate and construction
Tax
Based on the nominations and testimonials of the in-house counsel surveyed as part of the 2012 ASIAN-MENA COUNSEL - In-House Community 'Representing Corporate Asia & Middle East Survey' - Shearn Delamore & Co has been named an ASIAN-MENA COUNSEL 'IN-HOUSE COMMUNITY FIRM OF THE YEAR' in Malaysia for the following categories:
Anti-Trust/ Competition
Employment
Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Maritime & Shipping
Taxation
Most Responsive Domestic Firm
Chambers Global (2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 editions) ranked Shearn Delamore & Co. as one of Malaysia's leading firms in Banking and Finance, and Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions.
Shearn Delamore & Co is one of the recommended firms for Malaysia by the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) 1000 (2006/2007, 2007/08, 2008/09 and 2009/2010 Editions), particularly in these areas of practice:
Banking and Project Finance
Capital Markets
Mergers and Acquisitions
ACQ Finance Magazine (UK) named Shearn Delamore & Co. as Full Service Law Firm of the Year 2009 - Malaysia.
The Firm has been selected by WHO'SWHOLEGAL (the Official Research Partner of the International Bar Association) as Firm of the Year: Malaysia in the 2006 and 2007 Who's Who Legal Awards.
The Firm is also the Malaysia Leading Intellectual Property Firm in Trade Mark Prosecution and Trade Mark / Copyright Contentious (2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009) and the Malaysia Leading Intellectual Property Firm in Patent Contentious (2006, 2007 and 2008 and, 2009) and Malaysia Leading Intellectual Property Firm in Patent Prosecution (2009) based on the MIP World Intellectual Property Survey.
Shearn Delamore & Co. was named the Malaysia Intellectual Property Firm of the Year (Global Awards 2006 and 2007) by Managing Intellectual Property (MIP), a member of the Euromoney Legal Media Group.
Shearn Delamore & Co. also maintains extensive global network links with foreign law firms and multilateral agencies and our lawyers are active members or office bearers of organisations such as the American Bar Association (ABA), American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), American Malaysian Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM), Asean Intellectual Property Association (Asean IPA), Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA), International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), Employment Law Alliance (ELA), EU-Malaysian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (EUMCCI), Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA), International Bar Association (IBA), International Fiscal Association (IFA) Malaysia, International Insolvency Practitioners Association (INSOL), International Tax Planning Association (ITPA), International Trademark Association (INTA), The Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of KL and Selangor (KLSCCCI), Lawasia, Licensing Executives Society International (LESI), The Association of European Trade Mark Owners (MARQUES), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MICCI), Medico-legal Societies, the World Law Group (WLG) and the World Services Group (WSG).