LAU KEI JIN (PARTNER)
LL.B (HONS) (MANCHESTER), CLP,
ADVOCATE & SOLICITOR OF THE HIGH COURT OF MALAYA
Mr. Lau Kei Jin has extensive knowledge and experience in various areas of practice. His services cover a full range of property and real estate transactions, banking and financing, property acquisitions and disposals, drafting agreements, consultancy & advisory work. He regularly advises clients on the issues of trusts and succession, Will preparation and estate planning. He also frequently represents clients in various domains.
He also routinely appears in High Court of Malaya for divorce and family matters, grant of probate and letters of administration. His specialty also extends to advisory works and preparation of tenancy & leasing documentations.
Expertise
- General Conveyancing Works
- Sale & Purchase Of Commercial & Residential Properties，sub-sale Of Properties
- Sale And Purchase Of Agricultural Land
- Perfection Of Transfer And Charge
- Discharge Of Charge
- Deed Of Assignment By Way Of Transfer/ Security
- Transfer Of Shares
- Financing Of Purchase Of Properties,
- Entering And Removing Caveat On Land
- Transmission Of Estate By Probate Or Letters Of Administration
- Transfer By Way Of Judicial Auction
- Trust Deed & Powers Of Attorney
LAU KEI YI (PARTNER)
LL.B (HONS) (MANCHESTER), CLP,
ADVOCATE & SOLICITOR OF THE HIGH COURT OF MALAYA
Mr. Lau Kei Yi was admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of High Court of Malaya in 2013 after completing his pupilage at one of the largest firms in Malaysia. He specializes in general dispute resolution, banking and finance litigation, family and estates disputes. He is also listed as one of the lawyers serving Yayasan Bantuan Guaman Kebangsaan (YBGK) Johor Bahru in criminal cases. He is also the author and owner of legalsymphonyjb.blogspot.com
Expertise
Litigation
- Banking litigation – civil, foreclosure, bankruptcy, winding up, hire purchase disputes
- All execution proceedings including writ of seizure and sale, garnishee application, committal proceedings, Judgment Debtor Summons
- Land matters – Trespass to land, Tenancy disputes and Distress application, eviction
- Commercial Disputes – Goods sold and delivered
- Corporate and commercial disputes
- Shareholders disputes
- Reinstatement of company struck off the roll
- Employment/ Industrial relations disputes
- Family matters – Adoption, Divorce (both contested and uncontested), Grant of Probate & Letters of Administration, resealing application, variation of custody, annulment of marriage, judicial separation, pre-nuptial agreements
Commercial Transactions
Drafting, reviewing and commenting on different types of agreements including but not limited to:
- Settlement agreement
- Offer to purchase shares
- Sale and Purchase Agreement
- Memorandum of Understanding
- Partnership Agreement
- Trust Deed
- Deed of Gift
- Lease & Tenancy Agreement
- Power of Attorney, deed of revocation>
Achievement
- Acted for the residents for damage caused by adjacent construction project
- Defended a landlord from the claims arising from alleged meter tampering
- Acted for the lender in friendly loan disputes
- Acted for a client against maid agency
- Acted in partnership/ profit sharing dispute
- Acted for a landowner against renovation company
- Successfully obtained summary judgments in civil actions.
- Successfully dismissed applications by judgment debtors to set aside both judgment in default and bankruptcy notice.
- Obtained prohibitory order against the lands
- Claimed ownership of properties detained by the royal malaysia police in drugs related offences
- Claimed ownership of properties detained by malaysian anti-corruption commission
- Obtained a court order to perfect transfer of land without master quit rent receipt
- Represented a group of purchasers against housing developer
- Defended a sports club against negligence suit
- Removed caveats lodged against lands
- Advised a prominent housing developer on defamation laws
- Defended a housing developer against management corporation in maintenance, sinking fund & service charges disputes
- Advised on reciprocal enforcement of commonwealth judgments in malaysia
- Obtained caveat against grants of representation
