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Shook Lin & Bok is a law firm with offices in Singapore and Malaysia.

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Shook Lin & Bok began in 1918 as Messrs Yong Shook Lin, a Kuala Lumpur law firm. That year, Yong Shook Lin was admitted as the first Chinese to the Malayan bar after graduating from Cambridge University. In 1938, the firm recruited another partner, Tan Teow Bok, and was renamed Messrs Shook Lin & Bok. Yong's son, Pung How, would later join the firm in 1952 after graduating with a double-first degree in law from his father's alma mater, initially practicing mostly criminal law. [1] Under the Pung How leadership as a senior partner, the firm grew to be one of the largest firms in Malaya. [2] [3]

In 1964, Shook Lin opened an office in Singapore, [4] [5] and by the 1980s, it was considered one of the four local leading law firms of the time. [6] [7] In 2001, it was among the first batch of joint law ventures approved by the Singaporean government to operate a partnership with Allen & Overy. The partnership dissolved in 2009. [8]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Yu, Patrick (1998). A Seventh Child and the Law. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. ISBN   978-9622095243.
  3. ↑ "Seven leave Shook Lin as firm beefs up ranks for regional push". The Business Times. 9 June 1994. p. 15.
  4. 1 2 "Law firm that produced two CJs turns 100". The Straits Times. 25 September 2018. Archived from the original on 25 September 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  5. ↑ "Shook Lin & Bok a part of Singapore's story: Minister". The New Paper. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  6. ↑ Thomas, M (1 June 1983). "The Leading Euromarket Law Firms In Hong Kong And Singapore". International Financial Law Review (6): 4.
  7. ↑ "Wong Meng Meng resigning from Shook Lin & Bok to start own firm". The Straits Times . 30 November 1991. p. 48.
  8. ↑ Krishnan, Jayanth K. (2010). "The Joint Law Venture: A Pilot Study". Berkeley Journal of International Law .
  9. ↑ "Sundaresh Menon". Tatler Asia. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "Shook Lin & Bok being sued by former partners". The Business Times. 23 December 1992. p. 13.
  11. ↑ "Lawyer sues 10 partners of law firm for share of profits". The Straits Times. 24 December 1992. p. 3.


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