Shearn Delamore & Co

The firm: Established in 1905, Shearn Delamore is one of the leading law firms in Malaysia. With over 100 lawyers and 230 staff, the firm has the resources to run and manage the most complex projects, transactions and matters. This would include coordinating and managing cross-border transactions together with the foreign and international law firms with whom we continuously work. By combining our diverse experience and interdisciplinary collaborations, we are able to provide a complementary range of skills.

The firm maintains extensive global network links with foreign law firms and multilateral agencies, including the World Law Group (WLG), the World Services Group (WSG) and the Employment Law Alliance (ELA). Shearn Delamore & Co. has formed an alliance with Drew & Napier LLC from Singapore, Makarim & Taira S. from Indonesia and Martinez Vergara Gonzalez & Serrano Law from the Philippines, which is a formidable blue-chip legal network named Drew Network Asia (DNA). DNA is a ‘firm of firms’ that operates as a united collective, bringing both international perspectives and local expertise to the table.

If regional co-ordination is required for any transaction or project, we can draw upon the resources of and can work together with some of Asia’s best law firms.

Network: Shearn Delamore & Co. has the resources to run and manage the most complex projects, transactions and matters. We have been at the forefront of the Malaysian legal profession for over a century. This has been acknowledged on both local and international fronts. The many robust relationships that Shearn Delamore & Co. has within our wide global network provide our clients with the reach and resources to further their commercial interests. We are particularly proud of our memberships in the World Law Group (WLG), the World Services Group (WSG) and the Employment Law Alliance (ELA). We meet our counterparts annually in these organizations. Our relationships serve to ensure that our clients will receive the personal attention whenever assistance is required.

Today, we are one of the largest multi award-winning law firms in the country. Our firm and our lawyers have been consistently recognized by independent legal publications, and been ranked high since 2011 by the Chambers & Partners, AsiaLaw Profiles, International Financial Law Review (IFLR) 1000, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, and other respected legal publications.

Areas of practice: Our qualifications and experience encompass several areas of practice, each with sub-practice areas, all of which have served the needs of clients across a broad range of industries.

• China desk
• India desk
• Japan desk
• Arbitration and mediation
• Capital markets
• Competition law and antitrust
• Corporate/M&A
• Corporate secretarial services
• Dispute resolution
• Employment and administrative law
• Energy, natural resources and green technology
• Engineering and construction
• Environmental
• Financial services
• Healthcare and life sciences
• Immigration
• Infrastructure and projects
• Intellectual property
• Investigation and crisis management
• Islamic finance
• Medico-legal
• Personal data protection and privacy laws
• Private client and family business
• Real estate
• Regulatory compliance and enforcement
• Restructuring and insolvency
• Shipping and maritime
• Tax and revenue
• Technology, media and telco
• Transportation

Our accolades

Chambers Asia Pacific Awards (2011, 2012, 2014, 2017 and 2021)
Malaysian Law Firm of the Year

International Financial Law Review (IFLR) Asia-Pacific Awards (2022)
Malaysia Law Firm of the Year

Asian Legal Business Malaysia Law Awards (2022)
Malaysia Law Firm of the Year

Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific Awards (2021)
Malaysia Firm of the Year

Chambers Asia Pacific (2019 – 2022)
Band 1 Firm in Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Employment and Industrial Relations, Intellectual Property and Tax

IFLR 1000 (2019 – 2022)
Top Tier Firm in Corporate/M&A

Asialaw Profiles (2020 and 2021)
Outstanding Firm for Real Estate industry sector
Outstanding Firm for Competition and Antitrust, Construction, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Labour and Employment and Tax practice areas

Asialaw Profiles 2022
Outstanding Firm for Banking & Financial Services and Real Estate industry sector
Outstanding Firm for Construction, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Labour and Employment and Tax practice areas

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2019 – 2021)
Top Tier Firm for Antitrust and Competition, Banking and Finance, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Labour and Employment, Real Estate and Construction and Tax

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022
Top Tier Firm for Antitrust and Competition, Banking and Finance, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Labour and Employment, Real Estate and Construction, Shipping and Tax