Zaid Ibrahim & Co (in association with KPMG Law)

Intellectual Property

Partner

With over 25 years of experience exclusively in Intellectual Property (IP), Siew Ling’s practice spans the full spectrum of IP matters, from creation, protection and litigation to enforcement of IP rights.

Siew Ling has conducted trials and argued appeals at the Court of Appeal and Federal Court where precedent setting cases in IP had been decided. She has been described by the Legal 500 Asia Pacific as “an excellent litigator and an expert in the field” and this was similarly echoed in Chambers Asia Pacific which quoted her as “an esteemed IP litigator”.

Her expertise also extends to transactional IP work such as licensing, franchising, regulatory advice for food, drug and labelling laws as well as data protection. She has advised clients from a diverse range of sectors including automotive, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, consumer products, food and beverage, luxury products, fashion and retail.

She is consistently ranked as a leading IP lawyer in various publications including the Chambers Asia Pacific, Who’s Who Legal: Trade Marks, Patents and Franchising and the World’s Leading Trademark Professionals. In Chambers Asia Pacific, she has been quoted as coming highly recommended by clients, who appreciate “her very good knowledge of IP, her international perspective and her energetic and positive charisma” whilst The World Trademark Review cited her as “a versatile prosecution maven with a laser focus on intellectual property.” She is ranked as one of Malaysia’s Top 100 Lawyers (Asia Business Law Journal) and by Managing Intellectual Property as among Malaysia’s top legal practitioners for Intellectual Property.

English, Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin

Advocate and Solicitor, High Court of Malaya Registered Trade Mark, Patent and Industrial Design Agent Bachelor of Laws, First Class Honours, University College London, United Kingdom Master of Law (Commercial and IP), University of Cambridge, United Kingdom