“Partners Limited”, the changing facet of private legal practices entity in Malaysia and Singapore

Prior to 2012, advocates and solicitors in Malaysia are only allowed to carry out their private practices via sole proprietorships or partnerships structure. With the passing of the Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 2012 in July 2012, foreign law firms are allowed to operate in Malaysian. Such develo...

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Main Authors:	Abd Rahman, Hussin Mohamed, Alias, Siti Aliza, Abd Ghadas, Zuhairah Ariff
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	K Law (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/52797/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52797/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52797/1/ICLAS%20V%20proceeding%20%28conference%20paper%20presented%29.pdf

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spelling	iium-527972017-03-07T08:21:43Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/52797/ “Partners Limited”, the changing facet of private legal practices entity in Malaysia and Singapore Abd Rahman, Hussin Mohamed Alias, Siti Aliza Abd Ghadas, Zuhairah Ariff K Law (General) Prior to 2012, advocates and solicitors in Malaysia are only allowed to carry out their private practices via sole proprietorships or partnerships structure. With the passing of the Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 2012 in July 2012, foreign law firms are allowed to operate in Malaysian. Such development indicated that there should be changes to the business vehicles for private legal practices in Malaysia. In Singapore, the legal professions enjoy more business options compared to their counterparts in Malaysia. The advocates and solicitors in Singapore can choose to carry out their private practices in the form of sole proprietorships, partnerships, Law Corporation, limited partnerships and limited liability partnerships. The Singapore LLP is in fact the first LLP being introduced in the Southeast Asia region. Other than the LLPs, another interesting development in the Singapore legal fraternity is the law corporation. The business vehicle enables lawyers in Singapore to carry out their private practices in form of a company. This paper discuss the developments in business vehicles for private legal practices in Malaysia and Singapore in lieu of the changes of the business requirements and liberalization of the legal services. Research methodology adopted in this paper is statutory and doctrinal analysis. 2016-04-18 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/52797/1/ICLAS%20V%20proceeding%20%28conference%20paper%20presented%29.pdf Abd Rahman, Hussin Mohamed and Alias, Siti Aliza and Abd Ghadas, Zuhairah Ariff (2016) “Partners Limited”, the changing facet of private legal practices entity in Malaysia and Singapore. In: 5th International Conference on Law and Society (ICLAS V) 2016, 18th-19th April 2016, Pattani, Thailand. (Unpublished) https://www.unisza.edu.my/iclas2016/index.php?option=com_content&view=featured
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description	Prior to 2012, advocates and solicitors in Malaysia are only allowed to carry out their private practices via sole proprietorships or partnerships structure. With the passing of the Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 2012 in July 2012, foreign law firms are allowed to operate in Malaysian. Such development indicated that there should be changes to the business vehicles for private legal practices in Malaysia. In Singapore, the legal professions enjoy more business options compared to their counterparts in Malaysia. The advocates and solicitors in Singapore can choose to carry out their private practices in the form of sole proprietorships, partnerships, Law Corporation, limited partnerships and limited liability partnerships. The Singapore LLP is in fact the first LLP being introduced in the Southeast Asia region. Other than the LLPs, another interesting development in the Singapore legal fraternity is the law corporation. The business vehicle enables lawyers in Singapore to carry out their private practices in form of a company. This paper discuss the developments in business vehicles for private legal practices in Malaysia and Singapore in lieu of the changes of the business requirements and liberalization of the legal services. Research methodology adopted in this paper is statutory and doctrinal analysis.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Abd Rahman, Hussin Mohamed Alias, Siti Aliza Abd Ghadas, Zuhairah Ariff
author_facet	Abd Rahman, Hussin Mohamed Alias, Siti Aliza Abd Ghadas, Zuhairah Ariff
author_sort	Abd Rahman, Hussin Mohamed
title	“Partners Limited”, the changing facet of private legal practices entity in Malaysia and Singapore
title_short	“Partners Limited”, the changing facet of private legal practices entity in Malaysia and Singapore
title_full	“Partners Limited”, the changing facet of private legal practices entity in Malaysia and Singapore
title_fullStr	“Partners Limited”, the changing facet of private legal practices entity in Malaysia and Singapore
title_full_unstemmed	“Partners Limited”, the changing facet of private legal practices entity in Malaysia and Singapore
title_sort	“partners limited”, the changing facet of private legal practices entity in malaysia and singapore
publishDate	2016
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/52797/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52797/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52797/1/ICLAS%20V%20proceeding%20%28conference%20paper%20presented%29.pdf
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