Member Profiles

Karen Abraham is the Head of the Intellectual Property department of Messrs Shearn Delamore & Co. Her practice covers all aspects of Intellectual Property, Technology, Media & Telecommunications, Data Protection and Competition Law. She has more than 30 years of litigation experience in Intellectual Property matters, appearing in the Apex Courts in Malaysia. The Malaysian law journals bear testimony of how she has been instrumental in setting precedent in IP jurisprudence thereby establishing and evolving IP infrastructure in Malaysia over 3 decades. Abraham regularly provides legal counsel on all allied IP rights and advises on compliance and regulatory matters relating to food and drugs, domain name disputes, licensing, franchising, merchandising, commercial sales contracts, sponsorship, advertising and entertainment, and media broadcasting laws. Abraham is also experienced in all aspects of Information Technology (IT), e-commerce, and telecommunications related matters and cyber laws. Abraham also works very closely with the Malaysian Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (MDTCA) who are vested with the powers of enforcing IP rights under the existing IP legal regime including under Trademarks and Copyright, Consumer Protection and Trade Description legislations. Her enforcement practice focuses on crafting anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting programmes for leading companies in the global market, as well as crafting innovative strategies and brand management schemes for global and local IP brands. Abraham is the first woman in Malaysia to hold a position as Board Member of the International Trademark Association (INTA). Abraham was the Assistant Secretary General of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) and was the first Malaysian to sit on the Bureau of AIPPI. She also sits as Council member of ASEAN IP Association (AIPA) and in 2021, she was appointed the Asia Pacific Regional Forum Liaison Officer, IBA Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee. Karen is an active committee member of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association, AIPPI and Marques. Abraham is a Panellist on the Domain Name Dispute panel of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) and a Panel member of the Malaysian Mediation Centre. She is also serves the IP Committee and the Disciplinary Board of the Malaysian Bar Council. Qualifications LL. B (Hons), University of Adelaide, South Australia Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, South Australia Institute of Technology Barrister & Solicitor, South Australia Supreme Court Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya Industrial Design and Trademark Agent Accredited Mediator of the Malaysian Mediation Centre Admissions South Australia (1988) Malaysia (1989)

YEE Fook Weng is an advocate and solicitor admitted to practice in both Singapore and West Malaysia. Graduating from the National University of Singapore in 1995, he trained with the law firm of Allen & Gledhill in Singapore before moving on to practice with Khattar Wong & Partners.  Fook Weng then practised for a number of years with the firm of K M Chye & Murad, an established corporate law firm based in Kuala Lumpur, where he headed its Corporate and Securities Practice Group.  Fook Weng is a founding – and current – senior partner of Murad Yee Partnership for more than 15 years.  Takeovers, mergers & acquisition transactions feature prominently in Fook Weng’s legal practice and his transactional experience includes being involved in a number of successfully completed bank mergers (including the worldwide merger of UOB-OUB), public listed company takeovers and large cross-border corporate acquisitions / disposals.   In the area of restructuring, Fook Weng has acted for statutory restructuring agencies and institutions like Danamodal Nasional Berhad and Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Berhad, as well as public listed companies in relation to various restructuring schemes – including those involving the Corporate Debt Restructuring Committee (CDRC) and Section 176 of the Companies Act 1965 (now Section 366 of the Companies Act 2016). With regard to initial public offerings (IPO), Fook Weng has played a key role in several noteworthy listings, including as the lead partner for the successful listing of the first Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) – Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad – on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad in 2011 and the subsequent completion of its cross-border Qualifying Acquisition.  In addition, Fook Weng has served as a coach for the Malaysian Government’s Coach & Grow maiden “Go IPO” Programme, which is aimed at guiding and developing local businesses towards IPOs and the global markets. As part of a broad range of corporate and securities portfolio engagements, Fook Weng has also been actively involved in private equity / venture capital investment transactions – including acting for major government-owned / funded venture capital and private equity funds like Malaysia Venture Capital Management Berhad (MAVCAP), MSC Venture Corporation Sdn Bhd (MSCVC), Agensi Inovasi Malaysia (AIM) and Malaysian-Industry Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT).     Besides being recognized by international publications such as The Asia Pacific Legal 500 for his work, Fook Weng has also been identified by the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Asialaw Leading Lawyers surveys for his practice in the field of “Mergers & Acquisitions” within the Asia-Pacific region and has been categorized as a “Highly Regarded Leading Lawyer” in the IFLR1000 2023/24 edition.   On the legal professional body front, Fook Weng currently serves as a member of two Malaysian Bar Council committees.

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Practice Areas - Succession Law, Business & Corporate Law, Shipping law, Property & Development Law, Private International law, Employment & Labour law, General Civil Law, and General Commercial & Civil litigation. Career path & other posts - Admitted to the Bar in 1996. In 2011 co-founded IURIS Malta. Previous posts include Chairman of Board of Special Commissioners, adviser to Ministry for Economic Services, & Ministry for Communication & Competitiveness, Secretary to the Co-operatives Board. Languages – Fluent Maltese, English, Italian and a working knowledge of French

David Tonna has over 30 years experience in assisting domestic and international clients in Corporate law and Governance, Trusts services, Financial Services, Banking and Finance, General Commercial, Maritime and Aviation, Intellectual Property and Anti-counterfeiting, and Immigration.