Wong Chee Lin, who spent three decades at Malaysian law firm Skrine before a brief stint on the bench, has returned to the firm as a litigation partner in Kuala Lumpur
Wong is Skrine’s third lateral partner hire in a month; the firm recently brought on board Islamic finance lawyers Hafidah Aman Hashim and Sharifah Shafika Alsagoff as partners.
A commercial litigation expert, Wong’s practice focuses on corporate restructuring and insolvency. Her experience covers banking and recovery work, shareholders’ disputes and directors’ duties.
After working for more than 30 years at Skrine, Wong became a judge of the Kuala Lumpur High Court in 2018. Her judgements included a landmark decision on the judicial management mechanism.
Hafidah Aman Hashim, Sharifah Shafika Alsagoff
Malaysian law firm Skrine has hired Islamic finance lawyers Sharifah Shafika Alsagoff and Hafidah Aman Hashim as partners in Kuala Lumpur from Mohamed Ridza & Co.
Shafika, who will head the firm’s Islamic investments and capital markets practice, has more than 25 years of experience advising on retail and corporate Islamic finance, project bonds, restructurings, real estate and regulatory issues.
Hafidah, who also counsels on real estate and corporate advisory, predominantly focuses her practice on Islamic finance and capital markets and Shariah financing.
Following the hires of Shafika and Hafidah, the firm now has 45 partners.