Albar & Partners continued to dominate at the ALB Malaysia Law Awards, after collecting eight gongs at the second edition, twice its haul from last year. These included Malaysia Deal of the Year, Malaysia Law Firm of the Year, Managing Partner of the Year and Dealmaker of the Year, with the latter two going to Datuk Syed Zaid Albar.

At the gala awards dinner held at the InterContinental Kuala Lumpur on March 27, Skrine and Zul Rafique & Partners collected three awards each, the former being named the KLRCA Award Arbitration Law Firm of the Year and IP Law Firm of the Year, and the latter being named the Labour & Employment Law Firm of the Year.

With more than 160 private practice lawyers, in-house counsel and members of the judiciary watching, Wong & Partners and Shearn Delamore & Co. shared the Malaysia Deal Firm of the Year award, while Clifford Chance was named the International Deal Firm of the Year.

In the in-house categories, Maybank won three awards including Banking & Finance In-House Team of the Year and In-House Lawyer of the Year (shared by Mohd Nazlan Ghazali with Raphael Kok of Shell). Sime Darby was named Malaysia In-House Team of the Year.

For a full list of winners, see here.