
SHAHIR KHUBAYB & CO
Areas of Practice
Dispute Resolution
Alternative Dispute Resolution
The Firm offers a wide range of alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration and obtaining various reliefs under the Arbitration Act 2005, mediation and adjudication under the Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012.
Civil Litigation
Administrative & Constitutional Law
The Firm has experience in handling complex administrative law and constitutional issues and also judicial review applications including but not limited to applications for an order for certiorari, mandamus and writ of quo warranto.
Banking & Insolvency Litigation
The Firm offers the full range of legal services in banking litigation from pre-litigation process, debt recovery, execution proceedings and all other matters pertaining thereto.
Construction Litigation
The Firm is able to deal with a wide range of construction and design claims that can arise during and after construction, having real-world experience in related areas of engineering and construction management. The Firm offers litigation in tandem with alternative dispute resolution methods.
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Corporate & Commercial Litigation
The Firm provides an extensive range of corporate and commercial litigation services ranging from contractual disputes, regulatory and statutory compliance matters, real property disputes, commercial fraud, directors’ duties, shareholders’ disputes and liquidation matters.
Election Law
The Firm has experience in providing election legal advisory services and handling election petitions in the Election Court and the Federal Court.
Employment Law
The Firm handles representation in litigation matters under the Industrial Relations Act 1967 including trade disputes, non-compliance and dismissal claims and claims for employment benefits under the Employment Act 1955, including applications for judicial review, including certiorari or mandamus, review of Industrial Court awards as well as legal challenges to the Minister’s reference under section 20 of the Industrial Relations Act 1967.
Intellectual Property Litigation
The Firm is able to conduct Intellectual Property litigation, particularly concerning breaches of trade secrets, infringement of copyrights, infringement and passing off of trademarks and the removal or objections to registration of trademarks.
Land Litigation
The Firm regularly handles land-based litigation, including conveyancing disputes and fraud, boundary disputes, nuisance, trespass, landlord-tenant disputes, removal of caveats, eviction, and specific performance.
Torts
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The Firm has considerable experience in handling this technical aspect of the law. The Firm handles cases involving law of tort including but not limited to defamation, nuisance and negligence cases. The Firm also handles professional negligence cases. The Firm provides not only litigation services but also pre-emptive remedies in dealing with such disputes.
Criminal Litigation
orporate Criminal Cases
The Firm has extensive experience in dealing with white collar crime such as criminal breach of trust, criminal misappropriation, government investigations, enforcement and prosecution.
Corruption
The Firm usually deals with offences relating to soliciting/receiving gratification, offering/giving gratification, false claims intending to deceive and using a person's office or position for gratification under the Malaysian Anti Corruption Act 2009.
Crimes of Violence
The Firm is able to provide assistance for a wide range of crimes of violence, including aggravated assault, domestic violence, kidnapping, assault and battery, armed robbery, burglary, felonious assault, extortion, and resisting and obstructing police officers.
Drug-related Offences
The Firm handles various offences against all manner of drug offense charges, including drug possession, drug trafficking, and drug manufacture.
Habeas Corpus
The Firm handles habeas corpus petitions and post-conviction matters.
Money Laundering Offences
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The Firm handles various offences against all manner of money laundering offences, including the forfeiture of property involved in or derived from money laundering and terrorism financing offences, as well as terrorist property, proceeds of an unlawful activity and instrumentalities of an offence under the Anti-Money Laundering Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001.