Koh Kek Hoe heads the Knowledge Department at Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill. He joined the firm as a partner in 2006. Prior to that, he was the senior partner of another law firm from 1986 to 2006. He did his pupillage with Messrs Ince & Co, London and with Messrs Allen & Gledhill, Kuala Lumpur.

 

Academic Qualifications:
  • LLB (Hons), London 1978
  • LLM, London 1979

 

Professional Qualifications:
  • Barrister, Gray's Inn, England & Wales
  • Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya
  • Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore

 

Courses/Training:
  • Has participated in various seminars and done presentations on knowledge management and the use of technology for legal practice
  • Instructor of basic legal skills training for pupils and new associates of Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
  • Supervised writing of Legal Guide to Debt Recovery Malaysia (2nd Ed) published by CCH (2008)
  • Regional supervisor and refresher course trainer for the Malaysian National Service training program (character building component), (2003-04)
  • English-Malay translation of training manuals for the Malaysian National Service training program (character building component), 2002
  • Consultant on the Electronic Lawyer Project of the Legal Department, Bank Negara Malaysia, 1999 to date
  • Instructor for courses on knowledge management with InfoMap (1998-99) for Jabatan Pengairan & Saliran, Bank Negara Malaysia
  • Instructor for course on Practical Research Skills in Malaysian Law, conducted for the Legal Department, Bank Negara Malaysia (1998)
  • Publisher and editor of LegalAlert!, a monthly index of Malaysian case law and Federal legislation and subsidiary legislation (1997-99)
  • Instructor for course on practical research skills in Malaysian law (1997)
  • Contributor of Companies Winding-Up for the Malaysian Court Forms (a loose-leaf legal publication by MLJ Butterworths, 1996)
  • Technical consultant for InfoAlert!, a bi-monthly current awareness bulletin published by the Bar Council Library (1996)

 

Other Activities:
  • Independent director of Comintel Berhad
  • Member of the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Task Force of the Malaysian Bar Council (2004-07)
  • Member of and IT consultant to the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee (2000-01)
  • Honorary Treasurer, Institut Kelautan Malaysia (IKMAL) (1997-98)
  • Member, Library Committee, Bar Council (1996-98)
  • Member, Information Technology Committee, Bar Council (1996-97)

 

Admitted in:

1981      Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya

 

Email: kkh@lh-ag.com
Tel: +03 2165 8582
Fax: +03-2161 3933