Lam Ko Luen
Ko Luen is a Partner of the firm of Shook Lin & Bok, Kuala Lumpur where he heads, amongst others, the International & Domestic Arbitration department. He was the President of The Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators (MIArb) from June 2013 to June 2015.
Ko Luen has been in practice for over 23 years and he appears as counsel in court, arbitration and adjudication hearings and also sits as an arbitrator and adjudicator. He is currently listed in the panel of arbitrators of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC), MIArb, the South China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (also known as Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration) (SCIA), Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB) (International Arbitrators) and the Hainan International Arbitration Court (HIAC). He is also listed in the panel of adjudicators of AIAC.
Ko Luen is involved in some of the major cases involving international commercial arbitration, in particular where the designated seat of arbitration is Kuala Lumpur. Many of these cases are reported in the legal journals. Ko Luen is also one of the contributors to the textbook “The Developing World of Arbitration – A Comparative Study of Arbitration Reform in the Asia Pacific” [2018] edited by Anselmo Reyes and Weixia Gu where he wrote on the “Arbitration Reform in Malaysia: Adopting the Model Law”.
Ko Luen has also gained recognition in the field in various publications including Chambers & Partners Asia, The Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific, Asialaw Profiles and IFLR1000.