Manshan Singh

Manshan graduated from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom and subsequently completed his master’s degree following a programme of advanced study in the field of international corporate law at the same university. Thereafter, he further obtained certain Capital Markets Services Representatives’ Licences and underwent training at the Securities Commission of Malaysia.

Manshan is an experienced corporate and commercial litigator – handling various matters ranging from shareholders’ disputes to fraud and assets recovery cases where he has acted for a variety of foreign multinational companies. In respect of antitrust and competition matters, Manshan has been involved in most major litigation taking place in the jurisdiction, where in particular, he had acted in the maiden competition law cases in the Malaysian courts.

One of Manshan’s main focus areas is trade and customs. He has acted as counsel and co-counsel in all noteworthy petitions on the imposition of customs duties and tariffs on foreign imports arising from anti-dumping and safeguards investigations initiated by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. Manshan also regularly advises companies on customs law compliance, and has authored various publications on customs law such as the Malaysian chapter of “Lexology : Getting the Deal Through – Trade and Customs” and Thomson Reuters Practical Law’s “International Trade in Goods and Services in Malaysia” and “Sale and Storage of Goods in Malaysia”.

Manshan also acts for clients in white-collar crimes related matters and aides’ clients in managing situations of crisis.

Manshan has been recognised in Legal 500 : Tax and Customs, Legal 500 : Antitrust and Competition and Who’s Who Legal: Trade and Customs.

Key Practice Areas

• Corporate and Commercial Litigation
• Trade and Customs
• Trade Remedies
• Tax Litigation, Audits and Investigations
• Sanctions and Export Controls
• Antitrust and Competition
• Fraud and Asset Recovery
• White-Collar Crimes

Qualifications

• Executive Certificate in Islamic Finance (INCEF)
• Advocate and Solicitor, High Court of Malaya
• Certificate in Legal Practice
• Master of Laws, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
• LL.B (Hons) University of Leeds, United Kingdom