By Natasha Hashim [First published on ign southeast asia website here] While it sounds awesome for talents in the Southeast Asian gaming industry to be involved in video games for a living – whether behind the scenes…
Written by Marlysa Razak and Brenda Tan Introduction In the beginning of 2021, the travel industry and community renewed their hopes and dreams that travelling would soon be possible again, especially with the introduction of vaccines for the Covid-19.…
Reported by Nurul Athirah Ja’afar On 18th March 2021, marks the first case of a company, Pristine Offshore Sdn Bhd, being charged by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, under the newly incorporated Section 17A of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption…
Written by Mark Chuah Chi Ming The 1st of March 2021 marked the second session of an ongoing legal aid clinic aimed to discuss current legal issues in Esports and Sports law hosted by Mr. Richard Wee,…
By Brenda Tan On the 23rd of February 2021, RWC’s Partner, Marlysa Razak was invited by Beacon International College, Singapore to give a lecture on the impact of company, employment and contract law on business decision making in the…
Written by Marlysa Razak and Wong Shuang Jie Introduction In recent times of pandemic, there have been restrictions or even complete halt on international aviation. Despite there are countries that do allow for necessary travels, there are still rigid…
Written by Richard Wee and Brenda Tan Introduction The rise in popularity and influence of Esports in recent years has come to show its importance, as a platform for many Esports players to fulfill their dreams of participating in…
Written by Richard Wee, Wong Zi Ying and Brenda Tan Sports Development Act 1997 (“SDA 1997”) is an act that promotes and facilitates the development, administration and registration of sports in Malaysia. Under Section 15(1) of SDA 1997,…
RWC COMMUNITY SERIES WEBINAR ON “TRAIN WITHOUT TRACK – A DISCUSSION ON AUTOMATED RAPID TRANSIT (ART)
Written by Jeremy Ling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8LDJuVZeTc Introduction On the 19th of February 2021, RWC conducted a Webinar titled “Train without track – A Discussion on Automated Rapid Transit (ART) concurrently via Zoom and Facebook live. This discussion falls under…
Written by Marlysa Razak and Jeremy Ling Introduction For most, 2020 has not been the best of years. However, this was not the case for Kamil Sattar. At the age of 20, Kamil became one of the youngest members…
Written by Richard Wee, Wendy Ho and Jeremy Ling Tze Yu Introduction ‘e-KYC’ stems from the acronym ‘KYC’ (Know Your Customer). As the name suggests, KYC is a mandatory practice or process imposed upon businesses to verify the…
Written by Richard Wee, Wong Zi Ying and Jeremy Ling Tze Yu 2021 has been off to a rough start. As COVID-19 continues to topple the healthcare system and strip the nation of its livelihood, the Yang di-Pertuan…
Written by Wendy Ho and Jeremy Ling Tze Yu On the 13th of January 2021, RWC’s managing partner Mr. Richard Wee was invited by the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) vide the Fintech Booster platform to speak…
Written by Richard Wee and Ian Phua Lately the internet has been flooded with the legal battle between Epic Games and Apple, what is it all about? Epic Games Inc. “Epic”, the well known American video game software developer…
Written by Ian Phua Recently, the Ministry of Youth and Sports Malaysia has appointed the Esports groups “The Pantheon” to organise a series of webinars on Esports Skills 2.0. The focus of the webinars is not about…
Written by Richard Wee and Wendy Ho. Feel free to contact the authors for further clarification on IPO vide justright@richardweechambers.com. On the 26th of October 2020, MR D.I.Y. Group (M) Berhad, Malaysia’s largest home improvement retailer successfully made its…
Written by Marlysa Razak and Wong Zi Ying This article is related to our previous article entitled “Should Short-Term Rental Accommodation be regulated?” published on Richard Wee Chambers’ website. “The passing of the house rules is not unlawful.” —Chief…
Written by Richard Wee & Jacob Wong Introduction A director can be an individual or member from a company that is elected to be in the company’s board of directors. The main responsibilities of the board of…
Reported by Saphna Ravichandran & Wong Zi Ying On 11th September 2020, the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) hosted a workshop on Understanding Esports: Legal Rights and Implications as part of the on-going AIAC September Sports Month…
Written by Richard Wee & Jacob Wong Introduction Winding up of a company means ending the business of the company by dissolving all the assets to pay off the creditors and subsequently distribute the remaining assets to…