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Ever since Chan & Associates was started in 1986, it has been representing clients from diverse backgrounds. Big or small, from the simplest of disputes to complex shareholder litigation, the emphasis has always been on total commitment to their cause. Amongst the firm’s clients are squatters, numerous NGOs, Chin Peng who sued for the Government for failure to honour the Peace Agreement which provided that he was allowed to visit to pay respect at his mother’s grave, and the Bursa (previously the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. The firm has a deep passion and fascination for company law and has of the beginning of this year 2025 commenced a series of lectures to mark 60 years of company law since the Companies Act 1965 before it was repealed in 2016. Amongst the topics to be covered are the vulnerability of directors to ESG claims, failure by directors to act in the best interest of the company and many issues relating to insolvency and the liquidation The record speaks for itself. Many of our cases have been reported and the more sensational ones have been headlined in the papers and media. Deeply embedded in the culture of the firm is keeping up with the law and ensuring cutting edge service in the rendering of advice and providing the highest standard of advocacy. Sharing of knowledge and participation in moots has been the order of the day. Our lawyers have acted in many election petitions and in numerous highly politically charged cases involving dismissal of the Mentri Besar of Perak, contempt of the legislatures of Perak and Selangor and suing the Election Commission in the malapportionment of constituencies, The accumulated experience of the firm is reflected in its broad variety of work ranging from company law down to personal liberty in constitutional law. We have fought cases arguing that governments cannot be defamed, the enforceability of gambling debts and suing the Home Ministry for rejection of citizenship applications.