Raphael Ren Email & Phone Number

Raphael is a dispute resolution counsel specialising in shareholder disputes, international arbitration, and asset recovery.Raphael has ventured into private practice, corporate in-house, and academic research. In 2014, he was awarded the Best Malaysian In-House Lawyer of the Year by ASEAN Legal Business for his role as Shell's corporate counsel overseeing the Asia-Pacific region (Malaysia, Singapore, India, Thailand, China, and Australia).Raphael's academic writings include:• 'The Dichotomy between Jurisdiction and Admissibility in International Arbitration' [2024] 73(2) International & Comparative Law Quarterly 417 (Cambridge University Press)• 'Shareholder reflective loss: a bogeyman in investment treaty arbitration?' [2023] 39(3) Arbitration International 425 (Oxford University Press)• ‘Vanishing Treaty Claims: Investors Trapped in a Temporal Twilight Zone’ [2023] 38(1) ICSID Review 140 (Oxford University Press)• 'Corruption Allegations in International Investment Arbitration: It Takes Two to Tango, But the House Always Wins' [2022] 2 AIAC ADR Journal 41• ‘Interlocutory Applications in Malaysia’ Sweet & Maxwell (November 2022)• 'Injunctions and Interim Relief' in Law and Practice of Civil Litigation in Malaysia, Sweet & Maxwell (October 2022)• ‘Is There a Private Right to Privacy in Malaysia?’ [2022] 30(1) IIUM Law Journal 1• 'How To Identify Insiders and Intruders Disguising as Investors in the Assignment of Investments’ [2022] 71(2) International & Comparative Law Quarterly 357 (Cambridge University Press)• ‘Online Intermediary Liability in Malaysia: From Delfi to Malaysiakini’ [2021] 3 Malayan Law Journal cclxxx • ‘Suppressing Fake News or Chilling Free Speech: Are the Regulatory Regimes of Malaysia and Singapore Compatible with International Law?’ [2020] 47(1) Journal of Malaysian Comparative Law 25• ‘Data Protection’ in Malaysian Blockchain Regulatory Report, University of Malaya Malaysian Centre of Regulatory Studies (2018)Raphael’s reported cases before the Malaysian courts:• Koperasi Ladang Pekebun-pekebun Kecil Malaysia Bhd v Pihak Berkuasa Kemajuan Pekebun-pekebun Kecil Perusahaan Getah [2014] 2 CLJ 711• Jordan Saw Yu Huan v Low Suan Chuan [2013] 4 MLJ 137• Taipan Focus Sdn Bhd v Tunku Mudzaffar b Tunku Mustapha [2011] 1 MLJ 441• Qimonda Malaysia Sdn Bhd v Sediabena Sdn Bhd [2011] 8 CLJ 269• Aset Nusantara Sdn Bhd v Ekran Berhad [2010] 7 AMR 197• Tube Home (M) Sdn Bhd v P Shanmugam & [2010] 10 CLJ 678