The doors were opened to foreigners on 3 June. Three types of long-term licences will be regulated through the Bar Council. These will cover international partnerships working with a local firm, international firms working alone and cases of individual foreign lawyers who become employees of local firms. A fourth category will allow ‘fly-in, fly-out’ lawyers to come in to advise on arbitration or non-Malaysian laws for up to 60 days in a calendar year. 

Christopher Leong, president of the Malaysian Bar, talking of the employment of foreign lawyers by local firms, said: ‘Licenses may be granted subject to terms and conditions, and if approved the law firm will be granted a three-year license to employ a foreign lawyer.’ Source: Free Malaysia Today