Lawyer’s Profile:

Zhen Kit is a Senior Associate in Messrs Zaid Ibrahim Suflan T H Liew & Partners, focusing on general litigation practice particularly in insurance and tortious actions.

Zhen Kit graduated with a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Malaya in 2020.  He did his pupillage with Messrs Arifin & Partners in 2020 to 2021, where he was exposed to a wide spectrum of practice areas, including Civil & Commercial litigation, banking litigation, probate and estate administration as well as selective corporate work, etc.

During his university days, he has participated actively in various volunteering at charity-based organisations. He was a member of the Community Outreach Programme, a volunteer-based organisation run by the Law Faculty in University of Malaya. He was in community service in Indonesia in collaboration with the Faculty of Law, Universitas Indonesia in 2017.

He was also chosen as a Student Advisor at Klinik Bantuan Guaman Universiti Malaya (KBGUM), a legal aid clinic run by final year law students, supervised by academic staff and professional lawyers. He was selected as one of the interns at Jabatan Bantuan Guaman Kuala Lumpur, in collaboration with KBGUM in 2019.

Accolades/Awards:

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Memberships/Appointments:

• Malaysian Bar Council

Speaking Engagements/Articles written:

• Co-author of “A Socio-Legal Analysis of Child FGM in Malaysia: Quo Vadis in Child Protection?“ (2020) 4 UMLR 65

Year called to bar, University:

• 2021, University of Malaya LLB (Hons)(Malaya)