Practice Areas
Adjudication
Arbitration
Bankruptcy
Caveats
Charges
Companies
Competition
Compulsory Acquisition of Land
Construction
Contempt Proceedings
Contentious Probate / Estate
Contract
Debt Recovery
Defamation
Easements
Execution and Enforcement Proceedings
Forgery & Fraud
Foreclosure
Forfeiture of Property
Guarantees and Contribution
Hire-Purchase
Injunctions
Insurance
Intellectual Property
Judicial Review
Landlord and Tenant
Limitation
Liquidators
Local / Public Authorities
Management Corporations
Mediation
Negotiable Instruments
Negligence (Professional and General)
Nuisance
Occupier’s Liability
Partnerships
Powers of Attorney
Sale of Goods
Societies
Trespass
Trustees / Stakeholders
Winding-Up
Alvin was awarded a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree from King’s College London in July 1999. In September 2000, he was awarded the Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Skills from the Inns of Court School of Law, and in November 2000 was admitted as a member of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple.
He then returned Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, to serve in his home town, taking up pupillage in one of the largest firms in Kota Kinabalu in December 2000. Upon completion of his pupillage, he was admitted as an Advocate of the High Court in Sabah and Sarawak in Sabah in February 2002, and was retained as a Legal Assistant in the firm. In March 2007, Alvin was admitted as a Partner, and in October 2013, took up the mantle of Managing Partner of the same.
Alvin started his litigation practice with banking litigation, initially with standard debt recovery actions, entailing Trials in the Subordinate Courts, followed by larger actions in the High Court, and consequent appellate litigation in the Court of Appeal and Federal Court.
He added variety to his scope of work within the first year of his practice, taking on insurance-related matters covering a wide range of claims, including claims in relation to property damage, employee malfeasance, medical negligence, occupiers’ liability, construction, shipping, policies of insurance, performance bonds and personal injury.
Alvin has since conducted matters involving both large institutions – such as banks, insurance companies, local authorities, developers and governmental institutions – and individual litigants. He has handled contentious litigation spanning a large range of issues, conducted in the civil Courts and also via domestic and international Arbitration and Adjudication.
Alvin heads the Borneo Advocacy Training Centre (“BATC”) and has trained pupils and young lawyers in various training courses organised by the BATC, the (West Malaysian) Bar Council Malaysia, Hong Kong Advocacy Training Council and the Law Society of Singapore. He is also empanelled as an Adjudicator with the Asian International Arbitration Centre.
After about 15 years in his initial firm including 10 years as a partner therein, he established a partnership from 2017 until 2023. In 2024 he set up Messrs Leong & Co. as a sole practitioner.
Alvin is presently serving on the Executive Committee of the Sabah Law Society (“SLS”) and is the Chairman of its Subcommittee for Civil Practice. He has represented the SLS, the Inquiry Committee and the Disciplinary Board in various matters up to the Federal Court.
Leong & Co. Advocates
Official Working Hours
8: 00am – 12:30pm | 1:30pm – 5:00pm
Monday – Friday
Lot F-2-1, Block F, 2nd Floor, Karamunsing Capital, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
law@leongandco.com
+6 088 317331
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Personal Data Protection Notice
This Personal Data Protection Notice (“Notice”) sets out how Leong & Co. (“the Firm”) collects, uses and protects your Personal Data which you have provided to the Firm. By engaging the Firm to provide its services or by accessing the Firm’s website www.leongandco.com (“Website”), you hereby consent to the processing of your Personal Data by the Firm in the provision of legal services or the services that you have requested from the Firm (“Services”).
1. PERSONAL DATA
1.1 The “Personal Data” that you provide or have provided to the Firm includes your name, contact details, address, email address, NRIC number or passport number, bank account information and all other information relevant to the Services.
1.2 In addition to the Personal Data that you provide to the Firm directly (whether when engaging us to provide our services or during any communication with the Firm), the Firm may also collect your Personal Data from various other sources, including without limitation, from online search tools, information obtained from third parties through lawful sources including but not limited to Companies Commission of Malaysia, National Registration Department of Malaysia or the Department of Lands and Surveys, or at events organised or participated in by the Firm.
1.3 In respect of personal data of third parties such as your spouse and family members, you warrant that you have obtained their consent allowing us to process their personal data and you will extend a copy of this Notice to them.
2. PURPOSE OF PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA
2.1 By engaging the Firm, you hereby agree and consent to the Firm using and processing your Personal Data provided to the Firm, in the manner and for the purposes as described below:
(1) for the purposes of the Services;
(2) for preparing any document or instrument which may be required for the purposes set out in sub-paragraph (1) above and such other ancillary work in connection with sub-paragraph (1) above, including but not limited to, preparing the necessary contract or agreement or instrument to which you are a party, preparing loan agreement and preparing affidavits;
(3) to provide such necessary information to any regulatory or governmental authorities as required by statutory, regulatory or governmental requirements;
(4) for the Firm’s internal administrative purposes including historical and conflict checking purposes;
(5) for the Firm to communicate with you; and
(6) for the Firm to comply with its obligations under law or any regulations
imposed by regulatory or governmental authorities.
2.2 It is voluntary for you to supply your Personal Data to the Firm. However, if you do not wish to provide your Personal Data, the Firm may not be able to:
(1) provide you the services that you require; or
(2) communicate effectively with you.
2.3 The Firm may also use and process your Personal Data for other purposes such as:
(1) to send you materials such as season greeting cards, newsletters, articles, write-ups and other updates, distribute information of events, conferences, talks and seminars which may be of interest to you; and
(2) potential referees to editors / researchers, publications, reports and journals, and potential clients who request for referees of past work in our credential statements, tenders and submissions, if any, by way of email or mail.
If you do not agree or consent to the Firm processing your Personal Data for the purposes set out in this paragraph 2.3, please notify the Firm by contacting the Firm via the contact details set out in paragraph 5.1 below.
3. DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA
3.1 Your Personal Data provided to the Firm or obtained by the Firm shall be kept confidential by the Firm. However, it may be necessary for the Firm to engage third party companies, service providers or individuals to perform certain services on the Firm’s behalf. In such event, you hereby agree and consent that the Firm may disclose and transfer your Personal Data to the third parties, within or outside Malaysia, including without limitation, as follows:
(1) banks and financial institutions;
(2) insurance providers;
(3) storage facility providers;
(4) external advisors and other professional advisors, such as auditors; and
(5) such other party as the Firm deems necessary for the purposes mentioned in
paragraph 2 above.
3.2 The Firm shall also disclose and transfer the information to any statutory bodies, regulatory bodies and/or governmental authorities where legally required to do so.
4. EMAIL AND WEBSITE
4.1 Any Personal Data contained in the emails and “Contact Us” messages sent via the Firm’s Website to the Firm shall be used and processed in the manner set out in this Notice. The content of the messages shall be strictly monitored by the Firm.
4.2 If you do not wish for your Personal Data to be collected via cookies on the Website, please configure your internet browser to delete or deactivate cookies.
4.3 The Firm’s Website may contain links to other sites and pages. The Firm shall not be responsible for any Personal Data or information that you may provide to other entity via the links.
5. REQUEST FOR ACCESS AND INQUIRIES
5.1 You may at any time hereafter request for access to, or request for rectification or
correction of your Personal Data (subject to payment of fees, if applicable), or limit the processing of your Personal Data by the Firm, as the case may be, however subject to the exceptions and restrictions as may be contained under the applicable law. If you wish to do so, please contact:
Name: Alvin Leong Yin Yuan, Sole Proprietor
Address: Lot F-2-1, Block F, 2 nd Floor
Karamunsing Capital 88400 Kota Kinabalu
Tel: +6088317331
Fax: +6088316331
Email: law@leongandco.com
You may also contact the Firm via the above contact details if you have any inquiries or complaints in respect of your Personal Data provided to the Firm.
5.2 Please note that the Firm has the right to refuse your request to access and/or make any correction to your Personal Data to the extent permitted under the applicable law.
5.3 In the event of any change in your personal data, you are obliged to promptly contact and notify the Law Firm via the contact details set out in paragraph 5.1 above.
6. GENERAL
6.1 The Firm reserves the right to amend or modify this Notice from time to time.
Dated: 3 rd January 2024