Siu Lin, a Bristol University graduate, started her career with Shook Lin & Bok and was the firm’s former Deputy Head of the Family, Probate & Trusts Department. In 2017, she established the boutique firm of Messrs Kee Sern, Siu & Huey, as one of its founding partners. Siu Lin handles all aspects of contentious disputes arising from contractual civil claims, banking and finance litigation, probate & trust administration, inheritance disputes, powers of attorney, estate and legacy planning, family law, surrogacy, adoption and child issues.

Siu Lin was the first woman Chairman of the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee and former President of the Association of Women Lawyers. She is currently the Co-Chairperson of the Asia Pacific Taskforce of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP) and Co-Chair of the Malaysian Collaborative Practice Group (MCPG). She is a trained Collaborative Law professional and accredited Mediator. In 2022, she successfully handled the first collaborative law case in Malaysia and has gone on to handle several more cases using this process. She is also passionate about women’s and children’s rights and has written and advocated for more gender-responsive laws, policies and systems. More recently, Siu Lin authored the Malaysian chapter of Hart Studies in Private International Law: Asia Thematic Series: “Choice of Law and Recognition in Asian Family Law” 1st edition, 2023, which contains a comprehensive analysis of cross-border family law challenges. She has provided expert evidence on Malaysian probate, adoption and family law used in courts of jurisdictions such as Hong Kong, America, France and the United Kingdom.