ROGER TAN KOR MEE

Roger Tan is the founder and managing partner of Roger Tan & Nurul (RTN). On January 1, 2010, RTN took over the entire practice of Nik Saghir & Ismail, Johor Bahru of which he had been a partner between from 1995 to 2009.

He has acted for various corporations and institutions in Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong, and as a legal consultant to various statutory bodies and government authorities in Malaysia.

He sat in the legislative drafting committees of Johor State Government and the Federal Ministry of Housing and Local Government with regard to Water Supply Enactment 1993 of Johor, Water Supply (Successor Company) Enactment 1993 of Johor, Housing Developers (Control and Licensing) (Amendment) Act 2002 and its regulations, Housing Development (Control And Licensing) (Amendment) Act 2007 and its regulations, and the Solid Waste And Public Cleansing Management Act 2007.

Roger was an elected member (2004-2008) of the Bar Council of Malaysia - the governing body of the Malaysian Bar. He had served the Malaysian Bar as the Webmaster of the Malaysian Bar Website, Deputy Chairman of the IT & Cyberlaws Committee, Chairman of the 14th Malaysian Law Conference Organising Committee, Conveyancing Practice Committee, Solicitors Remuneration Order Enforcement Committee and the National Young Lawyers Committee.

He was also the head of the Bar Council's Evaluation Team set up by the Legal Profession Qualifying Board to assess the law degree programme of Universiti Utara Malaysia and Multi-media University to determine whether their law graduates should be exempt from the Certificate in Legal Practice examination before they could become 'qualified persons' to be called to the Malaysian Bar.

In 2008, he was appointed by the International Bar Association as part of an international team to evaluate the state of judiciary and the rule of law in Fiji.

Roger is currently a Board Member of the Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation of Malaysia and a Commissioner of the National Water Services Commission of Malaysia respectively appointed by the Minister of Housing & Local Government and Minister of Energy, Green Technology and Water. He is also the Chairman of the Dispute Resolution Committee of the National Water Services Commission of Malaysia set up under section 71 of the Water Services Industry Act 2006.

Roger writes regularly and has contributed many articles in local and foreign legal periodicals and news media.

Admission to the Bar
6 October 1989

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Laws (Hons) Queen Mary College, University of London.
• Barrister-at-law of the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn.
• Certificate of Postgraduate Practical Law Course, Board of Legal Education, Singapore.
• Master of Laws, National University of Singapore.
• Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore.
• Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya.
• Commissioner for Oaths.
• Notary Public.
• Registered Trademark Agent
• Member, Singapore Academy of Law.
• Associate Member, Law Society of Singapore.
• Member, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.

Areas of Practice

• Banking and Finance
• Corporate and Commercial
• Property and Conveyancing
• Water, Environmental and Special Projects
• Legislative Drafting
• Information Technology
• Commercial and Public Litigation
• Commercial Arbitration and ADR

Secretary:  Ms Samantha Liew