Financial Services Act 2013: An Annotation

Johan is the managing partner of J. Lee & Associates, which is now a member of Primerus law, an international legal chambers group. Primerus law is one of the top three biggest legal firm groups in the world. He graduated with LLB (Hons) degree from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). He also holds a Master of Comparative Laws degree,a post-graduate Diploma in Shariah and Legal Practice (IIUM) and, an MA in Economics for Competition Law from King's College London.He is currently a qualified member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators,Ul< as well as a mediator of the Malaysian Bar.He is an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya,the Shariah Court and the Supreme Court of Brunei. He lectures part-time in a few local law schools (namely IIUM for the LLM,Unisza and UM for the LLB programmes) and in the liBF of IIUM for the MSc.in Islamic Banking programme and conducts in-house trainings to various Islamic banking institutions worldwide,governmental and semi-governmental institutions. He has lectured and provided training in the Institute Latihan Kehakiman (ILKAP) as well as Jabatan Kehakiman Syariah Malaysia (JKSM) for both civil courts and Shariah courts judges.He has also trained the officers from BNM,and all local banks and few other central banks throughout the world on Islamic Banking. He has recently been awarded the prestigious award of Islamic Finance Expert by LEGALS FINEST International. He is now a member of the Shariah Advisory Council (SAC) of the Association of Islamic Banks Malaysia (AIBIM). Also,he is a consultant to a few law firms and practices in Malaysia,Brunei,Singapore,Indonesia and the UK.He has drafted and developed numerous Islamic banking legal documents and products in Malaysia and overseas.He is a director of the IIUM HoldingShariah Advisory Services Sdn.Bhd.