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B.A (Law), LL.B,
Supreme Court Advocate and Notary Public
Former Deputy Director General of Attorney General's Office, Myanmar
Chief Legal Advisor
kyawsein@myanmarlegaladvisors.com
Kyaw Sein is a Chief Legal Advisor of Myanmar Legal Advisors Group which has been established since 1995. He graduated with B.A (Law) and LL.B from University of Yangon and subsequently joined public service in 1972. He has over (40) years of experience in legal field including (35) years of service as a government law officer.
He was a Deputy Director General of the Legislative Drafting Department of the Attorney General's Office and handled, supervised and drafted more than 200 Myanmar laws at the time of his retirement from Government Body.
He is especially identified as an accredited legal advisor to the government bodies and ministries after his retirement from Government Body with regard to the legislative drafting and modification of currently enacted Laws and Regulations of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.
Given his concentration in the area of legal drafting, corporate and commercial issues and both civil and criminal litigation for more than 40 years, he also writes more than 17 books on Myanmar Laws including the following;
Civil & Criminal Practice for Lawyers (1981)
Applied Law of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (1995, 2nd Edition1997, 3rd Edition 2003, 4th Edition 2015, 5th Edition 2020)
Applied Laws of Notice (1997)
The Law of Pleading and Civil Practice (1998, 2nd Edition 2011, 3rd Edition2016)
Applied Special Criminal Laws Vol. I (1999, 2nd Edition 2013)
Applied Special Criminal Laws Vol. II (2004, 2nd Edition 2015)
Applied Special Criminal Laws Vol. III (2008, 2nd Edition 2015)
Applied Special Criminal Laws Vol. IV (2021)
Civil Procedure Code's Amendments of 2002 & 2008 and Commentaries (2010)
Applied Handbook of the Court Fees Act & the Suits Valuation Act (2010)
Applied Handbook of the Myanmar Stamp Act (2010)
Amendments of the Court Fees Act (2014)
Amendments of the Myanmar Stamp Act (2014)
Index of Myanmar Laws (2017)
Myanmar and Constitutions (2017)
Penal Code (2016, 2nd Edition 2018, 3rd Edition 2019, 4th Edition 2020)
The Code of Criminal Procedure (2017, 2nd Edition 2024)
He was a member of Finance and Law Commission by Amyotha Hluttaw, from Jan. 2012 to Feb. 2016 and a member of Legal and Special Affairs Assessment Commission by Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, from March 2016 to Feb. 2019.
He is currently giving legal advice to ministries and government departments, embassies, international organizations, NGOs, NPOs and other business associations.
B.A (Law), LL.B,
Supreme Court Advocate and Notary Public
Former Director of Attorney General's Office, Myanmar
Senior Legal Advisor
Khin Mar Mar Latt is a Senior Legal Advisor and founder of Myanmar Legal Advisors Group which has been established since 1995. She graduated with B.A (Law) and LL.B from University of Yangon and subsequently joined public service in 1972. She has (40) years of experience in legal field including (23) years of service as a government law officer of the Attorney General's Office.
She is a senior advisor of Myanmar Legal Advisors Group and offers legal advice and procedural support to local and foreign companies including corporate entities involved in State Projects. She takes part in prior negotiation process and prepares MOUs, MOAs, Agreements and Contracts. If there were any disagreements and conflicts in the course of these processes, she has to mediate for the amicable settlement with the parties involved. She has acted for numerous corporate clients from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, Australia and the United States of America.
More specifically, she manages and carries out all aspects of:
Providing legal advice for commercial and financial problems between local companies, foreign companies and also between local and foreign companies
Providing legal opinion for general civil and criminal disputes and rendering legal service throughout litigation process
Providing legal advice for social and financial problems between citizens, foreigners and also between citizens and foreigners
Providing legal advice and rendering legal assistance for foreign entrepreneurs to invest either 100% or joint-venture with citizens or local companies
Providing legal advice and drafting agreements and contracts such as joint venture agreement, shareholders’ agreement, investment agreement, distributorship agreement, agency agreement and agreement for sale and purchase of businesses, properties and assets, etc...
Providing legal advice and rendering legal assistance on all employment-related litigious matters
Providing legal advice and drafting agreements for lease, sale and purchase of movable and immovable properties as well as handling of legal documents for such transactions
Providing legal advice and rendering legal assistance on protection of intellectual property rights and intellectual property litigation
B.A (Myanmar), R.L.
Supreme Court Advocate
Former Deputy Director of Attorney General's Office, Myanmar
Senior Legal Advisor
Than Than Yee is a Supreme Court Advocate and Senior Legal Advisor of Myanmar Legal Advisors Group which has been established since 1995.
She graduated with B.A (Myanmar) from Mandalay Arts and Science University and finished her R.L (1975, Yangon Arts and Science University). She joined public service in 1979 and served as a Law Officer (Public Prosecutor) at the different levels of Law Offices, conducted numerous criminal cases and tendered legal advice to the government departments on behalf of the Government of Myanmar.
She worked at Legislative Drafting and Translation Department of the Office of the Union Attorney General for twelve years since 1999 and drafted various laws and regulations of Myanmar until her retirement in 2010 as a Deputy Director of the same department.
After her retirement, she served as a Legal Expert to the Office of the Union Attorney General for one year and worked as an independent Legal Consultant for various government departments and organizations, such as Myanmar Medical Council, Myanmar Dental Council, Myanmar Nurses and Midwives Council, Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department and Global Treasure Bank.
She was a member of Legal Affairs and Special Cases Assessment Commission, Pyithu Hluttaw (from Nov 2011 to Jan 2016) and a member of Legal Affairs and Special Cases Assessment Commission, Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (from Feb 2016 to Feb 2019).
Having ample of experiences, she is now tendering legal advice to many Ministries, government enterprises, UN organizations, embassies and private businesses.
Rachel Phyo Thandar Kyaw (Mrs.)
LL.B, LL.M
Legal Consultant (Corporate & Commercial)
rachel@myanmarlegaladvisors.com
Rachel graduated from the Faculty of Law of Dagon University of Myanmar with Honours Degree and commenced her legal career with Myanmar Legal Advisors Group in 2004. She was admitted as a Higher Grade Pleader of the Divisional Court of Myanmar in 2005. Thereafter she obtained LL.M (Commercial Law) degree of the University of Yangon in 2006.
From January 2007 to July 2008, she joined the corporate department of Haridass Ho & Partners of Singapore where she assisted the partners in drafting of various corporate agreements.
She now deals with diversity of works including
Providing legal services in drafting commercial agreements and contracts such as joint venture agreement, shareholders’ agreement, collaboration agreement, concession agreement, franchise agreement, partnership agreement, agency agreement, distributorship agreement, service agreement and agreement for sale and purchase of businesses, properties and assets, etc...
Providing legal advice to assist with an investment of citizens and foreign entrepreneurs and rendering legal services in setting up business entities in Myanmar, including provision of legal service to assist with corporate secretarial compliance prior to formation and due diligence aspects of acquisition of business
Providing legal advice for commercial and financial problems between local companies, foreign companies and also between local and foreign companies
Providing legal advice and rendering legal assistance on all employment-related matters and issues on termination of employment
Providing legal advice and conducting due diligence on lease, sale and purchase of movable and immovable properties as well as preparation of agreements and legal documents for such transactions
LL.B, D.B.L, D.M.L
Supreme Court Advocate
Former Law Officer of the Attorney General's Office, Myanmar
Litigation Partner
Myo Nyunt Win is a Litigation Partner of Myanmar Legal Advisors Group. He is a litigator with more than (20) years of experience including many years of experience as a government law officer.
He handled diverse areas of litigation practice including commercial cases, tort cases, employment and labour disputes, intellectual property litigation, corporate litigation, criminal cases, family and matrimonial disputes in Supreme Court of the Union, Regional and State High Courts, District Courts, Township Courts and Special Courts in Myanmar. In his litigation practice, he effectively acts for a wide range of clients, both citizens and foreigners.
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