Kyaw Sein (Chief Legal Advisor)

Kyaw Sein, B.A (Law), LL.B 

Chief Legal Advisor

Supreme Court Advocate and Notary Public

Former Deputy Director General of Attorney General's Office, Myanmar

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.