Datuk Simon Shim Kong Yip - MDPM

+6012 399 2780

mdpm.pjn@gmail.com

Mon - Fri: 9:00 - 18:30

+6012 399 2780

mdpm.pjn@gmail.com

Mon - Fri: 9:00 - 18:30

Datuk Simon Shim Kong Yip

Advisor to the President

Datuk Simon Shim Kong Yip was conferred the title of Panglima Jasa Negara (P.J.N.) by the eleventh Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong in 2001 which carries the title of ‘Datuk’ at the age of 44. Prior to this, he was appointed Jaksa Pendamai (J.P.) by TYT Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sabah in 1993 at the age of 36.


A Barrister-at-Law (Lincoln’s Inn), Datuk Simon Shim is an advocate and solicitor of the High Court in Sabah and Sarawak, a Notary Public, a Justice of the Peace, and the Managing Partner of Messrs Shim Pang & Co. in Kota Kinabalu and Tawau, Sabah. He possesses a law degree from the University of Hertfordshire and an LLM degree from University College London, University of London in the United Kingdom. A Chartered Arbitrator, he is a Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, United Kingdom and Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators.


Datuk Simon Shim was a member (being the only one from Sabah and Sarawak) of the Malaysian Corporate Law Reform Committee and its Working Group on Corporate Governance and Shareholders’ Rights which were responsible for reviewing the old Companies Act 1965 and introducing the new Companies Act 2016.


He enjoys travelling, golf and photography during his free time.

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