Areas of practice
The firm practises in four areas. Matters outside these areas are referred elsewhere.
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Family and matrimonial
Divorce, judicial separation, maintenance, custody and guardianship, adoption, and agreements made between spouses or parents.
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Estate, probate and trusts
Wills, estate planning, grants of probate and letters of administration, distribution of estates, and the setting up and administration of trusts.
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Business and corporate
Family companies and family offices, shareholder and partnership arrangements, commercial agreements, corporate secretarial support, and acting as external general counsel.
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Mediation and collaborative practice
Appointment as mediator, or as a party's counsel in mediation and in the collaborative process, in family, estate, civil and commercial matters.
The principal
Michelle Rossana Usman
Michelle founded the firm in 2015 and carries its matters personally.
- Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court in Sabah & Sarawak, admitted 2011
- LL.B (Hons), International Islamic University Malaysia
- Certified Mediator, Borneo International Centre for Arbitration & Mediation
- Registered Collaborative Practitioner, International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
- Practises in English, Bahasa Malaysia and Mandarin
Contact
- Office
- 8-1, Suria Sabah, Kota Kinabalu City Centre
88000 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia - general@usmanandpartners.com
- Telephone
- +60 10-967 5878
- Business hours
- Monday to Friday, 9.00 am to 5.00 pm