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Alima Joned
Counsel
Washington, D.C.
A native of Malaysia, Alima Joned taught and practiced law in Malaysia prior to moving to the United States in 1991. She is the coordinator of Foley Hoag's Malaysia Team, a team within Foley Hoag that counsels multinational corporations based in Malaysia and in the United States on meeting the many practical and legal challenges of doing business in a global environment.
A lawyer trained in both the United States and Malaysia, Alima has the unique ability to appreciate the two countries' legal and political systems. She brings to bear this understanding when counseling her clients, making her particularly valuable at various stages of investment projects. Her clients consist of government-owned and privately-owned companies from Malaysia involved in all sectors, from oil and gas, to agriculture to manufacturing.
In addition to corporate clients, Alima advises Malaysian major trade organizations on a variety of U.S. law issues and The Malaysia-U.S. Friendship Council, an initiative of companies from the Malaysian private sector that is the forefront of efforts to deepen Malaysia-US bilateral relations.
As part of her training for this multinational practice, Alima taught courses in Malaysia on company law and the Malaysian legal system. In the United States she clerked for Chief Judge Ellen B. Burns of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.
Bars and Court Admissions
District of Columbia
New York
West Malaysia
professional / civic involvement
American Bar Association, Member
New York Bar Association, Member
District of Columbia Bar Association, Member
West Malaysian Bar, Member
American Society of International Law, Member
SPEECHES AND CONFERENCES
Speaker, "On Modernity, Democracy, and Secularism: A Perspective on the Malaysian Experience," Ahmad Ibrahim: Pemikiran Dan Sumbangan Ilmiah (August, 2007)
publications
Authored, A Lawyer's Survival Guide to Kuala Lumpur, ABA's International Law News (Summer 2007)
Co-authored (with Janis Brennan), Complying with the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, AMCHAM DATELINE (August 2005)
Authored, Shedding the "Ugly Malaysian" Image, THE EDGE MALAYSIA (February 16, 2004)
Co-authored (with the late Tan Sri Professor Ahmad Ibrahim), The Malaysian Legal System
A text on the history and sources of Malaysian law, and on the development and functioning of the Malaysian legal system
Contributing author of the SURVEY OF MALAYSIAN LAW, a BUTTERWORTH/MALAYAN LAW JOURNAL annual publication.
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