Yon See Ting, Partner
Christopher & Lee Ong

See Ting is a Partner with the Corporate Practice Group of Christopher & Lee Ong.

She has more than 20 years of experience as a corporate lawyer in Malaysia focused on corporate, corporate finance and commercial transactions including M&As, joint ventures, takeovers, debt and securities offering, IPOs, corporate restructurings and various commercial arragements encompassing competition law. She has extensive experience both in advisory as well as in trasactional work, including acting for Malaysian (listed as well as non-listed) companies and foreign corporations in cross-border exercises and in leading negotiations and corporate exercises.

She has also acted in various aspects of competition law matters inclduing investigations by the Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC), application for individual exemption for an agreeement, as competition law counsel in an M&A exercise of a listed company of its competitor (as part of its group's global merger with a competitor), conducting competition law training and compliance programmes, reviewing agreements and advising numerous clients on aspects of competition law.

She is listed in GCR's Who's who Legal for Competiitoin Law for 2016 and 2017 and since 2013, she has been a member of Bursa's Listing Committee, a committee of the Board of Bursa Malaysia Berhad.

John Mathew, Partner
Christopher & Lee Ong

John joined Lee Ong & Kandiah in 2004 and continues to be a partner of the merged firm, Christopher & Lee Ong. Prior to joining Lee Ong & Kandiah, he was with a large law firm in Kuala Lumpur initially as an associate and subsequently as a partner for 10 years. He is a Notary Public (since 2004) and was a member of the Compensation Committee of Bursa Malaysia until the Committee ceased in mid 2014.

During his early years of practice, he was principally involved or assisted in general civil litigation and banking litigation matters. Subsequently, his practice took a corporate focus but he never left the litigation world in toto. Upon joining Lee Ong & Kandiah in 2004, he continued his corporate law practice and facilitated the development of the banking litigation practice of the firm. In short, in his years of practice, he has been involved in different areas of the law. Presently, his focus is on general civil litigation and banking litigation.

Kuok Yew Chen, Partner 
Christopher & Lee Ong

Yew Chen is a Corporate M&A lawyer with a specialisation in Competition & Trade, and Technology, Media & Telecommunications laws. He has served on the ITTIP Committe of the American-Malaysian Chamber of Commerce since 2007.

He has practiced in London and Singapore, and continues to advise on cross border transactions, mergers and acquisitions, telecommunications projects, competition law and general corproate and commercial matters.

He regularly advises private equity funds, multinationals, and public and private companies on these areas of law, and is familiar with the various regulatory authorities for competition, telecommunications and data protection. 

He is listed as a leading lawyer for Mergers &Acquisitions, Competition, and IT & Telecoms in the AsiaLaw, Chambers & Partners, and Legal 500 rankings, respectively.

Peter Godwin, Managing Partner
Herbert Smith Freehills 

Peter is the Managing Partner of Herbert Smith Freehills' Kuala Lumpur office and head of the firms' disputes practice across Asia with extensive experience in litigation, arbitration and other forms of dispute resolution. He has practiced in Asia for 20 years.

He advises Asian and international companies on complex disputes in a number of sectors, including construction and infrastructure, energy, telecommunications, media & technology, pharmaceuticals, international trade and banking. His practice in these sectors includes all manner of contractual and other disputes including insolvency, fraud and employment issues.

He has represented clients in arbitral centres in Bankok, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, London, Mumbai, New York, Oslo, Paris, Singapore, Stockholm and Tokyo in relation to disputes under English and numerous other common and civil law systems.

He has acted in arbitrations under ICC, LCIA, HKIAC, SIAC, Thai Arbitration Institute, JCAA rules and before both pure and ad hoc and UNCITRAL tribunals. He also sits as an arbitrator, is a panel member of KLRCA, SIAC, HKIAC and JCAA and also has recent experience under ICC and LCIA rules. 

Ranked by Asia Pacific Legal 500 and Chambers Asia Pacific as a "leadingindividual" in dispute resolution for more than a decade, he is qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales, and Hong Kong, and is licensed to advise on foreign law in Malaysia.

Glynn Cooper, Partner
Herbert Smitt Freehills

Glynn is an experienced corporate and projects lawyer based in our Kuala Lumpur office. His practice covers acquisitions, disposals, project developments, joint ventures and restructurings. He has particular experience in relation to infrastructure and related sectors (including transport, energy, water, resources and real estate).

He previously practiced in London and Australia. In addition, he has spent extended periods advising clients on transactions in Continental Europe (including the Netherlands, Spain and Germany), the United States, South America and the Middle East. In 2007 to 2008, undertook a secondment as European General Counsel of Citadel Group, a global asset management and securities group based in Chicago.

He is qualified in England & Wales in 2003. He is also qualified in Australia and is a registered foreign lawyer in Malaysia.

Jarom Britton, Corporate Attorney
Microsoft

Jarom is a corporate attorney for Microsoft, based in Singapore, where he manages commercial legal affairs in 10 emerging markets in South and Southeast Asia, including Malaysia. He regularly presents to audiences on various topics related to the connection between law and technology, including issues around data protection, cybersecurity and compliance.

Before joining Microsoft, he worked in a private practice in New York and Singapore. He has managed complex corporate finance transactions throughout the APAC region, including several record-setting and award-winning initial public offerings and Islamic finance deals. He has also published on aviation and public international law matters.

He holds a B.A. from the University of Western Ontario and law degrees in both common law and civil law from McGill University, where he specialised in commercial negotiation.

Nick White, Partner
Trowers & Hamlins

Nick White is a Partner based in Trowers & Hamlins' Kuala Lumpur branch office.

He moved to Kuala Lumpur in July 2012, when the firm set up a representative office by way of an expansion to the firm's international network. Then in April 2015, Trowers & Hamlins became the first foreign firm to be licensed in Malaysia by the Malaysian Bar Council.

He joined Trowers & Hamlins in 1980 and became a partner in 1987. His career has included time spent in Trowers & Hamlins' litigation department in London, and spells in three Gulf jurisdictions - Oman, Bahrain and Dubai.  He was based in Dubai for 14 years prior to moving to KL.  In Malaysia, he advises clients across a wide range of issues relating to them doing business in the Middle East and in the UK, and as to projects where the firm can bring its international expertise to bear.

Over the years, he has acquired a breadth of knowledge that covers various disciplines. His principal background is in the field of dispute resolution. He is a member of the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration panel of arbitrators, and over the years has been involved in many high profile cases, both as counsel and arbitrator – including under ICC, LCIA, Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC-LCIA), and Dubai International Arbitration Centre sets of Rules.

Esther Low, Associate 
Trowers & Hamlins

Esther is an associate in Trowers & Hamlins' international department which she joined in September 2015 following four years post qualification experience in a major law firm in Kuala Lumpur.

She has experience advising on power generation project bid and advising leading and international corporate entities including financial institutions in respect of their cross-border financing of various business interests in Malaysia and abroad. This includes acting as the transaction counsel for the issuance of conventional and Islamic bonds (sukuk), conventional and Islamic banking facilities. 

Kash Ramli, Marketing and Behavioural Science Director
Needle Partners

Kash Ramli is Needle's Marketing and Behavioural Science Director. He is a pyschologist by training and applies the insights gained from psychology and behavioural science to the legal sector. Whether it is on the internal operations of an effective legal team or in the way legal teams engage with customers and competition, there are always ways to improve legals services by addressing the common human component. 

David Chiam, Legal Director and Company Secretary
Dairy Farm Malaysia

David Chiam has over 16 years of experience in the legal and governance sectors. Having begun his career in 2 reputable law firms in Malaysia specialising in intellectual property and brand protection law, he undertook a 5 year government stint in 2004 handling legal, administrative and policy matters for the Malaysian Ministry of Youth and Sports and then the Ministry of Tourism. Having left government service, he returned to the corporate sector by joining British American Tobacco Malaysia in 2010 as its Senior Legal Counsel and was subsequently promoted as Head of Legal and Secretarial Services in 2015. In June 2017, he assumed his current role as Legal Director and Company Secretary at Dairy Farm Malaysia, the retail operators of outlets such as Giant, Cold Storage and Guardian. 

David holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) from the University of Melbourne, Australia. He is also a licensed Company Secretary with the Companies Commission of Malaysia.     

Lily Rozita Mohd Khairi, Downstream Business Compliance Officer
Shell Malaysia Limited

After 8 years leading Shell Malaysia Legal as its Head of Legal and Managing Counsel for Downstream, Shared Services, Corporate and Company Secretarial, Lily has recently stepped into the role of the Downstream Global Business Compliance Officer, leading the ethics and compliance matters in over 50 countries. She has over 20 years Oil and Gas industry experience with significant knowledge in O & G projects and operations, leadership, change management, corporate governance, board management, talent development, litigation management, policy formulation, crisis and risk management and compliance. 

Her most recent achievement is the recognition by Financial Times in 2014 for her Legal team as one of the “Highly Commendable” Innovative In-house Counsel in Asia Pacific. 

She read law at Cardiff Law School, United Kingdom and holds a Diploma in Human Resource Management from the Malaysian Institute of Personnel Management.

Hema Latha Sinnakaundan, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Company Secretary
Sun Life Malaysia Assurance Berhad. 

Hema joined Sun Life in 2013 with an extensive legal practice experience spanning from private practice, regulatory and in-house roles. Prior to joining Sun Life Malaysia, she was the Assistant General Counsel of ING Insurance Berhad which subsequently merged with AIA Berhad. She started her career in private practice in Malaysia and moved on to practice law in England. She joined the Enforcement Division of the UK’s Financial Services Authority, before returning back to Malaysia. She is an active member in the insurance industry association especially with regards to new regulation and legislation that impact the insurance industry.

She has a LL. B (Hons) from the University of London and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Cardiff Metropolitan. She was admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2000 and admitted as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales in 2005. She obtained her Malaysian Company Secretarial License from the Companies Commission of Malaysia in 2014. 

Azmi bin Maulud, Director, Group Legal
Naza Group of Companies

He was attached initially at a Legal Firm, Messrs Bhag Sulaiman and Co from 1994 until 1996, when he left the firm to join another firm Messrs Yusuf Sidek Madzhar and Co. He subsequently together with one of the partner at Messrs Yusuf Sidek Madzhar and Co, founded a partnership under the partnership name of A B Sidek and Co from May 1997 until he finally withdraw from the partnership in June 2007 to join Naza Group ( Then Naza Motor Trading ).

He was a Senior Manager and head of the Legal division when he first joined Naza Group in July 2007. He was then promoted as General Manager in 2010 and was transferred to Naza Corporation Holdings SB when the holding company was formed. He briefly left the Group to join a listed company as the Executive Director in May 2016 and re joined the Group in August 2016 with his current post as Director of Group Legal Affairs Division. At Naza Group, he is involved in every aspects of legal, compliance, corporate governance and advisory of Naza Group businesses which includes, Property, Construction, Automotive, F and B, Logistics and others.

He is also currently the Chairman of the Joint Management Body of Platinum Park Phase 3 which comprises of the Naza Tower and Tabung Haji Tower and also the Chairman of one of the Procurement Committee and also member of the Investment Committee at Naza Corporation Holdings SB. He is recently appointed as a board member of Naza Tutti Frutti Trading SB.

Brian Simon, Senior Counsel
SIRIM Berhad

Brian studied law in the UK and after graduation was in private practice for around 10 years. He was in active litigation practice and has appeared across all tiers of the Court and handled cases ranging from injunctions to professional negligence disputes. Brian thereafter joined SIRIM and negotiated and drafted R&D contracts, including cross border R&D contracts. He is now in Group HR in SIRIM’s Engagement & Industrial Relations Section. Brian also holds an MBA from Australia.