A dedicated, experienced and respected business consultant, Shalinee Fernandez has experience in a number of well-known companies across a wide range of industries. After leaving a private lawyer position at a Kuala Lumpur-based law firm, Fernandez took on her first in-house role as General Counsel of Law Enforcement at the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. Other in-house positions in Malaysia at BlueScope Steel (legal advisors Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei) and Atos (Asia Pacific legal counsel) followed before Fernandez moved to Australia to launch the Indian ride-hailing platform Ola. In her leadership role, Fernandez will be responsible for Ansell`s global operations, where she also serves as Managing Partner. Here, she oversees Ansell`s manufacturing facilities in Asia Pacific, the global supply chain and is particularly involved in the company`s myriad sustainability projects. Teo Wai Sum has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, and business and trade consulting. Wai Sum has advised international clients on legal and regulatory matters in the IT and digital sectors. She also advises on all aspects of the Data Protection Act 2010. Wai Sum is recognized as a notable practitioner by asialaw Profiles 2022. The shortlisted in-house teams have demonstrated leadership on this issue in the domestic legal market of Southeast Asia. Considerations include the quality of the company`s diversity and inclusion policies, whether as locally initiated or locally implemented policies, and the company`s public relations work on this issue. We look at the evidence of the legal team`s direct involvement in this area and how this affects the conduct of the business, such as the appointment of external lawyers and hiring policy. GC Summit Malaysia invites the most respected in-house consultants from the country`s most productive companies to discuss their changing roles as internal leaders and the challenges, issues and opportunities they face.

Between long roundtables and the opportunity to meet and exchange with other in-house lawyers, the GC Summit Malaysia promises to be a practical and forward-thinking event that will bring together the best legal minds in the region. In June 2017, David assumed the role of General Counsel and Secretary General of DFI Malaysia. At the end of 2018, David assumed the role of General Counsel of DFI`s operations in Singapore. In October 2020, David was promoted to General Counsel – Southeast Asia and oversaw and led Dairy Farm Group`s legal and government teams in Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Vietnam and Cambodia. We strive to provide effective solutions because we have the resources, commitment and ability to take care of our clients` legal issues and rights. „Together, they work to share their experiences on what is best for their current client. Exchange of thoughts and ideas, advice on appropriate legal practices according to our needs. Very versed in their field, their willingness to answer our calls, emails, etc. Driven by a passion for law and with extensive legal experience, Mohanadass Partnership lawyers offer unparalleled expertise to clients in a wide range of industries. The partners are intimately familiar with international and domestic dispute resolution and have combined skills that are favorable compared to any leading regional law firm. In addition to dispute resolution and settlement matters, the partners in this practice are familiar with handling legal issues in all major areas of practice.

„We have worked with RDL regularly because they are able to provide comprehensive legal services. We can count on them to help us in all business in Malaysia when needed. „Ho Wei Lih: good judgment, creative in solving legal problems, able to bring his vast experience to formulate new strategies to solve legal problems. „The team is able to achieve the client`s goal and intent in a legal case in a very systematic way, which prevents us from collapsing in case of misunderstandings, that we seek this as a strength over others. Rahmat Lim & Partners handles a wide range of antitrust and competition matters, including compliance, MyCC exemption requests, and cross-border merger assessments and control filings.