Gary Edward Chong - Financial And Legal Resilience Speaker Email & Phone Number

Kuala Lumpur, My

Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

 Providing legal and strategic advisory and guidance to the company in all its business endeavours in Malaysia; Drafting legal documents and agreements in upholding and protecting the company’s legal and commercial interests; Leading legal negotiations on behalf of the company in dealing with real estate property developers and clients in Malaysia; Overseeing the handling and management of legal disputes between the company and external parties, and liaising with the selected panel of lawyers handling the legal disputes; Overseeing and coordinating the protection of intellectual property (IP) rights of company (registration of new trademarks, copyrights etc) with the appointed external IP advisor; Coordinating with the appointed external lawyers in relation with the proposed Initial Public Offering (IPO) plans of the company by 2023, in ensuring that the proposed public listing is in compliance with the requirements set by the Securities Commission of Malaysia Managing the legal risks for the company and its subsidiaries overall.

Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

 Legal & Corporate Commercial Advisory: Providing legal and commercial risk management and business growth strategies and consultation to clients (mostly start-ups and SME companies), especially in providing trainings and coaching in relation to legal topics. Negotiating deals on behalf of clients, whilst acting as their legal consultant, whether in local ventures or cross-border transactions. Monitoring and supervising the drafting of legal documents by junior legal consultant, as well as the external panel of lawyer(s). Operations and Business Support: Carrying out function as de-facto Chief Operation Officer (COO) in support of the CEO in expanding the business and managing the team of staff and employees, especially in terms of HR issues. Managing the Legal Department of the company and the rapport with external lawyers/counsels in Malaysia, as well as overseas (China, ASEAN region, and England). Managing and overseeing overall business operations and management of the company; Providing legal and strategic advisory and guidance to the company/Group in all its business endeavours in St. Lucia Leading commercial and legal negotiations and applications on behalf of the company, with government regulatory bodies and potential collaborative parties/ investors Recommending to Board of Directors of the company/Group of strategic directions, performance evaluation standards and KPI indicators and benchmarking it with global standard practices in the industries which the company/Group is involved in

Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Highlight of my professional & legal career: Through my BNI connection, I manage to bring in the largest referral and groundbreaking case for us to represent one of the next of kin of the unknown fate of flight MH370, and we were the first lawyers in the world to successfully get a settlement out from MAS: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/mh370-brothers-file-maiden-negligence-suit-against-mas-putrajaya-over-dads#BU2Hq0tAogPeVl6h.97 Business Development & Client Management: Identifying and marketing our legal services to potential new customers such as developers, SMEs through seminars, networking sessions and business forums Enhancing professional ties with existing clients Litigation Actively handling as well as managing the conduct cases of civil and corporate litigation by monitoring the drafting legal opinions, pleadings and written submissions by legal assistants for the purpose of advising and representing clients at all levels of courts. Corporate & Commercial:  Drafting and vetting corporate agreements, and legal opinions. Advise international clients of formation of companies (offshore and onshore) and issues of taxation (offshore and onshore), especially to foreign and international companies who are interested to set up bases in Malaysia. Highly capable of advising clients, especially entrepreneurs in commercial aspects of all stages of agreement to enable clients to formulate well-informed decision Consistently keeping up with the development in commercial and corporate world and its operation and mechanism of business, to protect clients’ interest

Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

 Corporate legal advisory role for The V in protecting and upholding the legal and commercial interest of The V as a whole, including departments such as V Operations V Human Resources V Finance V Studio The companies under The V (global, regional and local) Negotiating and managing negotiations of terms and conditions of agreements in all contracts to protect The V’s legal and commercial interests Drafting, managing and reviewing contracts and agreements entered into between The V Corporate and any subsidiaries of QI group and also any other external parties (eg. Sales and purchase contracts, event management contracts, consultancy contracts, licensing agreements, franchise agreements, production agreements and etc.) Advising The V Corporate on legislations in Malaysia and also in other foreign markets in relation to its business plans and also business operations• Compliance & Enforcement of Policies and Procedures  Recommending sanctions/actions to be taken against any IRs under investigations, to Managing Director (The-V MD), Business Development and QI’s Network Compliance Department (NCD) Liaising with and managing affliated-agents, consultants and also external local lawyers in the respective markets (crisis-hit countries)• Advisory Role to The-V MD and other Directors within the QI Group of Companies Reporting to The V-MD on the progress of any legal crisis faced in any crisis-hit markets Advising on recommended steps to be taken in such countries in resolving such crisis Ensuring all the agency agreements executed by QNET in any markets also provides sufficient legal protection to the network and advising The V-MD accordingly Ensuring that all agreements executed by The V with QNET or any external parties are sufficiently protective (legal interest wise) for The V and advising The V-MD accordingly, corporate wise and network wise

Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

(Litigation and Corporate)  Litigation: Actively handling cases of shipping and corporate litigation by drafting legal opinions, pleadings and submissions for the purpose of advising clients and litigation in Sessions and High Courts Specialises in Shipping, Maritime and International Trade Law, Oil and Gas matters, while handling other commercial litigations at the same time. Assisting Lead Counsel/ Managing Partner in preparation for trials Sub-Courts and High Courts) and appeals (Court of Appeal) Highly capable of client-counselling and advising and negotiating on behalf clients for ‘win-win’ situations Corporate & Commercial: Drafting and vetting corporate agreements, witnessing of signings and writing legal opinions. Advise international clients of formation of companies (offshore and onshore) and issues of taxation (offshore and onshore), especially to foreign and international companies who are interested to set up bases in Malaysia. Highly capable of advising clients, especially entrepreneurs in commercial practicality aspects before, during and post-signing of agreement to enable clients to formulate a well-advised and informed-decision Consistently keeping up with the development in commercial and corporate world, to better understand the operation and mechanism of business arena and to gel my legal knowledge in order to protect clients’ interest Training and Development: Preparing training materials for certain courses (eg. Hospitality Laws) for current employer through careful research Constantly learning and developing my own public-speaking skills and self-confidence to present better on topics given Marketing/Business Development and Public Relations/Client Management: Identifying potential clients to market legal services to and forming new strategic and professional relationship with the potential clients  Contributing new ideas to develop the firm’s business with current clients and prospective clients

Blended Euro-Asean Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Blended Euro-Asean Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Postgraduate Diploma In Law - Bar Vocational Course, Law, Competent

Bachelor Of Laws - Llb, Law, Second Class (Lower) Honours

Blended Euro-Asean Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Euro-Asean Blended Mba, Business Administration, Management And Operations

Euro-Asean Blended Mba, Business Administration, Management And Operations