Ira has extensive experience in a wide spectrum of commercial and civil litigation cases including insolvency and land matters, and is an experienced trial and appellate lawyer. Ira has been ranked by Chambers Asia Pacific in the 2016-2024 editions, a Distinguished Practitioner by Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2020-2023, a Litigation Star in the 2021-2024 editions of Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific, amongst Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific’s Top 100 Women in Litigation 2020-2024, a Benchmark Disputes Star in the 2014, 2018-2020 editions of Benchmark: Asia Pacific and a Local Dispute Star in its 2013 edition, She has also been ranked by Asia Pacific Legal 500 in the 2014- 2016 and 2002/2003 editions. In the 2007/2008 edition of Asia Pacific Legal 500, she was ranked as an experienced lawyer in shareholder disputes, commercial fraud and company law litigation, in the 2013 edition as a Recommended Lawyer and in the 2014 edition as a Leading Individual and Recommended Lawyer. She was also awarded the Disputes Star of the year award for Malaysia for the inaugural Asialaw Asia-Pacific Dispute Resolution Awards 2015. Ira is a member of, and was the co-chairperson of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (Malaysia Network) from 6 January 2017 to 10 February 2020. She was the Chairperson of the Bar Council’s Advocacy Training Committee (2016-2018), is an advocacy trainer for the Malaysian Bar and was also a member of the Bar Council’s Corporate & Commercial Law Committee.Ira is a contributor to ‘Restructuring And Insolvency – A Commentary’ published in 2023 by Sweet & Maxwell, the ‘Law and Practice of Corporate Insolvency in Malaysia’ published in 2019 by Thomson Reuters Asia, contributing editor of the ‘Malaysian Civil Procedure’ 2021, 2018 and 2013 published by Sweet & Maxwell Asia, co-author of ‘Governance – Director’s Responsibility in relation to Insolvency’ in the Corporate Voice published by the Malaysian Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, and an author of the Malaysian chapter on Enforcement of Foreign Judgments published by Wolters Kluwer Law & Business in the May (2010) supplement.Ira is a graduate of Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi, India with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree in Economics, and obtained a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) degree from the University of London, England (External Degree).She was called to the Bar of England & Wales in July 1986 and was admitted as an advocate & solicitor of the High Court in Malaya in July 1987.