Kok Liang CHEW

• Overseeing and leading the legal aspect of the business both locally and globally. • Providing advice to the board and key management team regarding legal issues such as copyrights, patents, labour law, partnerships, international ventures, corporate finance, contracts, confidentiality agreements, etc.

• Legal consulting services.

• Managing legal needs, providing legal advice and services, and implementation and maintenance of corporate compliance program for Avanos entities in the APAC region.

• Managed contractual, data privacy, human rights, procurement, and regulatory issues of several multi-billion dollars FPSO projects during project and operation phases in multiple jurisdictions.

• Managed legal coverage for contracts, corporate, construction, litigation, procurement, and regulatory for transnational projects and operations in APAC and Middle East.

• Managed legal coverage for construction & development, energy, technology & communications, luxury & consumer products, and investments & real estate activities in Middle East.

Top-Tier Singapore legal firm with offices in Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Doha, and Shanghai. • Managed, resolved and arbitrated various dispute matters in the UAE and Middle East.

Top-Tier Omani legal firm for corporate, commercial, and dispute resolution matters. • Managed and closed transnational contracts, development agreements, joint ventures, corporate, commercial, energy, real estate, EPC contracts for energy, water and infrastructure projects.

Malaysian legal firm specialising in construction/commercial litigation and arbitration matters. • successfully closed off big-ticket construction/commercial projects in Asia and Middle East.

Part-Time Postgraduate Certificate in Terrorism Studies from RSIS International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism: • Terrorism, Intelligence & Homeland Security. • Conflicts in the Digital Age: Information & Cyber Warfare. • Intelligence in Peace & War. • War in the Global Village. Postgraduate Certificate of Comparative Study of Religions in Plural Societies from RSIS Studies in Inter-Religious Relations in Plural Societies (SRP) Programme: • Encountering Religions in Plural Societies: Comparative & Contrastive Perspective. • Christianity & Religious Diversity. • Islam, Diversity & The Religious Other. • Violence & Peacebuilding in Islam.

Part-Time Post-Diploma Certificate in Digital Business Transformation: • Digital Business Models. • Platform and Digital Ecosystem. • Digital Business Market Validation. • Business Model Design. Post-Diploma Certificate in Digital Marketing: • Digital Storefront Creation. • Digital Marketing Strategies. • Digital Business Capstone.

Part-Time Post-Diploma Certificate in Smart Systems & Cloud Computing: • Smart City System Design. • Cloud Computing & Analytics. Post-Diploma Certificate in Sensors & Mobile Development: • Sensors & Communication Technologies. • Mobile Application Development.

Part-Time • Maritime Economics and Ship-broking. • Maritime Law and Insurance. • Port and Cargo Management.

Distance Education For membership of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators: • Contract, Tort, and Evidence. • Law of Arbitration. • Arbitration Practice and Procedure. • Drafting and Award Writing.

Part-Time • Islamic Legal System • Islamic Criminal Law • Islamic Evidence Law • Islamic Family Law • Constitutional Law Issues • Syariah Court Criminal Procedure • Muamalat Law

Distance Education • Understanding and knowledge of UK and EU employment legislation and case law. • Dissertation research into “A Race Relations Act for Malaysia?”

Full-Time • Constitutional Law • Land Law • Trust & Succession • Contract Law • Criminal Law • Tort • Macroeconomics • Microeconomics • Industrial Economics • Econometrics • Computer Science • International Politics • Sociology