EXPERIENCEAPRIL 1987 – OCTOBER 1990ASSOCIATE, M/S MAH WENG KWAI & ASSOCIATESI was primarily handling a wide litigation portfolio ranging from commercial and corporate matters, conveyancing and even family law matters. I frequently attended court, conducting full trials and hearings as well as interlocutory matters, and had the opportunities to appear in Subordinate Courts, High Court as well as in the Appellate Courts. Of special note, among the corporate matters I handled was a listing exercise in the KLSE. DECEMBER 1990 – APRIL 1993ASSOCIATE, M/S ADNAN, SUNDRA & LOWAs I developed a deeper interest in corporate matters I decided to move to a fully corporate and commercial portfolio in the above firm where I gained valuable experience in diverse practice areas including handling housing development projects, banking as well as aviation financing. The nature of work included negotiations, rendering legal opinions, legal research and drafting documentation for a number of banking and financial institutions. In particular, the area of aviation financing (dealing with complex issues in the sale and leaseback of aircrafts) often involved dealing with government organisations such as the Department of Civil Aviation, multinational companies and foreign legal firms. APRIL 1993 – OCTOBER 1994LECTURER, UNIVERITY OF EAST LONDON (UEL) LLB TWINNING PROGRAMME AT STAMFORD COLLEGEAt this stage, I wanted to pursue my Master in Laws (LLM) in University of Malaya and explored teaching law in the above UEL Malaysian Campus (Twinning) at the same time. I taught the law of contract as well as set examination papers for that first year subject under the direct supervision of the UEL Head of Law in UK. In the same programme, I was asked to prepare the syllabus and teach an elective module on certain aspects of Malaysian Land Law to give the UK-bound students some exposure to relevant aspects of Malaysian law.Of particular note, I was also involved in a number of educational projects/committees under the direction of the Director of Studies, Stamford College in both administrative and advisory capacity. With UEL’s approval, I was also tutoring at the Faculty of Law, UM at this time on a part-time basis.OCTOBER 1994 – SEPTEMBER 1995SENIOR ASSOCIATE, M/S SKRINE & COAs I felt I could I cope well with the LLM course in its second year, I decide to go back to legal practice by joining M/S Skrine & Co as a senior associate in their Corporate and Commercial Department at their invitation (having regard to the fact that I had done my pupillage there). I independently handled a number of top corporate clients of the firm in a wide spectrum of matters. Of interest, I often mentored and gave guidance to junior associates who sought my help in dealing with complicated issues they were facing in their work. SEPTEMBER 1995 – SEPTEMBER 1997LEGAL ADVISOR, CORPORATE BANKING DIVISION, MALAYAN BANKING BERHAD, FOLLOWED BYHEAD OF LEGAL DEPARTMENT, MALAYAN BANKING BERHADI joined Maybank when the Head of its Corporate Banking Division wanted a dedicated full time in house counsel for his Division, separate from the general legal department. My skill and experience matched this requirement and I joined that Division as its first such in-house counsel and provided legal advice and support relating to corporate loans, syndicated financing, bonds issues and other corporate financing projects undertaken by the Bank. My responsibilities included giving legal advice and written opinions as well as the drafting and vetting of legal documentation and assisting the officers in negotiations and working with various law firms. The work required fast-paced responses to legal queries and short turnaround times in the vetting of legal documents.I was subsequently promoted to Head of Maybank Legal Department. I hired a new person for my previous role and focussed on the supervision of the entire in-house legal department of the Bank consisting of eight legal officers. The team handled all legal matters for the Bank.Being the top legal personnel in the Bank equipped me with a wealth of experience of what was required of an in house corporate lawyer. JUNE 2001 - JUNE 2017PART-TIME LAW TUTOR AND LECTURER IN THE LAW FACULTY OF UNIVERSITY OF MALAYAAfter a four-year hiatus due to the birth of my two children, I wanted to resume working life and chose a teaching career. Hence for the above period I have been teaching on a part-time basis at the Faculty of Law, University of Malaya. I have been tutoring contract law almost continuously for 15 years from June 2001 to 2016. Other than contract law, I was also invited by the pioneer of the final year subject of Remedies, Dr Cheong May Fong, to tutor in this new course from its inception circa 2006. I took over the teaching of the Remedies course from Dr Cheong after she left the faculty and continued to teach the subject when it was offered as an elective subject. In 2008, I began assisting Dr Farah Nini to tutor in the Legal Method course for about 6 years. I have also had the opportunity to tutor in the final year Drafting course in 2017 as well as to give several annual guest lectures in Equitable Remedies to second and third year students.Besides teaching in the Law Faculty, I have had the opportunity to be involved in various aspects of academic life in the Faculty of Law as follows:ï‚· training mooters and judging Moots competitionsï‚· training a team for the National Client’s Interview and Negotiation Competitionï‚· arranging for judges in Moots Competitions and speakers for seminars and other eventsï‚· as supervisor in the Legal Clinic programme from its inceptionï‚· serving on the Law Faculty Curriculum Committee (Jawatankuasa Kurikulum Fakulti - Izajah Dasar)ï‚· organised a 3-day seminar on “Civil Remedies” conducted by leading law practitioners for final year students in April 2017 EDUCATION1982-1986, LL.B (Hons) UNIVERSITI MALAYA1993-1995, LL.M UNVERSITI MALAYAFor the LLM programme, I chose to specialise in commercial law subjects and took the following courses: Advanced Company Law, Law relating to Securities Regulations, Copyright Law and Construction Law.
show more »Nadhratul Wardah Salman graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from the International Islamic University Malaysia. She then completed a Master's in Sports Policy and a Master of Laws (LL.M). Driven by her curiosity about the dynamic relationship between sports and law, she pursued her Ph.D at Manchester Metropolitan University, focusing on the legal and safety issues surrounding children's sports. Her teaching and research interests include Sports Law, the Law of Torts, Sports Governance and Policy, and Human Rights. She is researching ways to combat match-fixing in sports and is particularly interested in the evolving legal context of the duty of care in sports. Over the past 20 years, Wardah has developed significant leadership skills. She has held various managerial positions, including Deputy Dean, Deputy Director, and Residential College Master. In addition, she has supervised and coordinated over 50 sports events and community engagement projects. Wardah is actively involved in fitness and recreational activities and has competed in numerous sports and martial arts tournaments for approximately 30 years. She represented Universiti Malaya in athletics from 2007 to 2024, with her most notable achievement being named 'UM Sportswoman of the Year' in 2010. She was a member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Malaysian Hockey Confederation from 2009 to 2014. She served as a think tank member for the Institute for Youth Research Malaysia (IYRES) from 2012 to 2016. Currently, she is a member of the National Dispute Resolution Chamber for the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) for the term 2022-2025.
show more »Dr Koh Peng Soon graduated in 2002 with MBBS from the International Medical University. He first gained experience in Surgery working as a medical officer in the Department of Surgery, Hospital Taiping right after internship where he obtained his Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (MRCSEd), UK in 2005. He joined University of Malaya in 2006 for postgraduate training and graduated with Masters of Surgery (MSurg) in 2010. He worked as a General Surgeon in Hospital Sungai Buloh after graduation before rejoining University of Malaya as a Senior Lecturer and Clinical Specialist in 2011 for sub-specialty training and his interest in Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery. In October 2013 to September 2014, he spent a year as a Fellow and Honorary Clinical Associate at the Division of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong which is world renowned. His interest in HPB field involves HPB malignancies, minimal invasive surgery (MIS) and liver transplantation. Besides clinical duties, he is actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching as well as research and already has several publications to his name. He received his promotion to Associate Professorship in early 2019 and is currently the Head of Division of General Surgery and HPB Unit & Liver Transplantation and work as a Consultant Surgeon in the Department of Surgery, University of Malaya Medical Centre.
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Islam, Ameena; Md Syed, Md Azalanshah (2026). Journalistic Professionalism in a Time of Paradoxes: ntv Online and "alternative Voice" in Bangladesh. Journalism Practice
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Adams, Donnie; Sothinathan, Jayanti S.; Radzi, Norfariza Mohd (2026). Science Mapping The Evolution of Middle Leadership Research, 2002-2023. Educational Management Administration & Leadership
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Uchiyama, Yosuke; Furuoka, Fumitaka (2026). Uberisation and Resistance to Online Food Delivery Gig Work in Asia: Lessons from Malaysia. Journal of Contemporary Asia
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Shee, Pay Yee; Dollard, Maureen F.; Idris, Mohd Awang (2026). How Psychosocial Safety Climate Affects Employee Well-being Via Basic Psychological Needs: a Longitudinal Multilevel Moderated Mediation Study. Journal of Applied Psychology
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Xu, Jinpeng; Yang, Jing; Huang, Yaqun; Por, Lip Yee; Chen, Xiaotong; Zhao, Chunna (2026). Dfgnet: a Dual-pathway Graph Neural Network Via Frequency Decomposition for Spatiotemporal Forecasting. Expert Systems With Applications
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Outcome Based Education Curriculum Development Model to Form Student Entrepreneurial Competencies: Best Practices in Southeast Asia Higher Education
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Xpo4 and Fibrosis in Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Steatotic Liver Disease: a Molecular Investigation Into Protein Interaction Networks.
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A Collection of Case Studies On Wound Care Solutions - Dxcure in Malaysia Practice
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Arabic for Daily Communication: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Enhancing Functional Language Skills Among Muslim Malaysian Youth
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Acute Toxicity of Tiger Milk King (tmk) in Animal Model
