Curriculum Vitae

MRS NUR HUSNA ZAKARIA @ KIRA

Lecturer
  • Dean's Office
    Faculty of Law
  • una_5594
  • 0379676531

BIOGRAPHY

I am Husna. Hi! I am passionate about blockchain, corporate finance, and hiking.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • COMPETITION LAW
  • OTHER LAW
    Blockchain, ICOs, RegTech
  • COMMERCIAL LAW
    Corporate Finance, Competition Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Restructuring, Securities
  • CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS LAW
    Company Law

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • LL.M (Corporate Law), (CORPORATE LAW)
    University College, University of London, UK
  • LL.B (Hons), (Law)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

  • Task Force Curriculum Review
    16 Oct 2019 - 31 Aug 2021 (University Malaya)
  • Coordinator
    08 Feb 2021 - 30 Aug 2021 (Faculty of Law, Faculty of Law)
  • Researcher
    27 Jul 2017 - 30 Apr 2018 (University of Malaya Malaysian Centre of Regulatory Studies (Umcors), Faculty of Law)

MEMBERSHIPS

  • MALAYSIAN BLOCKCHAIN ALLIANCE , COMMITTEE MEMBER
    Since 2018 (National)
  • MYCC (UNIVERSITY PROGRAMME COMMITTEE), MEMBER
    2020 to 2023 (National)
  • MALAYSIA COMPETITION COMMISSION , REPRESENTATIVE
    2020 to 2021 (National)
  • MALAYSIAN BAR COUNCIL, MEMBERSHIP
    2011 to 2017 (National)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
  1. Ting Kah Sing, L. & Zakaria H. 2018. A look into the future: Bracing the legal profession for the fourth industrial revolution. University of Malaya Law Review 2: 49-76.
  2. Zakaria, H., Kunhibava, S. & Munir, A.B. 2018. Prospects and challenges: Blockchain space in Malaysia. Malayan Law Journal 3(supp): cx-cxxxv.
Other Publications
  1. Malaysian Blockchain Regulatory Framework Report - Technical Report
  2. Zakaria, H. 2018. Initial Coin Offerings. Blockchain Regulatory Framework Report, pp 91-126. - Technical Report
  3. Zakaria, H. Students leave impact on lecturer. The Star Online, 20 May 2018. - Mass Media(Newspaper,Radio,Tv,Popular Magazine)
  4. Zakaria, H. Thank you, students, for teaching me about life. New Straits Times, 14 May 2018. - Mass Media(Newspaper,Radio,Tv,Popular Magazine)

RESEARCH PROJECT

International
  1. 2018 - 2024, International Funding
    Regtech Project 2.0: Multidisciplinary Courses And Activities ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  2. 2017 - 2019, International Funding
    Centralising On Blockchain Technology For The Analysis Of Blockhain-based Regulation Studies ( Principal Investigator(PI))

CONSULTANCY PROJECT

  • Essential of Compliance: Case Study Series, Securities Industry Development Corporation (SIDC)
    10 Aug 2023 - 30 Aug 2023 (National)
  • Invested - Essentials of Compliance: Communities of Practice (Real Life Scenarios), Securities Industry Development Corporation (SIDC)
    18 Sep 2023 - 27 Sep 2023 (National)
  • Essential of Compliance: Case Study Series (Third Cohort), Securities Industry Development Corporation (SIDC)
    10 Oct 2023 - 17 Oct 2023 (National)
  • Invested - Essentials of Compliance: Communities of Practice (Real Life Scenarios) (Third Cohort), Securities Industry Development Corporation (SIDC)
    27 Nov 2023 - 07 Dec 2023 (National)
  • Mycc Classroom Programme and Mycc Newsletter/Journal, MyCC
    01 Dec 2020 - 01 Dec 2021 (National)
  • Malaysian Blockchain Alliance, Academy of Science Malaysia
    01 Jan 2018 - 01 Jan 2020 (National)

PAPER PRESENTED

PLENARY SPEAKER
  1. Maximising Impact; Envisioning a Future of Digitally Fluent Youth through Multi-stakeholder Internet Governance, Malaysian Youth @ Safer Internet Day 2020 , University of Malaya Law Society, CyberSecurity Malaysia, and the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia Malaysia (MCMC)  (National) (29 Feb 2020 - 29 Feb 2020)
  2. Overview on Blockchain Legal Landscape in Malaysia, Vietnam Blockchain Week 2018, IBL Group (International) (07 Mar 2018 - 08 Mar 2018)
INVITED SPEAKER
  1. Malaysian Competition Law , International Annual Summer School on Competition Law, School of Legal Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, India (International) (26 Jul 2021 - 01 Aug 2021)
  2. Blockchain and Emerging Technologies, Malaysia Blockchain Week , MBW (National) (20 Jun 2019 - 20 Jun 2019)
  3. Can RegTech Improve Compliance in a Company?, UM RegTech Talk Series: #1 Introduction to the RegTech Ecosystem, UM RegTech (University) (15 Mar 2019 - 15 Mar 2019)
  4. Undang-Undang Bagi Transaksi Berkenaan Blockchain , SEMINAR BLOCKCHAIN KEBANGSAAN , FSKTM  (National) (13 Nov 2018 - 14 Nov 2018)
  5. Tailoring a Compliant Blockchain Ecosystem in Malaysia, BLOCFEST 2018, Blockchain Asia Sdn Bhd  (National) (26 Sep 2018 - 27 Sep 2018)
  6. How blockchain-based RegTech can Transform Malaysia's Compliance Regime, Asian RegTech Series E1, IBL and QRC (International) (23 Nov 2017 - 23 Nov 2017)

ACADEMIC/PROF. SERVICES

Evaluation
  1. (2024) Member of The Editorial Board Mycc E-Journal, National, (Reviewer)
  2. (2021) Task Force for Curriculum Review, University, (Internal Assessor)
Contribution to external organisation
  1. (2024) UM Representative, National, (Resource Person)
Mentoring
  1. (2022) Advisor to UM Justech, University, (Mentor)

TEACHING

Master
  1. (2021) LQB7015 - Introduction to Competition Law
Bachelor
  1. (2022) LIA3026 - Competition Law
  2. (2021) LIA3026 - Competition Law
  3. (2021) LIA4002 - Legal Drafting I
  4. (2021) LIA4011 - Legal Drafting Ii

COURSE ATTENDED

Internal / External Course
CONFERENCE
  1. RFS FINTECH CONFERENCE, Cornell Tech University New York (15 Mar 2018 - 18 Mar 2018)
  2. VIETNAM BLOCKCHAIN WEEK , Ho Chi Minh City (06 Mar 2018 - 09 Mar 2018)
  3. INTERNET LAW WORKS-IN-PROGRESS, New York Law School (23 Mar 2018 - 25 Mar 2018)
  4. FORUM DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION TALK SERIES : ROLES OF BLOCKCHAIN INDUSTRY 4.0, Komtar, Pulau Pinang (21 Oct 2019 - 21 Oct 2019)
  5. SINGAPORE FINTECH FESTIVAL (SFF) AND SINGAPORE WEEK OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY (SWITCH), Singapore (10 Nov 2019 - 13 Nov 2019)
  6. THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL SUMMER SCHOOL UNDERSTANDING COMPETITION LAW: PERSPECTIVES FROM ASIAN COUNTRIES, Virtual (28 Jul 2021 - 28 Jul 2021)
INTERNAL COURSE- ORGANIZED BY PTJ
  1. UM EDUCATOR 4.0, Universiti Malaya Kuala Lumpur (05 Sep 2018 - 06 Sep 2018)
EXTERNAL COURSE
  1. UM REGTECH TALK SERIES: #1 INTRODUCTION TO THE REGTECH ECOSYSTEM, Faculty of Law, University of Malaya (15 Mar 2019 - 15 Mar 2019)
  2. MALAYSIA BLOCKCHAIN WEEK, Rennaisance Hotel (20 Jun 2019 - 20 Jun 2019)