Phye Keat has been practising intellectual property law in Malaysia for over 30 years in the firm of Raja, Darryl & Loh. He was called to the Malaysian Bar in 1987 and holds LLB and LLM degrees from the University of Malaya. He was a founder member of the Malaysian Intellectual Property Association (MIPA) and the ASEAN Intellectual Property Association (ASEAN IPA).

About Nurul Hafidzah Hassan | Senior Partner of NHA Advocates & Solicitors

Nurul Hafidzah Hassan is the Founder and Senior Partner of NHA Advocates & Solicitors. She focuses on various commercial issues, including breach of contract and corporate disputes, reputation and defamation, banking and finance as well as the multimillion-ringgit cross-border litigation, involving criminal breach of trust and international investment fraud.

About NHA Advocates & Solicitors | A Full-Service Corporate & Commercial Law Firm

NHA Advocates & Solicitors is Malaysia's international full-service corporate and commercial law firm representing global clients, having worked with more than 50 nationalities, in capital market and securities, corporate crimes, litigation and investigations, and mergers and acquisitions, corporate real estate, joint ventures and intellectual property matters. The firm is located in Shah Alam, Selangor with associated offices in Beijing, Abu Dhabi and Dubai - are sought out by global companies that seek lawyers who understand business, support and enable company growth whilst act with integrity. Founded in 2010, NHA Advocates & Solicitors represented nearly 10,000 clients from diverse cultures, ethnics and backgrounds in Malaysia. Litigators, former judge and former deputy public prosecutors with Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission and Securities Commission were among the lawyers in our sophisticated team. They have been defending entities, individuals, government and the private sectors in corporate and commercial issues; companies whose facing investigations related to new, complex, business, legal and financial matters. The firm is officially listed with the Austrian, German and Italian embassies in Kuala Lumpur and is the preferred law firm for Kuala Lumpur City Hall, where the firm is consulting the agency under the Ministry of Federal Territories for more than five years. The firm is affiliated with the Malay Chamber of Commerce and Italy Malaysia Business Association. The firm's lawyers were interviewed, mentioned and quoted by 30+ local and international media outlets.

Salwah Abdul Shukor is a senior partner and head of the Corporate practice at Zain & Co. She has been practicing at Zain & Co. since 1994 and became a partner in 2000. She has been cited as an industry “Leading Individual” (Chambers Asia-Pacific and Legal 500) and “Notable Practitioner” (Chambers Asia-Pacific).



She is experienced in advising on mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings and private debt issuance, as well as in intellectual property advisory work; she also advises on film and media matters.

Sri has been consecutively recognised as an "IP Star" by Managing Intellectual Property, a leading publication in the area of Intellectual Property. Sri has been recognised as a Leading Lawyer in the area of Intellectual Property by the Asia Pacific Legal 500.

Sri was the Managing Partner of Kandiah & Sri, a boutique law firm which is focused in the protection and resolution of issues relating to intellectual property rights, before the firm merged with Christopher & Lee Ong in 2015.

Sri holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB)(Hons) Degree from King’s College London, United Kingdom. He was awarded the Malaysian Law Scholarship 1999, which is a full scholarship awarded by University of London to the student with the best results in Malaysia for the 1st year of LLB, to read law at King’s College London for the 2nd and 3rd year of the LLB degree.

Experience:
Sri’s main area of practice is intellectual property law, in relation to both contentious and non-contentious work. He assists and represents clients in relation to disputes relating to patents, copyright, privacy and trade secrets, trade mark, passing off, industrial designs, advertising and domain name and also in relation to various aspects of enforcement of intellectual property rights. Over the years, he has represented many multinational companies from diverse range of sectors in litigation and in managing and implementing anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting programmes for them.

His non-litigation work includes drafting and advising on IP issues in corporate and commercial transactions, particularly in relation to licensing, franchising, regulatory advice, entertainment, sponsorship and merchandising. Sri has also acted and succeeded in the first contested adjudication before the Communications and Multimedia Content Forum (CMCF) in respect of a broadcast advertisement

Azrul obtained a Bachelors of Law from the University of Kent at Canterbury, England in 1998. He also obtained a Master's Degree in Arts (Legal & Political Theory) from University College, London and thereafter he was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High
Court of Malaya in 2001.

He has over 18 years of experience in legal practice dealing in intellectual property matters,
litigation, advisory issues, compliance and also drafting of agreements. Azrul also assists clients with government engagement.

He is also a member of the Bar Council Cyber Law Committee, KL Bar IT Committee and IPR Committee of the EUMCCI.