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Cathryn F L Chay

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CATHRYN CHAY is a Partner in the Corporate Finance practice group. She obtained her LLB degree from the University of Kent, United Kingdom and she is a Barrister-at Law of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, London. She was admitted to the Malaysian Bar as an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 1994.

Her practice area also includes Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions and Shipping & Aviation. Currently, she is involved in the provision of corporate advisory services which include amongst others, initial public offering, takeovers, mergers and acquisitions of public and private limited companies both local and foreign, restructuring of companies and the conduct of legal due diligence review exercises. In particular, Cathryn had previously advised on the initial public offerings of various companies on the Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.

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LLB (Hons) (University of Kent)
Barrister-at-Law (Middle Temple)
Advocate & Solicitor (High Court of Malaya)

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