Ms Serina Abdul Samad > Azmi & Associates > Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia > Lawyer Profile

Ms Serina Abdul Samad

603-2118 5000 serina@azmilaw.com View profile

Work Department

Capital & Debt Markets Practice Group and Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group.

Position

Co-Deputy Managing Partner

Career

Serina graduated with an LL. B Business Law (Hons) from Coventry University, England. She became a member of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn in 1992 and was admitted to the English Bar on 14^th October 1993. She read in the chambers of Philip Nainan in Johor Bahru and was admitted to the Malaysian Bar on 27^th August 1994.

She joined Messrs KM Chye & Partners in January 1995 and immediately underwent training in Singapore with Messrs Khattar Wong & Partners, for seven (7) months in 1995 in the field of conveyancing and banking and 6 months in 1996 in the field of shipping. Later, she was involved in various corporate and commercial matters, in particular, due diligence work on companies applying for listing on the Main and Second Boards of the then Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.

She joined Messrs Hisham, Sobri & Kadir in 1999 and was involved in the acquisition of the entire stake in Usahasama PROTON-DRB Sdn. Bhd. by Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Berhad (PROTON) and the restructuring of the Malaysian aerospace industry.

Serina is one of the founding partners of A&A and is responsible for the development of the Capital & Debt Markets Practice Group and Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group.

Languages

English and Bahasa Malaysia

Memberships

Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya

Education

LL. B Business Law (Hons) from Coventry University, England