Leny Abdul Aziz

My practice for the past 16 years covers different aspect on company secretarial, corporate governance and compliance covers diverse industries, namely oil and gas, unit trust funds, offshore financial industry and infrastructure industry in Malaysia and Bermuda before my last assignment in Dubai, which was about four years.

Working internationally and with multinational company (i.e. Schlumberger) has given me opportunities and exposures to adopt the best practices from other jurisdictions including offshore framework mainly Panama, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands and a few others.

My expertise include:
• Company Secretary and Corporate governance;
• Companies law in different jurisdictions (GCC countries in particular UAE (including the Free Zones), Malaysia, Bermuda, Hong Kong, Cayman Islands, Panama);
• Fund administration;
• Anti-Money Laundering;
• Drafting and reviewing agreements and other legal and corporate documents such as policies and guidelines; and
• All aspects of compliance for legal entities on local law throughout the Middle East countries, Malaysia, Bermuda and Hong Kong.

To keep the Directors and Officers up to date, I trained and updated the directors and officers of subsidiaries in the Middle East on duties and responsibilities to be in line with practice as well as providing guidance and technical advice on corporate and compliance to the business units.

Having vast experience in corporate work, I was assigned to train junior lawyers and a team of corporate administrators for the Middle East Area.