LL.B. (Hons) (Malaya)
Year of Call: 1985
Dato’ Ang Saik Hoon read her law in the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. Upon graduation in 1984, she chambered under Mr. Chooi Mun Sou of Messrs Chooi & Co, Kuala Lumpur and was admitted and enrolled as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court, Malaya in March 1985.
Working Experience
On being admitted to the Malaysian Bar, Dato’ Ang Saik Hoon continued as a legal assistant in Messrs Chooi & Co until her resignation in October 1985 to join Messrs Nordin Torji & Yussof Ahmad in Petaling Jaya.
In 1987, Dato’ Ang Saik Hoon was offered partnership in Messrs Nordin Torji & Yussof Ahmad but she declined the offer to form the firm in 1987.
In her thirty eight (38) years of practice, Dato’ Ang Saik Hoon has gained extensive exposure and experience in both litigation and non-litigation matters, in particular, in the corporate, banking and conveyancing fields.
The corporate, banking and conveyancing and commercial division of the firm is currently headed by Dato’ Ang. She has undertaken various corporate floatation exercises for various companies both on the Main Board and the Second Board of The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange together with Mr Siew Yew Ming. Debt restructuring and bond issuance is also an area that Dato’ Ang is conversant in.
She is one of the pioneers in the structuring of club memberships in Malaysia, in particular golf club memberships and has been instrumental in the structuring of some of the better known golf clubs in Malaysia such as the Mines Resort and Golf Club, the Shanshui Golf & Country Club and Karambunai Golf & Country Club in Sabah, Port Dickson Golf & Country Club and the Nilai Springs Golf & Country Club in Negeri Sembilan.
She is also very conversant in banking laws and the firm is on the panel of various local and foreign financial institutions including offshore financial institutions. Dato’ Ang has handled and continue to handle million dollar foreign and ringgit denominated loans for the financing of various investments both locally and overseas including the financing of vessels and air craft purchasing.
Dato’ Ang has also acted in the privatization of many development projects between various statutory bodies with both public and private companies and have also acted in countless joint ventures between individuals and public and private companies in Malaysia.
She was involved in several cross-border equity financing investments and ventures for various industries including real property and development ventures for Malaysian companies both locally and abroad, the latest being the disposal to Vale International S. A one of the biggest mining companies in the world of a huge piece of land in Lumut, Perak.
The law on property/real estate development is Dato’ Ang’s area of expertise and she has given numerous presentations and talks to various financial institutions and local and foreign investors and has also been a panel speaker for various property and real estate seminars.
Courses / Seminars Attended for Islamic Banking
Dato’ Ang has attended the following seminars and/or courses in relation to Islamic banking: –
- Islamic Corporate Financing & Islamic Legal Documentation Course organized by Muamalah Financial Consulting Sdn Bhd on 24.11.2005;
- Workshop on Legal Documentation for Islamic Financing organized by Centre for Research and Training from 11.4.2007 to 12.4.2007;
- Global Islamic Finance Forum organized by Bank Negara Malaysia on 29.3.2007;
- Islamic Asset Backed Securitization Course organized by Muamalah Financial Consulting Sdn Bhd on 7.4.2009; and
- National Symposium on Islamic Banking and Finance (Central Region) organized by Bar Council Malaysia on 13.4.2009.