Admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 2016, Kher Jia previously worked as a Senior Associate at Zaid Ibrahim & Co., a tier-one corporate transaction-focused law firm in Malaysia, during which she was involved in the areas of corporate commercial, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate advisory. Subsequently, she provided in-house legal support to a multinational digital technology company and a leading Southeast Asian e-commerce company.
Kher Jia regularly advises clients on a broad spectrum of corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, foreign direct investment, and general corporate advisory. She also has extensive experience in drafting and reviewing a wide range of corporate and commercial agreements, such as share sale agreements, shareholders' agreements, joint venture agreements, collaboration agreements, and service provision agreements, among others.
In the intellectual property space, Kher Jia has extensive experience in trademark prosecution and regularly advises on the structuring and negotiation of IP commercial agreements. She also advises on technology-related legal matters, including IT licensing, IT procurement and system supply, electronic commerce, consumer protection in digital transactions, and data protection.
Leveraging her experience from both law firms and corporate settings, Kher Jia provides clients with well-rounded advice and a strong sense of strategic business acumen.
Experience
Intellectual Property and Technology
Managing the local and international portfolios of Intellectual Property rights for numerous Malaysian entities ranging from public listed companies to Small & Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)
Prepared, drafted and reviewed various technology-related contracts, including contracts relating to the implementation of IT system, IT projects, software development, mobile app development, maintenance and support services, service levels etc.
Advised on various technology-related topics such as consumer protection in electronic transactions, electronic commerce, data protection, digital advertising, cybersecurity, information security, electronic signatures etc.
General Corporate / Corporate Commercial
Advised on the proposed bank merger between the Malaysian subsidiary of a Saudi Arabian Bank and aMalaysian development finance institution through share swap with a deal value of approximately RM1.7 billion.
Advised a Japanese multinational conglomerate holding company on its multiple series of investment in Southeast Asia super app.
Advised and drafted the transaction documents for the disposal of a majority stake in a Labuan investment bank for USD16 million.
Advised an American multi-brand restaurant operator in the restructuring of its international group of companies.
Advised on the IPO of a local construction engineering company and the retail hardware trading company and co-led the due diligence
Advised on corporate transactions and equity capital raising exercises including private placement, rights issue of shares and warrants, establishment of a long-term incentive plan undertaken by Bursa-listed companies such as Prestariang Berhad, Matrix Concepts Holdings Berhad, Bursa Malaysia Berhad, Sunway Berhad etc.
Education
Professional Qualification
Languages
English
Bahasa Malaysia
Mandarin
Chinese dialects:
Cantonese, Hakka
