Melissa W.
Contracts, Enterprise Business Group at StarHub- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Advocate & Solicitor
Malaysian BarJan, 2011- Sep, 2024 -
Barrister-At-Law
The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, London, United KingdomJan, 2011- Sep, 2024
Experience
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StarHub
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Singapore
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Contracts, Enterprise Business Group
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Apr 2019 - Present
• Network with the relevant stakeholders for Networking and Infrastructure projects (pre-award) involving:-Managed Services, (WiFi/WAN/LAN), Server, Firewall/Switches/CPE, Domestic and International Connectivity (NGNBN/Fiber/SDWAN), Cloud and Data Centre (Co-Location, Cloud), Cyber security, Telephony, Messaging and Analytics, IOT/M2M solutions.• Advance business objectives through the provision of strategic business and legal commercial advice across the various StarHub sectors including Information Technology & Media, Government, Education and Hospitality, Financial Services• Deploy a comprehensive, long-term approach to the cultivation of relationships with key partners.• Determine project contract requirements, draft, and verify a broad range of agreements including software licensing , hardware procurement, maintenance support and professional services agreements• Drive the negotiation and identification of responsibilities for StarHub's partnerships, business development, products, and marketing teams.
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Corporate Lawyer
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2017 - 2018
•Perform due diligence for investments and acquisitions on the target company across various sectors and assessing the legal liabilities which exist•Draft and review legal contracts including shareholder agreements, share sale agreements, asset sale agreements, joint venture agreements and employment contracts.
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Lawyer
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2014 - 2017
• Advanced the delivery of all phases of the litigation process including research, pleadings, and discovery to pre-trial, trial and settlement.• Communicated with clients and worked on clients' brief to identify the strengths and weaknesses of cases, prepared trial strategies and developed the case with the strategy in mind•Advocated for clients across all the Court tiers, from High Court up to Court of Appeal.• Enabled the distillation of complex legal issues and ensured that issues and evidence were correctly developed and preserved for appeal throughout the trial process.
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Lawyer
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2011 - 2014
• Advised clients on the various legal risks, business strategies and other issues related to commercial transactions and general operations.• Negotiate, draft and review legal contracts including but not limited to shareholders agreements, share sale agreements, asset sale agreements, joint venture agreement and employment contracts. • Act as a key point of contact for management and business staff on all legal matters. • Served in the International Malaysia Law Conference Organising Committee.
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Education
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2010 - 2011
Nottingham Law School
Postgraduate Degree, Bar Vocational Course -
2006 - 2009
University of London
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) -
2000 - 2003
Singapore Chinese Girls' School
O Levels
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