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Ms Rahayu binti Abd Ghani

Ms Rahayu binti Abd Ghani

Work Department

Litigation, Corporate, Commercial, Shipping and Admiralty Department

Position

  • Principal Partner of Rahayu Partnership
  • Advocates and Solitors, Malaysia

Career

Started practice in Maritime Law firm in Subang Jaya in 1999 and gained experience specializing in shipping, admiralty and insurance cases Being a Principal Partner of Rahayu Partnership on 2011 has been exposed to a full range of shipping, admiralty and insurance cases both contentious and non-contentious. She also handles civil, corporate and commercial cases. Her exposure includes:

-          project financing;

-          ship financing and registration;

-          ship sale agreements and shipbuilding contracts;

-          ship arrests for all types of claim;

-          charter party and bill of lading disputes;

-          marine hull & machinery claims;

-          cargo insurance claims;

-          liability insurance claims;

-          fire and engineering claims;

-          professional indemnity insurance claims;

-          arbitration;

-          shipping and admiralty litigation

-          banking litigation;

-          insurance litigation;

-          debt recovery;

-         enforcement of foreign judgment and arbitration awards;

-          winding-up and bankruptcy.

 

Apart from the above, she also handles real property transactions and drafting of corporate agreements and other documentations etc.

                              

 

Languages

English and Malay

Memberships

Malaysian Bar Malaysian Mediation Centre MSI Global Alliance ShipArrested,com Maritime Institute of Malaysia Malaysian External Trade Development Corporation Women's International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) Kuala Lumpur International Chamber of Commerce

Education

LLB (Hons), University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne with a bachelor of laws honours degree in 1996, completing of Certificate in Legal Practice (CLP) and called to the Malaysian Bar in 1999