Leela
Leela graduated from the University of London in 1998 and was admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 2000. She was registered to practice foreign law as a Foreign Lawyer by the Attorney General’s Chambers, Singapore in 2010.
Leela practiced law in Malaysia for 7 years. She has appeared before the Federal Court, Court of Appeal, High Courts and Subordinate Courts, with vast experience in various areas of legal practice such as Contract, Tort, Land, Succession, Criminal, Family, Company and more specifically banking litigation.
In 2001 Leela married and re-located to Singapore. She continued her legal practice in Malaysia before taking sabbatical leave to do her Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (E-Commerce) with Singapore Institute of Management.
Leela’s main areas of work now involves cross boarder corporate finance documentation and Mergers & Acquisition.
Leela can be contacted at 6514 1796 / leela@straitslaw.com.sg.
Practice Group
- Banking & Finance
- Mergers & Acquisition
- Infrastructure & Project Financing ( Energy & Natural resources)
- Corporate Tenancy
- Cross Border Transactional Work
Most Significant Legal Cases to Date
The most heart-warming case was a divorce case that stretched for about 5 years, due to irreconcilable differences between the parties. Leela was tasked to take over the case. Being a 3 day old lawyer and appearing for the first time before High Court, she approached the case objectively and convinced the parties to focus on the child rather than themselves. The case avoided litigation and was settled amicably amongst the parties on the same day. This was the most memorable start to her legal career.
The other case significant to Leela was assisting a senior counsel in a banking litigation case that went on appeal to Court of Appeal, the second highest Court in Malaysia. She represented one of the key financial institutions in a legal tussle on guarantors’ liability. The decision was made in favour of her clients.
