Background
Sheila studied law at Manchester Polytechnic and graduated with a BA (Hons) in Law in 1982. She was called to the Bar of England and Wales from Grays Inn London as a Barrister in 1983, and was called to the Malaysian Bar in 1984.
Sheila was doing a mixed practice of corporate conveyancing and litigation, and acted for banks for syndicated loans, road concession agreements both locally and in Sabah. She is also one of the first lawyers to handle islamic loans and SME loans, with clients from East and West Malaysia. She has acted for government and statutory bodies like Felda , JKR and Bank Negara Malaysia and Tabung Pemulihan Perumahan Terbengkalai (TPPT)-(Abandoned housing Projects), Embassies, and Insurance Companies and International Schools. She also practised family law, divorce custody and adoption, as well as welfare matters for runaway girls. She has performed legal aid as a supervising solicitor, and conducted cases on labour law and employment and dismissal where she acted for both the employer and the employee on many separate occasions.
Sheila has also crafted constitutions for both clubs and societies, as well as residence associations. She has provided advisory on formation of offshore companies, Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H), cross-border transactions, probate and administration, drafting of Wills, codicils, advice on Trusts and registration of Trademarks for international companies.
She is highly skilled in drafting, and has been commended by many clients (including Banks) accordingly. She a network of barristers and solicitors in England, Singapore, Hong Kong.and Australia.
She has a particular passion for educating young lawyers and for many years gave voluntary Professional Ethic lectures and marked the pupils’ exam papers. She is also a former member of the sub-committee of the Professional Standards & Development Committee of the Bar Council.
Sheila also served on the Bar Council’s Ad Hoc Committee to revamp the Legal Profession Act. She was admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore on 11th July 2001.
