Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya
London, United Kingdom
Malaysian Bar - 1993
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Professional Qualification
Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Fellow of Malaysian Society of Adjudicators
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
The Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators
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Degree
Bachelor of Laws
International Islamic University, Malaysia (1992)
Working experience and occupation
Mohamed Ridza is now the Managing Partner of Mohamed Ridza & Co (MRCO) , a boutique law firm internationally recognised by Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners Asia . MRCO is a member of Laworld, an international body of boutique law firms based in the United Kingdom and Spain . Prior to that, Ridza was a partner at Zaid Ibrahim & Co . Ridza began his career at Rashid & Lee. He then joined Arab Malaysian Corporation Berhad as the Group Legal Adviser. Ridza later joined Technip Asia Pacific based in Kuala Lumpur and Paris, France as the General Legal Counsel.
Ridza has advised on a wide variety of corporate , telecommunication , financing including mergers and acquisitions , listings of public companies, joint venture and consortium agreements involving foreign and multinational companies, venture capitalist transactions, capital markets and real estate projects.
Ridza also advises clients locally and internationally on various aspects of Islamic banking and finance. On projects, Ridza has extensive experience negotiating local and international contracts for employers and contractors in construction law specialising in oil , gas and petrochemical related contracts.. Ridza has also advised clients on light railway transit system , road projects, building contracts , tunnel contracts , cement plant and factories. His international experience ranges from Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and USA.
He is also the author of several publications including The Law and Practice of Islamic Banking & Finance and The Life and Law of Fintech published by Sweet & Maxwell . Ridza was named as one of the worlds' leading Islamic Finance lawyers as voted by his peers in the industry , AsiaLaw leading lawyers and recently the top 100 lawyers in Malaysia by Asia Business Journal.
Directorships in public companies and listed issuers (if any)
Theta Edge Berhad (Listed) Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad BIMB Investment Management Berhad
Family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the listed issuer
Nil
Any conflict of interests that he/she has with the listed issuer
Nil
Details of any interest in the securities of the listed issuer or its subsidiaries
