LLM / London School of Economics and
Political Science
LLB (Hons) / University of Bristol
Legal Practice Course / The City Law School
Barrister-at-law / Middle Temple
Advocate & Solicitor / Malaya
“My focus is to provide legal solutions with a business-oriented approach, ensuring my clients achieve a win-win situation without sacrificing their commercial interests.”
Athira is a Senior Associate at Sheng & Co. Her main areas of practice include mergers and acquisitions, licensing and regulatory advisory, entertainment, digital asset and other corporate and commercial transactions.
Athira has advised leading multinational corporations, both foreign and domestic, across key sectors such as healthcare, manufacturing, entertainment, renewable energy, e-commerce and retail.
Additionally, Athira has assisted record labels and music production companies in the preparation of music distribution, publishing, licensing and recording agreements.
WORK HIGHLIGHTS
Advised a Singaporean online classified marketplace company on its joint venture exercise with an established local player to conduct vehicle inspections and trading of second-hand motor vehicles in Malaysia.
Advised a public company listed on the Singapore Exchange, in its strategic acquisition of a Singapore-based engineering company and its wholly-owned Malaysian subsidiary, with a total transaction value of approximately SGD9.6 million.
Assisted a music production company in securing the publishing rights for a musical composition featured in an advertisement publicised throughout Malaysia and made available globally on YouTube.
Advised BCP Asia Fund I L.P. on its strategic investment in Project Studio Sdn. Bhd., which owns seven (7) business entities in Malaysia, operating the trade name called “The Flow Studio – Yoga & Pilates”.