Wong Su Chen

Su Chen is a Partner in Zaid Ibrahim & Co.’sJohor Bahru office. She has over 30 years of experience in property and conveyancing, banking and finance, and corporate and commercial law.

She advises property developers, financial institutions, government-linked companies, Joint Management Bodies and Management Corporations. Her work covers land acquisitions and disposals, property development, joint ventures, financing transactions and strata management. She regularly advises developers on compliance under the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 and its regulations. She also advises on the structuring and delivery of residential and commercial strata schemes, including:

• phased development
• subdivision of master titles and issuance of strata titles
• the developer's management period and handover to JMBs and MCs
• by-laws and house rules

Su Chen has deep experience in the Medini Iskandar Region. She has advised on the prescribed contract of sale of lease for strata housing developments under the Medini Private Lease Scheme, and on the conversion to freehold acquisitions and disposals within the region.

Her banking practice covers retail, commercial and bridging financing, both conventional and Islamic. She renders legal opinions to financial institutions on risk, liability and the enforcement of rights on default.

Key engagements

• Advised on amendments to the prescribed contract of sale oflease for strata housing developments under the Medini Private Lease Scheme.
• Advised developers in the Medini Iskandar Region on housing and commercial strata developments and the sale of leases under the Medini Private Lease Scheme.
• Advised on the conversion to freehold acquisitions anddisposals within the Medini Iskandar Region.
• Advised Johor state government-linked companies on land development and joint venture transactions.
• Drafted joint venture and development agreements for the development of land into housing and commercial projects.
• Drafted Deeds of Mutual Covenants and additional by-law s and house rules for strata developments.

Su Chen was admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 1994. Before joining Zaid Ibrahim & Co., she practised with several Malaysian law firms, including more than a decade with a Johor-based firm, latterly as a Consultant. She also spent four years as an in-house legal officer, advising the board of a manufacturing company on regulatory compliance, acquisitions, financing and joint ventures.