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MR. CHOV CHHORVON

is an admitted lawyer at CLA. Before his lawyer admission, Mr. CHHORVON had provided legal support to our senior lawyer in drafting complaints to court and commercial contracts. He holds a bachelor degree majoring in Law from Royal University of Law and Economics and he is recently pursuing a master degree majoring in private law.

MR. KHENG LY

is a senior lawyer and managing director of CLA. Mr. KHENG LY has broad experience in litigations, advice on commercial transactions and dispute settlements. With his professionalism and expertise, he has gained client's trust and handled numbers of high profile cases namely the land dispute - size 1,000 hectors, worth USD 100 million (supreme court award in favor of his client), dispute on the land concession (supreme court award in favor of his client), representing his clients in civil cases such as insurance company related to damages claim worth of USD 3 million, will claims worth USD 3 million in court. Mr. KHENG LY has also advised numbers of investors with commercial contracts such as shareholder agreements, concession agreements. He holds a bachelor of Law from Royal University of Law and Economics and had been a professor in 2003. Mr. KHENG LY speaks English and Cambodian.

MR. LONG NORRIN

was a founder of CLA. Admitted as a lawyer in 1997, Mr. NORRIN has a rich experience with litigation, commercial deals and a wide range of legal matters. Below are his academic backgrou​nd records:

MR. MUT HEAK

is a recently admitted and is a lawyer at CLA. Prior to his admission he was a legal assistant and up to now he has been assisting his clients in drafting the criminal and civil complaint, drafting and reviewing the commercial contracts and representing his client in the corporate dispute interest. He holds a bachelor degree majoring in Law. Mr. HEAK can speak English and Cambodian.

MR. NY CHANNOURN

is a lawyer at CLA. Prior to his lawyer admission, he had worked as the court clerk and judge for 5 years. With his years of experience, Mr. CHANNOURN has been assisting his clients in civil and criminal cases related to the individuals and corporates dispute such as breach of trust / contract, divorce cases, land disputes. He holds a bachelor degree majoring in law from Norton University. Mr. CHANNOURN is fluent in English and Cambodian.

MR. PHA PHEARUN

is a lawyer at CLA. He has been assisting a client with the counterfeits, land dispute worth of USD 1,000,000 and numbers of criminal and civil cases at court. He has been assisting his clients with drafting numbers of commercial contracts and dispute settlement.

MR. PHIN CHHUN TEANG

is a lawyer at CLA specializing in commercial and litigation cases. He used to assist the Cambodian and foreign investors to apply for the license of casinos, hotels, resorts based in Sihanouk Ville, Poi Pet, Bavet. He also assists some of his clients to obtain bank licenses, construction permit, qualified investment projects, labor and tax compliance, certificate of origin ("CO"). Prior to joining our team, he had worked at the Council of Minister for 5 years as a senior legal officer reviewing and advising on the draft laws and providing legal support to high ranking officials. Beside commercial transactions, he also represents his Cambodian and foreign clients with civil and criminal cases at Cambodian court. Mr. CHHUNTEANG holds a master degree majoring in international commercial law from Royal University of Law and Economics and Executive Master's Degree from Brussels University. He also graduates a bachelor degree in accounting and auditing from Vanda Institute and international relations from Royal University of Law and Economics. Mr. CHHUNTEANG speaks English and Cambodian.

MR. POUM VISAL

is a lawyer at CLA. He has been assisting his clients with legal matters namely breach of trust under the commercial contract worth USD 460,000 for the gasoline company, enforcing his client's rights on the breach of lease agreement worth USD 300,000. He has been providing numbers of his clients with drafting the commercial contracts, lease / sale-purchase agreements, involving the mediator in the civil disputes. He has also been representing and assisting numbers of both civil and criminal cases at courts.

MR. POV PISETH

is a lawyer at CLA. He has provided his clients with various types of legal services such as dispute settlement in the courts and through mediation concerning civil individuals and commercial disputes related to labor, corporate and tax issues. He used to assist numbers of clients with company registration, company bankruptcy process and various types of business license. He has represented good numbers of clients in civil and criminal cases in Cambodian court. Mr. PISETH holds a bachelor degree in law from Royal University of Law and Economics and graduates general Chinese grade 12 at Tuan Hua Chinese School. Mr. PISETH is fluent in English and Chinese.

MR. PUM VICHET

is the lawyer at CLA. He has been assisting his clients with a variety of legal issues such as dispute settlement on the 40 hectors land based in the Cambodia coastal area, defending his client in the criminal cases concerning the breach of trust value around USD 1 million. Mr. VICHET has been advising his clients on numbers of contracts such as partnership agreements, SPAs on immovable property, and other commercial contracts. Before joining us, Mr. VICHET had been the legal consultant to the Ministry of Interior for 3 years. Mr. VICHET holds a master degree in Law from the Royal University of Law and Economics. He can speak English and Cambodian.

MR. SIEM PHEAKDEY

is a lawyer at CLA. He has been assisting clients with civil cases and criminal cases. Before his lawyer admission, Mr. Pheakdey had been a legal assistant supporting the senior lawyer in legal research and drafting the commercial contract, drafting court response and other relevant legal documents. He holds a master degree majoring in commercial management and a bachelor degree in law from the Royal University of Law and Economics.

MR. SOKNATHDARA PANHA

is the lawyer at CLA. He used to provide legal consultation to the private import-export cosmetic and food beverage company on different issues such as cosmetic and food beverage licensing with the Ministry of Health, drafting the relevant legal documents such as commercial contract, exclusive agreement. Prior to his lawyer admission, he has been assisting the senior lawyer on legal research and various legal assistance. Mr. PANHA holds Master degree majoring in private law from Royal University of Law and Economics and Bachelor of economics. Mr. PANHA can speak English and Cambodian.

MR. TOK THAVSOTHALY

is our senior Lawyer in charge of Lee & Corp Legal with our corporation. He has been assisting numbers of both foreign and local clients with a wide range of legal matters from starting up the business, and merger to dissolving the company. He has assisted his clients with advice on various legal issues such as due diligence on investment projects in mining license, power project plan, merger and acquisition, intellectual property prosecution and enforcement, data protection and other relevant general advice on business licensing and commercial transactions. He holds a master degree majoring in international commercial law from South Korea (full funding scholarship). He has received professional training in a British Firm, Japan, and in European countries. Besides his bar lawyer license, Mr. TOK also obtains the professional licenses such as Trademark Attorney License, Corporate Agent License, Certificate of Origin License (CO), Approval Person in Security / Derivative Sector, and Approval person in Trust.

MR. YORN SINAL

is a senior lawyer at CLA. He has a wide range of experience in litigation and commercial transaction. He used to assist the client with various cases at court such as will case from the court of first instance to the Supreme Court (amount 30 million), enforcement against the intellectual property infringement, assist the client in court case related to dispute on land concession, and numbers of litigation cases with all court levels. Mr. SINAL holds the Master Degree of Law from Build Bright University. He speaks fluently Cambodian and English.

MR. YORN SINITH

is a lawyer at CLA. He has been assisting his clients with drafting and reviewing various types of legal contracts, civil and criminal cases, and dispute settlement outside the court. He holds a bachelor degree majoring in law from Build Bright University. Mr. SINITH speaks English and Cambodian.

MS. LONG SREYNICH

is a lawyer at CLA. She has been assisting her clients with various cases such as civil cases, criminal cases and commercial transaction. Before her lawyer admission, Ms. SREYNICH was the legal assistant at CLA supporting the senior lawyer in various types of cases.

MS. SAING GECHHUOY

is a lawyer at CLA. She has been providing her clients with a variety of legal supports from drafting commercial contracts, legal consulting and representing her client at court related to civil and criminal cases.