Kherk Ying CHEW

Introduction

Kherk Ying Chew received her legal education at the National University of Singapore and holds a Master of Laws (first class honours) from University of Cambridge (UK).

Kherk Ying has practised for more than three decades and she handles both contentious and non-contentious legal matters. While she advises on all aspects of legal commercial and compliance matters, Kherk Ying stands out inintellectual property (IP) and technology where she assists clients in all areas, including data privacy, cyber security, internet and content regulation, information technology, e-commerce and generative AI matters, across diverse industries.

In corporate compliance, Kherk Ying advises multinationals on developing and managing programmes on matters, including anti-corruption, procedure frameworks, data protection compliance policy, data breach management plans, dealing with data breaches and cybersecurity incidents, and developing AI corporate policies and frameworks.

She is ranked in band 1 (IP) in Malaysia by Chambers Asia-Pacific and is recognised as an “acclaimed figure in the sector” and a lawyer who is “really commercial, very practical” and “knows her subject impressively well”. Asia- Pacific Legal 500 inducted her into its Hall of Fame for IP, commenting that she “stands out as an excellent lawyer, who gives good strategic advice and is very capable in the courtroom”.

In 2019, Kherk Ying was honoured as Woman Lawyer of the Year at both the ALB Malaysia Law Awards and ALB Southeast Asia Law Awards and was named as one of the world’s 80 most influential female IP lawyers by World IP Review.

Education

• LLB (honours), National University of Singapore
• LLM (first class), University of Cambridge (UK)

Admissions

• Advocate and solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore (1988)
• Advocate and solicitor, High Court of Malaya (1997)