Eleena Abd Wahab ― Technology, Media and Telecommunications Practice

Eleena commenced practice in May 2017 with the Corporate Practice, where she focused on corporate transactional and advisory work. Her experience in corporate practice included assisting foreign clients in greenfield and brownfield investments in Malaysia across various industries. Eleena joined the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Practice in March 2020 and works with Teo Wai Sum. Her main areas of practice are telecommunications, data protection, and regulatory and compliance.

She has experience in advising leading local and multinational players in the telecommunications sector on the drafting and negotiating of access agreements, licensing and regulatory requirements, and other commercial issues. She regularly assists statutory bodies, multinational, local and government-linked entities, as well as start-ups on various data protection matters, including conducting a comprehensive personal data protection compliance exercise and advising on data protection concerns in cross-border transactions. Additionally, Eleena also focuses on regulatory and compliance matters, where she has advised on a myriad of compliance concerns in the areas of consumer protection, competition, financial services, anti-money laundering, and prevention and control of infectious diseases.

Eleena read law at the University of Reading (LLB) and thereafter, pursued a Master of Laws (LLM) at Cardiff University. She was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in March 2017.