Bella started her practice in the dispute resolution department of the firm, focusing on banking and insolvency litigation and high-value recovery work before transitioning to the firm’s corporate practice.

She advised on mergers & acquisitions in various industries, with a focus on real estate transactions where she advises numerous leading developers on direct and indirect acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, restructurings, and development projects. Bella also advises on financing matters and regularly acts for clients ranging from international financial institutions to investment funds on cross-border financing, mezzanine financing, and offshore lending. Her financing practice is a mix of cross-border finance work and equity capital markets work, including rights and bonus offering, warrants issuance, and private placements.

Clients have described Bella as being ‘able to work around non-straightforward situations’ and have commended her for her ‘attention to detail and risk evaluation‘.

In the Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024 rankings, Bella is ranked as a Band 3 practitioner in the Real Estate practice. She has also been recently ranked as a “Leading Individual” for Corporate and M&A and acknowledged as a “Next Generation Partner” for Real Estate and Construction by The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2024. She is also recognised as a “Highly Regarded” practitioner in the IFLR1000 2023/2024 rankings for the Mergers & Acquisitions practice.

• Corporate & M&A / 企业与公司并购
• Real Estate & Construction / 房地产与建设
• Banking & Finance / 银行与金融
• Equity Capital Markets/ 股本市场

• LLB (Hons) University of London
• Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya

Real Estate

• Acted for UEM Sunrise Berhad in numerous joint venture transactions for the development of lands in Kuala Lumpur, including their joint development with the Malay College Old Boys Association and Mega Legacy Equity Sdn Bhd for the development of lands in Kepong Metropolitan Park.
• Acted for Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd in respect of their real estate financing and investment in development projects in Malaysia, including their joint venture with ITOCHU for the development of lands in Kuala Lumpur and acquisition of industrial properties in Selangor.
• Acted for KIP REIT in their acquisition and leaseback of industrial properties in Pulau Indah, Selangor.
• Acted for Fastrack Pte Ltd in respect of the development of Motorsports City, including advising on project management agreements and relevant regulatory approvals.

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Acted for HSS Engineers Berhad in their acquisition of SMHB Engineering, a leading engineering consultancy firm in the water development sector, and their rights issue exercise to raise funds for the acquisition.
• Acted as the Malaysian counsel for Apollo Management VIII, LP in their acquisition with Platform Specialty Products Corporation for the entire equity interests of OM group, Inc.
• Acted for Messer Group GmbH and Smart-Gas Pte. Ltd in their acquisition of an industrial gas manufacturer and distributor in Malaysia including advising on relevant licenses and approval required for the transaction.
• Acted for Bharat Serums and Vaccines Limited, Indian pharmaceutical company backed by global private equity firm Advent International, in their acquisition of pharmaceutical and medical devices distributor in Malaysia.

Capital Markets

• Acted as the Malaysian legal counsel for Super Hi International Holding Ltd, being the overseas unit of Haidilao International Holding Limited, in the internal restructuring of its Malaysian subsidiaries (which includes Hai Di Lao Malaysia Sdn Bhd) and its proposed listing by way of introduction on HKSE.
• Acted for WCE Holdings Berhad, the concessionaire of West Coast Expressway, in their rights issue exercise to fund the construction of the expressway.
• Acted for Sapura Energy Berhad in their RM4 billion rights issue of Islamic redeemable convertible preference shares and establishment of executive share option scheme.
• Acted as the Malaysian legal counsel for Super Hi International Holding Ltd, being the overseas unit of Haidilao International Holding Limited, in the internal restructuring of its Malaysian subsidiaries (which includes Hai Di Lao Malaysia Sdn Bhd) and its listing on HKSE.
• Acted as legal adviser and due diligence solicitor for Lim Seong Hai Capital Berhad, whose chairman is Tan Sri Lim Keng Cheng, in its listing on the LEAP market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. Also acted for the company on its proposed acquisition and most recently on the diversification of the business activity of Lim Seong Hai Capital Berhad.
• Acted as legal adviser and due diligence solicitor for Sancy Berhad, whose chairman is Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Shahril Shamsuddin, in its listing on the LEAP market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.

周律师是在本律所的争议解决部门开启了她的法律职业生涯。她在争议解决部门执业期间的业务领域注重于银行业以及破产诉讼以及有关的高金额追偿工作。随后，她转入本所的企业和商业业务领域。

她为各个行业的客户群提供兼并与收购方面的咨询服务。 她在此业务领域注重于于房地产交易，并且为众多大型的房地产发展商提供有关直接与间接收购和处置、合资企业、重组和开发项目的咨询服务。 周律师也在与融资事宜有关的方面提供咨询，并经常为国际金融机构，投资基金者等客户提供跨境融资、夹层融资和离岸贷款等方面的法律服务。她的融资业务结合了跨境金融工作和股本市场工作，包括配股和红利发行、认股权证发行和私募。

周律师的执业领域也蕴含外商投资、跨境并购及日常公司业务. 周律师在本律所主管的秘书服务业务也能为在马来西亚开展业务的外资商提供一站式全方位法律服务。 她也熟悉各项与外资投资相关的事务， 包括相关的政府审批、公司或法律实体的设立、客户业务的相关管辖法律和法规、业务执照和许可的申请、土地使用权以及资本要求。周律师担任多家跨国公司的常年法律顾问，为其公司提供日常法律服务。

客户评价周律师为 “能够针对复杂的法律问题提供解决方案” 的律师，并拥有“注重细节“ 以及“风险评估” 的能力。

在2024年度《钱伯斯亚太》 (Chambers Asia-Pacific) 排名中，周律师被评为房地产业务领域的Band 3从业者。她最近还被2024 年度《亚太法律 500 强》 (The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2024) 评为企业和并购领域的 “领先律师” ，并被评为房地产和建筑领域的“下一代合作伙伴”。在2023/2024年度IFLR1000 排名中，她也在并购方面被评为“备受推崇”的律师。