Gopal Sundaram
Partner. Fields of expertise: Legislative drafting, Islamic finance, Central banking law, Regulatory and Compliance, especially banking and insurance and Islamic banking and takaful. Gopal has extensive experience in Legislative Drafting [Financial Services Act 2013, Islamic Financial Services Act 2013, International Islamic Liquidity Mgmt Corporation Act 2011, Credit Reporting Agencies Act 2010, Data Protection Act 2010, Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009, Cooperatives Commission of Malaysia Act 2007, Malaysia Deposit Insurance Corporation Act 2005, Payment Systems Act 2003, Development Financial Institutions Act 2002, Islamic Financial Services Board Act 2002, Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001], Resolution of Ailing Financial Institutions including capital reduction and mergers of financial institutions, International Technical Assistance in law reform and establishment of central bank legal departments, Domestic and International Institution Building and Financial Crises Management · Abdullah Chan & Co
About
Gopal Sundaram is a Partner at Abdullah Chan & Co in Malaysia who specialises in legislative drafting, Islamic finance, central banking law and regulatory and compliance matters for banking, insurance and takaful. He previously had a long career at Bank Negara Malaysia (appointed Assistant Governor in 2006), advised and supervised drafting of major Malaysian financial legislation (including the Financial Services Act 2013 and Islamic Financial Services Act 2013) and is active in international monetary law and related professional committees.
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- University of Malaya