After she was called to the Malaysian Bar, Karen Lee joined a legal firm in Penang and
was practicing as an Advocate & Solicitor handling conveyancing matters including
sale and purchase of property and land, housing schemes, banking and securities
documentation for loan and banking facilities. She was also involved in general civil
litigation matters in the area of debt recovery, breach of contract, bankruptcy as well
as various other works such as estate succession, family matters, drafting and
negotiation of partnership agreements, joint venture agreements, tenancy agreements
and etc.
Karen Lee ceased practice in August 2008 and joined Hwang-DBS Investment Bank
Berhad as Legal cum Compliance Executive. For most of her professional career in the
Bank, she worked towards addressing the Legal and Compliance concerns of the Bank
internally and externally with numerous regulatory authorities, including Central
Bank of Malaysia, Securities Commission, Bursa Malaysia on the relevant regulatory
directions required of the Bank.
In 2012, Karen Lee joined one of the world leading multinational Information
Technology companies, DELL in Penang, Malaysia as their Contracts Manager. She
had then since been working on various procurement contracts, amongst others –
suppliers agreements, distribution agreements, services agreements relating to data
centers and cloud provision.

