Kumar Jai

Managing Partner, Corporate Recovery & Restructuring at Baker Tilly (Malaysia)

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Kumar Jai has a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce (Accounting & Finance) from Curtin University, Western Australia. He is a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants, a Licensed Liquidator under the Ministry of Finance of Malaysia, and a Chartered Global Management Accountant of the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (CIMA).

He has more than 18 years of experience in Corporate Restructuring, Insolvency, Forensics Investigations, Corporate Recovery, Corporate Rescue Mechanisms and Litigation Support Services. He has managed various insolvency assignments in liquidation, receivership and advisory work for distressed companies and managed other assignments such as formulation of Schemes of Arrangement, Debt Restructuring, Judicial Management and Monitoring Accountant roles.

Some major insolvency assignments undertaken in Malaysia have included Transportation, Monorail, Oil and Gas, Property Development and Construction, Manufacturing, Resort and Hotel Management, Port Management, Revival of Abandoned Housing Developments, Plantation, Palm Old Mill and several others.

Kumar handled legal matters in relation to the Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 (“CIPAA”) proceedings and Arbitration proceedings.

Kumar has acted as a special advisory for Bank Negara Malaysia in a matter related to Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 (AMLA).