Mariyam Zaamaa Zaid is a Trainee Associate at S&A Lawyers LLP. She assists across litigation, dispute resolution, employment, corporate and regulatory matters, with experience in the tourism and hospitality, infrastructure and projects, real estate sectors. Her work includes preparing pleadings, legal research, supporting hearings and arbitrations, handling employment cases before the Employment Tribunal and courts, and contributing to corporate mandates such as due diligence and contract drafting. She is also engaged in major financing and acquisition projects, including cross-border deals involving regulatory issues in the Maldives, and is currently supporting an IPO alongside three international banks. Zaamaa holds an L.L.B from Taylor’s University, Malaysia. She previously trained with a top-tier full-service leading law firm in Kuala Lumpur, where she gained exposure to Intellectual Property and Dispute Resolution, and with a reputable law firm in Maldives, where she assisted in case preparation, court filings and hearings. Her background in both Malaysian and Maldivian legal practice provides a strong foundation for her work at S&A Lawyers LLP. In her spare time, Zaamaa is an avid diver with over 185 logged dives and is certified in PADI Advanced Open Water diving.
NOTABLE MATTERS
• Contributed to a Singapore arbitration that resulted in a six-figure settlement for the client.
• Contributed to conducting due diligence for transactions
• Acting on multiple debt-recovery claims for a leading bank/telecom, handling filings, interim applications, and hearings before the Civil Court
• Assisting on the proposed initial public offering (IPO) of a leading financial institution, jointly involving international development finance entities – Capital Markets
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Law (LL.B.)
Taylor's University (2024)