Menchie Numi
Menchie graduated from the University of Papua New Guinea with a degree in Bachelor of Laws in 2019 and after completing her post-graduate legal training at the PNG Legal Training Institute, was admitted to practice as a lawyer in Papua New Guinea in December 2019. She has been working with Young & Williams Lawyers (then Maladinas Lawyers) since 1998 as front desk assistant and accounts clerk. She then became a Legal Assistant and paralegal before her admission.
Menchie has experience in the following matters:-
• In commercial practice: corporate matters, i.e., company incorporation and other matters relating to it. Menchie acted for various clients in property conveyance and share acquisition. Assisted in drafting various commercial documents such as Shareholders Agreement, Deed of Mutual Release and Settlement, Memorandum of Agreement, Addendums, Lease and Sub-Lease Agreements.
• In litigation, assisted and continues to be exposed to and assists on matters involving employment law, company law, family law, property law, general civil and personal injuries claims, and criminal law. Menchie has appeared unsupervised in District Court, National Court and Supreme Court
Acted as Counsel for the Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines.
Menchie is the only Filipino practicing lawyer in Papua New Guinea.
Legal Assistant: Bessie Morea
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