Carissa graduated with First Class Honours from the University of Queen’s Belfast, United Kingdom. Thereafter she was called to the Bar of England and Wales by the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. Carissa was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2019 after serving her pupillage with the firm, and was recently admitted as a partner of the firm.

Carissa practises in the field of general dispute resolution with a focus in construction and commercial disputes. Her practice includes mostly handling arbitrations both on a domestic and international scale and advising on various areas of contractual management and disputes. One of her notable works include forming part of the defence team in one of the first few challenges to the adjudication regime in Malaysia.

Carissa also contributed to the firm’s recent publications “Manoeuvring Corporate Governance in Malaysia: Litigation Perspectives”, published by Lexis Nexis Malaysia in March 2021 and “Construction Law- Time in Construction, published by CLJ Malaysia in July 2023.