Services – ARSA's Range of Services Can Make Everything Easier

ARSA can help your organization evolve in a managed way to meet the legal and regulatory challenges in a transforming new economy through our services in the following areas:

• Broadcasting, Entertainment and Multimedia
• Biotechnology
• Cyberlaws, IP, Franchise and Biotechnology Laws
• Computers Contracts and IT Outsourcing
• Computer Evidence and Forensics
• Digital Intellectual Property
• e-Commerce
• Franchising
• Internet
• Internet Banking and e-Banking
• IP/IT Dispute Resolution
• IP Audit and IP Management Manual (CPME Stages)
• Technology and Telecommunication Audits
• IT Security and Computer Crimes
• Legal Risks Management
• Telecommunications
• Venture Capital

Broadcasting, Entertainment and Multimedia

• Advise and drafting relating to multimedia and broadcasting laws and regulations
• Advise and drafting on Artistes and performer’s rights
• Legal and Regulatory issues on digital broadcast and TV
• Advise and drafting on Spectrum Planning and Management

Biotechnology

• Legal and regulatory compliance issues in biotechnology transactions in Malaysia and elsewhere
• Biotechnology patent filing in Malaysia and elsewhere
• Biotechnology transfer agreements and material transfer agreements
• Research collaboration, funding, consulting and licensing agreements
• Privacy, clinical research and laboratory usage policies
• Equity structures, private placements and fund structures for biotechnology companies
• Initial and secondary public offerings of biotechnology companies

Cyberlaws, IP, Franchise and Biotechnology Laws

• Advise on legislations
• Draft and review legislations
• Advise on policies, guidelines and manual (Standard Operating Procedures)
• Draft and review policies, guidelines and manuals (Standard Operating Procedures)

Computers Contracts and IT Outsourcing

• Preparation and negotiation of agreements for e-business transactions
• Advice on rights and liabilities in relation to prevailing legislations governing aspects of e-business transactions including the Digital Signature Act
• Design and development of legal risk management system in e-business
• Creation of the legal infrastructure for e-services transactions including B to B (business to business) and B to C (business to consumer) e-services solutions
• Negotiating and drafting of information technology contracts, including software development agreement, hardware supply agreement, outsourcing contracts, professional service agreements, service level agreements, purchase agreements, and software and hardware, leasing, maintenance and turnkey contracts

Computer Evidence and Forensics

• Advice on the legal aspects of digital evidence management
• Preparation of manuals and guidelines for digital evidence management
• Assistance in computer forensics exercises focusing on the legal aspects of computer forensics
• Legal and regulatory compliance issues in computer transactions in Malaysia and elsewhere

Digital Intellectual Property

• Audit and identification of digital IPs such as copyright and patentable software
• Structuring of IP-driven business transactions
• Drafting and negotiations of Licensing Agreement, Registered User Agreement, Assignment Agreement, Linking Agreement
• Advice on the legal aspects of the commercialization of IP
• Advice on collateralization and securitization of IP
• Advice on Intellectual Asset Management strategies and implementation programmes
• Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Patents Filings and Objections
• Copyright and Trade Secret Protection

e-Commerce

• E-Commerce Advise and Contracts include website and content hosting, website disclaimers, click-wrap, electronic online contracts and terms and conditions, domain names disputes and resolution, e-commerce laws, e-commerce models (B2B, B2C, C2C, etc)
• IT-based Legal Project Management Services

Franchising

• Advise on franchise structure
• Advise and drafting of franchise agreements
• Advise and drafting of disclosure agreements
• Advise on IP protection and Licences
• Advise and drafting of disclosure agreements

Internet

• Advice on internet content regulation
• Advice on internet defamation, internet domain name registration and Internet domain
• Negotiating and drafting of Internet website hosting and maintenance agreement
• Advice on internet security matters including intrusions such as hacking, cyber-squatting
• Draft and review internet policies, guidelines and manuals (Standard Operating Procedures)

Internet Banking and e-Banking

• Compliance advice for the purpose of licensing and regulatory issues pertaining to internet banking and other forms of electronic financial services including advice on Central Bank of Malaysia Guidelines on Internet Banking
• Advice on the legal infrastructure for internet financial services including cross-border transactions
• Structuring of internet banking and financial services transactions
• Negotiating and drafting of documentation unique to the needs of internet-based banking transactions including Online Payment Service Agreement, Service Level Agreement, Web-hosting Agreement, Terms and Conditions for Internet Banking, Security-related Agreements for Internet banking etc
• Preparation of manuals and guidelines for Internet banking

IP/IT Dispute Resolution

• Advise relating to IP Infringement and Passing Off Actions
• Advise on Trade Description Orders
• Advice Domain Names Disputes Resolution

IP and Technology Audit and IP/ Technology Management Manual (CPME Stages)

• We conduct IP and Technology due diligence and Audits
• We advise and draft IP and technology Management policies, guidelines and manuals (Standard Operating Procedures)

IT Security and Computer Crimes

• Advice on legal aspects of computer crimes including enforcement issues
• Advice on the requirements of the Computer Crimes Act and evidentiary issues in the electronic environment
• Advice on enforcement measures in relation to computer crimes, digital money laundering, appropriation of IP, Privacy, Data Protection, Online Confidential Information and Digital Signature.

Legal Risks Management

• We identify and advise on potential legal risks
• We identify, advise and draft policies, guidelines and manual (Standard Operating Procedures)

Telecommunications

• Compliance advice for the purpose of licensing, regulatory issues pertaining to telecommunications service and spectrum assignment
• Advice on convergence of internet and telecommunications services
• Advice on legal issues in business continuity planning and other contingency plans
• Advice and contracts relating to interconnection, access, co-location, leased lines and infrastructure projects

Venture Capital

• Advise on cross-border investment issues
• Advise and drafting on seed investment, mezzanine, pre IPO to IPO stage
• Advise and drafting on Private equity investments
• Advise and drafting of fund structures, investment strategies and exit strategies