Specializations:
Labour and Employment
Contracts
Litigation
Family and Wills
Due Diligence
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Profile:
Ms. SOU Sorphea is a member of the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia. Ms. SOU has over 10 years’ experience as a lawyer with expertise in litigation and specialized knowledge and skills in alternative dispute resolution. She has extensive experience in counseling and providing legal and technical assistance to private individual and institutional clients, as well as public sector clients, including international development agencies and civil society organizations. From 2007 to 2012, she was director of the legal services department for the Arbitration Council Foundation. Ms. SOU holds a Postgraduate Certificate of Law from University of the Auckland in New Zealand, a Bachelor of Law degree from the Royal University of Law and Economics in Cambodia, and a Bachelor of Arts in Education and Teaching English as a Foreign Language from the Institute of Foreign Languages, Cambodia. She is fluent in Khmer and English.
Notable Experiences:
- 2nd Place Award for Coach in the National Client Counseling Competition, East-West Management Institute funded by USAID, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2008
Certification:
- Admitted to the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia, 2006
Education:
- PGCertLaw, University of Auckland , New Zealand, 2014
- Diploma (Aptitude of Legal Profession), Center for Lawyers' Training and Legal Profession Improvement of the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia, 2005
- BA, Arts in Education and Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Institute of Foreign Languages, Royal University of Phnom Penh, 2005
- LLB, Royal University of Law and Economics, Cambodia, 2004
Language Proficiency:
- Khmer
- English