{"id":95962,"date":"2021-08-20T10:06:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T00:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fnarena.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/20\/lawyer-humanitarian-australian-cambodian-meet-uts-graduate-piny-ly\/"},"modified":"2021-08-20T10:06:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T00:06:00","slug":"lawyer-humanitarian-australian-cambodian-meet-uts-graduate-piny-ly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/20\/lawyer-humanitarian-australian-cambodian-meet-uts-graduate-piny-ly\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawyer, Humanitarian, Australian, Cambodian, Meet UTS graduate Piny Ly"},"content":{"rendered":"

SYDNEY<\/span>, Aug. 20, 2021 \/PRNewswire\/ — A graduate of the UTS Bachelor of Business Bachelor of Laws, Piny had big aspirations for an international legal career. She started out as a tax consultant before moving into mergers and acquisitions, first in Sydney<\/span> and then in Beijing<\/span> and Hong Kong<\/span>. Hear more student and alumni successes at the UTS Virtual Open Week this 7-11 September.<\/p>\n

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Piny Ly, UTS Alumni<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

"I’d always seen myself on the partnership track," says Piny, who was born and raised in Australia<\/span>, though her family were Cambodian refugees.   <\/p>\n

Her UTS degree opened a lot of doors \u2013 she worked for King & Wood Mallesons before being tapped on the shoulder for a job in CBA’s International Financial Services division in Hong Kong<\/span>.<\/p>\n

But a chance introduction to the work of the Cambodian Children’s Fund (CCF) in 2019, followed by a transformational trip to Phnom Penh<\/span>, convinced Piny that her expertise could be put to better use in the developing world. <\/p>\n

"I saw the impact and the change that CCF was making, and it just felt as though I could do something to help these kids and these families who honestly probably could have been my family. It could have been me," she says.<\/p>\n

In 2020, she left Hong Kong<\/span>, which had been her home base for six years, and moved to Cambodia<\/span>. She planned to spend a year volunteering for CCF, which provides children and young people with access to healthcare, education, life skills and job training, as well as to re-connect with her Cambodian heritage.<\/p>\n

In Phnom Penh<\/span>, she led a project to identify best practice governance processes that could help the CCF global boards work more effectively. She also worked on fundraising initiatives and strategy. In March 2020<\/span>, she became the first Cambodian to be appointed to the board of CCF Hong Kong. <\/p>\n

While she was no longer working as a lawyer, her UTS studies and corporate legal experience were integral to her ability to contribute to CCF. <\/p>\n

"[Having] disciplined ways of approaching and digesting information [and being a critical thinker] really did help me and form a foundation for my ability to keep learning and keep growing, particularly in an international context," she says. <\/p>\n

Later that year, Piny signed up as a volunteer advisor for the UNDP Cambodia’s newly launched Bluetribe 2020 Young Entrepreneur Incubation Programme. Here, she helped entrepreneurs with co-founders’ agreements and contract law issues, as well as business registration.   <\/p>\n

"This program helped steward young entrepreneurs for six months in their startup journey.  I volunteered to be an advisor, because they have limited access to professional expertise but so much potential" she says.<\/p>\n

From a high-flying legal career in Hong Kong<\/span> to humanitarian work in Phnom Phen, Piny says her UTS Bachelor of Business Bachelor of Laws has opened a world of opportunities. <\/p>\n

"What I learnt in my degree was so fundamental to what I do now," she says. <\/p>\n

"This new career path allows me to bring all the skills that I’ve learnt, including the critical thinking and communication skills from UTS, all of the skills I’ve developed as a lawyer and then all the skills I’ve learned as a volunteer plus the homecoming to my cultural roots."<\/p>\n

On 7 September, UTS is hosting a virtual event ‘My Future Career in Law’. Step inside one of Australia’s<\/span> most prestigious law faculties and discover where a degree in law can take you. This event is part of UTS’s Virtual Open Week, 7 \u2013 11 September. Discover more at uts.edu.au\/virtual-open-week<\/a><\/u><\/b>.<\/p>\n

The University of Technology Sydney (UTS)<\/b>, located in central Sydney<\/span>, is one of Australia’s<\/span> leading universities of technology. It is known for fusing innovation, creativity and technology in its teaching and research and for being an industry-focused university. UTS has a total enrolment of more than 40,000 students and is rated No.1 ‘young’ university in Australia<\/span> in the QS rankings. For more information go to uts.edu.au<\/b>.<\/p>\n

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