Corporate, Commercial & Advisory

We have a diverse Corporate, Commercial & Advisory practice that advises the Government of Malaysia, including the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Economic Planning Unit and government related agencies. We also advise and represent corporate clients, banks, investors, boards and individual directors, both domestically and internationally.

The Firm’s expertise includes the setting up of corporations and corporate structures and advising on investment in Malaysia and regionally. In addition, companies’ mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, insolvency and post liquidation do also constitute a major part of our work and are faced not as mere typical procedures but mainly as cost effective and profit-making strategies discussed and decided by taking into consideration each client’s specific needs and business plans.

The Firm’s expertise includes the setting up of corporations and corporate structures and advising on investment in Malaysia and regionally. In addition, companies’ mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, insolvency and post liquidation do also constitute a major part of our work and are faced not as mere typical procedures but mainly as cost effective and profit making strategies discussed and decided by taking into consideration each client’s specific needs and business plans.

With intimate familiarity with the local regulatory framework and the intricacies with the Malaysian law, we ease the process and client dealings with the relevant statutory bodies, especially in making applications to the relevant government agencies and bodies. We bring experience, technical capabilities and creativity to each project. These qualities enhance our reputation as lawyers who assist clients to define and successfully pursue their commercial tasks offering distinct practical solutions to the web of legal complexities.

Our expertise covers the spectrum of commercial law, including regulatory approvals, tax implications and exemptions as well the preparation of business agreements.

Our services include:

  • Advertising
  • Agency
  • Aviation
  • Build Lease Transfer and Build Operate Transfer
  • Business and tax structuring and planning
  • Capital reduction exercise
  • Company reporting, including disclosure issues
  • Company secretarial matters
  • Concessionaire / construction
  • Constitutions
  • Corporate governance
  • Corporate reorganizations
  • Cross border transactions
  • Corporate restructuring
  • Corporate and secretarial advisory
  • Directors’ and officers’ duties and rights and obligations
  • Distribution
  • Distributorship arrangements
  • Domestic transactions
  • Due diligence
  • Employee share and option schemes
  • Equity Trust Fund
  • Financial services, lending arrangements and securities
  • Foreign investment rules
  • Foundations / Company Limited by Guarantee
  • Franchising
  • Fund raising / Prospectus
  • Investments and Business Expansion
  • Joint ventures
  • Lease agreements
  • Management and Operating
  • Market regulation, investigations and dealings with regulators
  • Maritime and Oil & Gas
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Outsourcing
  • Personal property securities
  • Private and public fundraising and IPO’s
  • Procurement transactions
  • Project finance
  • Regulatory and legal requirements/ compliance
  • Restructures
  • Retainer Services
  • Sale and purchase of business
  • Settlement / Scheme of Arrangement
  • Takeovers
  • Takeover response planning
  • Tax compliance
  • Turnkey contracts
  • Winding Up / Insolvency