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We have a deep and longstanding history and over three decades of experience in Malaysia as one of the largest international law practices in Southeast Asia.
Our lawyers advise international corporations and Malaysia's largest private and state owned companies as well as government agencies on business in Southeast Asia and beyond, including cross-border transactions, projects, disputes, regulatory and finance matters (including Islamic finance).
Our Malaysia Group can help you navigate the institutions, regulations, cultures and politics that you will encounter drawing on the industry and Asia knowledge of our seven offices in Southeast Asia, China and Japan, and within our international network. The depth of our Malaysia-related transactional and disputes experience and understanding of Malaysia's legal and political landscape adds real value to our international and local clients alike.
We manage our Malaysia practice from Singapore and have well-established relationships with the best Malaysian law firms for Malaysian law advice.
Practice areas
Our Malaysia Practice includes:
- Dispute resolution: International arbitration, mediation, other forms of ADR and investigations
- Transactions: Cross-border mergers and acquisitions, major projects, joint ventures, strategic alliances, construction, competition and regulatory matters, and real estate investments
- Finance: Conventional and Islamic, including bonds, syndicated loans, acquisition and leveraged finance, debt restructurings, and project finance
Recent Experience
Hong Leong
Hong Leong on its $1.2 billion acquisition of Columbia Asia Hospitals in consortium with global private investment firm, TPG
Permodalan Nasional Berhad and Khazanah
Permodalan Nasional Berhad and Khazanah (through separate teams) on their participation in the pre-IPO funding round of newly merged Indonesian tech unicorn GoTo (resulting from the merger of two Indonesian unicorns Gojek and Tokopedia).
Tenaga Nasional Berhad
Tenaga Nasional Berhad on the development of multiple renewable energy projects in Asia, as well as contract formation advice and NDA's. We also assisted with the establishment of Vantage RE, Tenaga's renewable energy growth platform in the UK and Europe
CIMB Islamic
CIMB Islamic with the launch of its Islamic repo product, which would be a first in Malaysia. Our work involved reviewing the Islamic repo agreements and making it workable from an English law perspective, while ensuring that the terms are in compliance with the Shariah requirements as stipulated by Bank Negara Malaysia
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Employee Provident Fund
Employee Provident Fund on their launch of world's first and largest shariah private equity SMA fund and on its investment in 4 segregated mandates with global asset managers
Permodalan Nasional Berhad
Permodalan Nasional Berhad on its investment into a number of private fund structures managed by Ardian, Blackstone, Cinven, CVC, EagleTree Partners, Insight Partners, MBK Partners, Permira Vista and Warburg Pincus