Articles | Donovan & Ho, Advocates & Solicitors

Directors' Duties and Diverting Business: A Cautionary Tale

Aug 20, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial

It is well known that directors owe fiduciary duties to their company. Tasked with top-level management, the Companies Act 2016…...
Amendments to the Private Employment Agencies Act

Aug 02, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial, Employment Law

Private employment agencies (informally, but commonly referred to here as “headhunters” or “recruitment agencies”) are regulated by the Private Employment…...
Protecting Personal Data : What Should Your Business Do?

Jul 16, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial

From Cambridge Analytica’s alleged hijacking of 87 million Facebook users’ data, to something even closer to home, being Lowyat’s news…...
Software-As-A-Service: Things To Consider

Jul 09, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial

Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) is a delivery model in which software features, applications and services are made available to customers via the…...
GDPR and Malaysian Businesses

Jul 03, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial

If you are unsure of what the General Data Protection Regulations (“GDPR”) are and how they affect you or your…...
Are Employee Stock Options Subject to EPF?

Jul 03, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial, Employment Law

An employee stock option is a stock option granted to employees of a company, offering them the right to buy…...
Breach of Directors' Duties: What Is The Best Interest of the Company?

Jun 08, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial, Dispute Resolution

Directors are conferred with wide powers of management. Although they are generally guided by the will of the majority shareholders,…...
Tourism Tax: Hotels, Airbnb and Me?

Mar 26, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial, Tax

Effective 1 September 2017, foreign nationals who stay at an accommodation premise in Malaysia are subject to a tourism tax…...
What You Need to Know About Limitation Clauses

Mar 08, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial

“In no event will A be liable for any lost profits, loss of business, loss of use, loss of goodwill,…...
Minority Protection of Shareholders

Feb 14, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial

Power and control in a company ultimately depends on a shareholder’s equity interest in the company and their representation in…...
Top 10 Most Viewed Articles of 2017

Jan 02, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial, Dispute Resolution, Donovan and Ho updates, Employment Law

Who says nobody reads law blogs? The past twelve months has provided us with a lot of opportunities to write. Before…...
Introduction to the LEAP Market

Dec 22, 2017 | Corporate and Commercial

The LEAP Market, or the Leading Entrepreneur Accelerator Platform Market, was introduced by Bursa Malaysia into the Malaysian capital markets…...
Trusts, Nominees and Powers of Attorney

Nov 14, 2017 | Corporate and Commercial, Dispute Resolution

Eric wishes to buy a piece of land, but does not want his name to appear as the registered proprietor.…...
What is Money Laundering?

Aug 15, 2017 | Corporate and Commercial

A few months ago, Malaysia was rocked with the news of Tan Sri Lee Kim Yew being threatened with a…...
Issuing Ordinary Shares

Aug 04, 2017 | Corporate and Commercial

A fundamental business necessity – for both start-ups and long-established companies, big or small – is having an effective way…...