by DNH (BD) | Mar 21, 2023 | Corporate and Commercial
It is common for start-ups to incorporate a private company limited by shares and offering equity in its company in exchange for funding provided by investors, family and/or friends. The question that usually follows from this is whether can a private company limited...
by DNH (BD) | Feb 27, 2023 | Corporate and Commercial
A director is, by default, entitled to inspect company documents under section 245 of the Companies Act 2016. Can the court refuse the request of a director of a company to inspect company documents, and if the answer is yes, on what grounds? In the recent case of...
by DNH (BD) | Feb 23, 2023 | Corporate and Commercial
What is a share swap? Share swaps are an increasingly common corporate arrangement used in the acquisition of companies. It basically involves a purchase of the target company’s shares, in exchange for shares of the acquiring company, instead of cash consideration. So...
by DNH (BD) | Jan 30, 2023 | Corporate and Commercial
In our previous article, we ventured into the sphere of blockchain technology and how the rising adoption of digital payments and digital assets are regulated in Malaysia. We learnt that digital currencies and digital tokens (collectively called ‘digital assets’) are...
by DNH (BD) | Sep 27, 2022 | Corporate and Commercial
Copyright is a type of intellectual property right, and one of the most common among the various intellectual property rights. Copyright can exist in musical works, literary works, films, sound recordings, artistic works, derivative works, broadcasts and even software...
by DNH (BD) | Sep 23, 2022 | Corporate and Commercial
On the 4th of July 2022, the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob launched the Malaysia Digital (“MD”) initiative as the new national strategic initiative to accelerate and transform the country’s digital economy. The MD initiative replaces the...
