by Donovan & Ho | Apr 3, 2017 | Corporate and Commercial, Dispute Resolution
In most business contracts, the dispute resolution clause is usually buried at the end of the contract and hidden among many other boilerplate clauses. Some simple contracts do not even contain a dispute resolution clause. From our experience, many parties are not...
by Donovan & Ho | Jan 20, 2017 | Corporate and Commercial
These are difficult times for businesses in Malaysia to raise funds. Start-ups that survive past their bootstrapping stage will generally look to raise funds by giving out shares in their start-up in return for cash from equity investors who may consist of family,...
by Donovan & Ho | Jan 11, 2017 | Corporate and Commercial, Employment Law
In this article, we will be looking at the issue of intellectual property (“IP”) created by employees, and how your business can retain ownership over such IP. Any references to IP in the article would cover only patents and copyrights. The current knowledge economy...
by Donovan & Ho | Dec 7, 2016 | Corporate and Commercial
DBKL’s recent announcement that at least 50% equity of all businesses in Kuala Lumpur must be owned by Malaysians starting 1 January 2017 may come as a shock to some. It has also been reported that DBKL will make it compulsory that at least 50% of the workers...
by Donovan & Ho | Oct 23, 2016 | Corporate and Commercial, Real Estate, Tax
Reading through the full 55 pages of the Budget 2017 speech over my Sunday morning coffee, I’ve decided to narrow down this blog post and pick out some key highlights which are of my personal / professional interest – ie, Startups, Property, Company tax...
by Donovan & Ho | Jul 18, 2016 | Corporate and Commercial
Updated: Pokemon Go is now live in Malaysia effective 7 August 2016. The rest of this article is current as of the date of posting. Pokémon Go is the most downloaded mobile game in US history. Although it’s not available in Malaysia yet, this hasn’t stopped it from...
