Advising With A Commercial Mindset

We believe that providing pragmatic, proportionate and precise legal advice is vital to our clients’ ability to make decisions and, ultimately, for their business success. We invest time to fully understand the commercial context and challenges before recommending any course of action or documentation. We seek a win-win outcome in all contractual negotiations, while prioritizing key issues that truly matter to our clients. We maintain close working relationships with other professional advisors as they broaden our perspectives beyond just legal knowledge.

Your Strategic Transactions Advisor

Our approach to transactions is practical and collaborative. Our negotiation style is resolution-focused (not dispute-focused), evenly measured and always calm. We avoid unnecessary legal documentation and confusing legalese. We pledge to help you understand the big picture, the steps involved, and to keep you informed about the progress and timelines. We work tirelessly to achieve your strategic and commercial objectives.

Legal Compliance Done Right

We recognize that every client’s situation and risk profile is unique. We work closely with our clients to create customized legal policies, best practices and engaging training that suit their resources, and manage their risks while always ensuring that they are kept within the boundaries of the ever-changing laws.

Ultimately, our goal is to provide our clients with peace of mind. By applying our expertise to take care of their legal compliance needs, we enable them to focus on running their businesses and pursuing their commercial goals.

Notable Transactions

• Representing an Australian software company in its acquisition of a local target in exchange for equity shares (merger via a share swap) in the acquirer’s Malaysian subsidiary. This transaction involved parties negotiating detailed intellectual property clauses, considering complex stamp duty issues, and advising on preference shares.
• Planning the corporate structure for a Norwegian global oil service company in Malaysian subsidiary set up. Advising on minority protections in its joint venture with a local shareholder.
• Advising a Korean conglomerate as the majority investor in a mobility startup in its Series B round raising $50m led by Korean private equity funds. Addressed cross border issues from a Malaysian law perspective, including foreign equity requirements, company law and exchange control rules.
• Advising China’s video streaming and digital content sharing giant on the advertising laws for the creation and curation of content within Malaysia as well as on gaming laws and the licensing requirements on digital currencies in Malaysia.