Corporate and M&A

Partner. Vincent's extensive practice experience includes corporate finance, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, privatisation, private finance initiatives and private equity transactions, as well as cross-border joint ventures, investments and financing transactions. He has advised a wide range of clients including major investment banks, multinational companies, government linked companies and foreign clients in connection with his areas of expertise. Some of the major transactions handled by Vincent in 2009 include Malaysia's first 'green lane' RM800 Million sukuk issue by UMW Holdings Berhad, the RM260 Million cross border mergers and acquisitions between the Health Trend and Astique Group of Singapore and Hong Kong, the cross border acquisition of Toyo Rubber Malaysia by Showa Rubber Co Ltd., the cross border acquisition of Lotte Malaysia by Lotte Japan, one of the world's largest confectionary company, the cross border financing of a sewerage project in Abu Dhabi by Asian Finance Bank, the RM1.6 Billion Medium Term Note Programme by GB Services Berhad, a subsidiary of Genting Berhad, the RM213.4 Million Petra Energy Berhad acquisition of oil & gas vessels and acting as an expert witness on securities law in a multi-billion dollar arbitration securities dispute in Singapore between several major international investment banks.

Jeff Leong is a senior partner of Messrs Jeff Leong, Poon & Wong (JLPW) in Malaysia.  He also actively serves as Chair of the Corporate, Securities & Investment Law and Co-Chair of the Belt and Road Initiative Standing Committees of the Law Association For Asia And The Pacific (LAWASIA), the peak body for national bar associations and law societies in more than 40 jurisdictions in the Asia Pacific region. In JLPW, Jeff leads a Special Projects team and structures and runs complex M&A deals, resolves critical problems faced by clients such as crisis management, regulatory investigations, shareholder fights and board tussles and advises founders, business owners and senior management on business transactions.  With numerous IPOs and M&A deals over 30 years, he is often consulted by clients in Shipping and Logistics, Technology and Digital Economy, Oil & Gas and other heavily regulated industries on complex, urgent and critical matters.  Jeff founded JLPW in 1999 with 2 other founders and was deep into corporate rescues and mergers of banks, insurance companies and stockbrokers to resuscitate the bleeding Malaysian economy, working on some of the major corporate rescues of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis.  Affiliations with Deacons Graham & James (2001 – 2012) and Dacheng (2012 - 2016), now Dentons China, quickly followed.  In 2012, Jeff and his senior partners founded JLPW CROSSBORDER ASIA, a regional law firm network. In JLPW, he developed the current due diligence system adopted and used by industry participants in capital markets transactions in 1999. He also assisted the review of the 2020 Due Diligence Guide for Malaysia with investment bankers, accountants, capital market lawyers and other industry participants.  Presently, with his Japanese speaking team, Jeff leads JLPW’s Japan Services Group who assist Japanese companies venturing into Malaysia and South East Asia with market entry strategies, M&As and post-merger integration advisory.  He also leads the Firm’s China Services Group and the regional JLPW Belt and Road Services Group who together serve Chinese companies investing and undertaking Belt and Road projects in Malaysia and other ASEAN countries.  As leader, strategist, chief talent scout, builder and problem solver, Jeff has initiated and developed various other practice groups in JLPW and is now spearheading the Firm’s Legal Tech initiatives to better support its clients in the new Digital Economy.  He is also an avid blogger covering law, business and economics and issues of interest to the business community on JLPW NEEDLAWYER BLOG:  https://jlpwneedlawyer.wordpress.com/

Senior Partner

Jerry heads the Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions and the Capital Markets practice groups in ZUL RAFIQUE & Partners. His experience encompasses various aspects of corporate/commercial transactions including mergers and acquisitions, business acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, foreign direct investments, private equity investments, corporate restructurings and reorganisations as well as equity capital markets transactions. Jerry has advised on some of the landmark transactions in Malaysia including those involving competitive sales. Due to his expertise and in-depth knowledge, he is frequently consulted by local and foreign clients in various industries such as insurance, banks and financial institutions, telecommunications, oil and gas, manufacturing, healthcare, real estate and education.

Partner

Managing Partner, Christopher & Lee Ong, Malaysia Corporate & Commercial Mergers & Acquisitions Regulatory & Trade Technology, Media & Telecommunications

Partner (Financial Services, M&A, Real Estate)

Partner

Lee Won is a Partner in the Firm's Mergers and Acquisitions Department.

Pui Yee is a Partner and Head of the Firm's Mergers & Acquisitions Department.

Partner since 2015

Partner, Christopher & Lee Ong, Malaysia Mergers & Acquisitions Competition & Antitrust Capital Markets Corporate Commercial

Partner since 2021