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Pao Yii Phua

Pao Yii Phua

Skrine, Malaysia

Work Department

Mergers & Acquisitions Corporate Advisory and Transactions

Position

Partner

Career

Pao Yii is a partner in the Corporate practice with more than 25 years of experience. His practice focuses on local and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, joint ventures and advising on foreign investments into Malaysia. He provides a broad range of corporate advisory work and drafting of commercial contracts/agreements and regularly advises clients on corporate (including regulatory, licensing and compliance) issues. He also advises on securities law and on employee share plans and/or employee option schemes.

Languages

English, Malay and Chinese.

Memberships

Committee member, Committee on Commercial Law & Practice, ICC Malaysia Former committee member, Bar Council Law Reform and Special Areas Committee

Education

Advocate and Solicitor, High Court of Malaya (1996) Advocate and Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore (1993) LL.B (Hons) National University of Singapore (1992)