Our Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice handles all aspects of corporate and commercial transactions, and offers tailored advice to M&A transactions, including private equity deals, corporate restructuring and reorganisation exercises, joint ventures, and foreign investment. We also offer comprehensive corporate and commercial legal advice and services to both local and international clients in all areas essential to setting up and maintaining a business or corporate presence in Malaysia.

We have acted for multinational corporations, government and government-linked companies, financial institutions, private and public-listed companies as well as individuals in a diverse range of industries. We have also often acted as the lead international counsel on cross-border matters.

Recognised by prestigious industry publications like Legal 500, IFLR1000, Chambers Asia Pacific and Asialaw Profiles, we have been consistently ranked as a top tier corporate and M&A practice.

Key Experiences

1. Credit Guarantee Corp
   Acted for Credit Guarantee Corporation Malaysia on the disposal of 50% equity interest in Danajamin Nasional Berhad to Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Berhad.
2. Sapura Energy
   Acted for Sapura Energy Berhad in its strategic alliance with OMV Exploration & Production GmbH, together with its RM4.0 billion rights issue.
3. Apollo Management
   Acted as the Malaysian counsel for Apollo Management VIII, LP in their acquisition, with Platform Specialty Products Corporation, for the entire equity interests of OM group, Inc.
4. Sacofa
   Acted for Sacofa Sdn Bhd in a strategic acquisition of a telecommunication company which has been awarded the right to build, own and operate a fibre network infrastructure on the highways of Peninsular Malaysia by the Malaysian Highway Authority.
5. Stenta Films
   Acted for the shareholders of Stenta Films (M) Sdn Bhd for the disposal of their shareholding in Stenta Films (M) Sdn Bhd to Mega First Corporation Berhad. We also co-ordinate the due-diligence exercise by Mega First Corporation Berhad over the target company.
6. Khazanah Nasional Berhad
   Acted for Khazanah Nasional Berhad in their RM1.8 billion joint acquisition with Sunlife of a majority stake in CIMB Aviva Assurance Berhad and CIMB Takaful Berhad.
7. Emirates National Oil Co.
   Acted for Emirates National Oil Company Limited LLC for the proposed acquisition of a majority stake in National Gas Company SAOG Group, an Emirati company, valued at USD88 million to USD105 million.
8. Khazanah Nasional Berhad
   Acted for Khazanah Nasional Berhad, as the largest shareholder of Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB), on MAHB’s acquisition of 40% of Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport held by Limak Insaat ve San Tic A.S and Limak Yatirim Enerji Uretim Isletme Hizmetleri ve Insaat A.S.