Skrine’s prominent market reputation is evidenced by the firm’s frequent involvement in complex cross-border deals, often representing blue-chip Malaysian corporates and multinationals. The group’s capacity to lean on its complementary tax and insolvency practices equips its lawyers with the ability to advise on high-value M&A deals in the insurance and healthcare sectors, in addition to global restructuring exercises. Janet Looi leads the team with ample experience in takeovers, foreign direct investment and corporate governance matters. Fariz Abdul Aziz is a go-to for private equity transactions and public M&A deals, Sheba Gumis concentrates on the establishment of joint ventures in Malaysia, and Tan Wei Xian handles corporate advisory work, with a focus on the data centre, oil and gas, and energy indsutries.

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Key clients

  • Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Berhad
  • Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (KWAP)
  • ST Telemedia Global Data Centres
  • GIC (Ventures) Pte Ltd
  • Mitsui & Co Ltd
  • Aker Solutions ASA
  • Mitsui & Co Ltd
  • DP World
  • Sime Darby Property Berhad
  • Halliburton Company
  • Dellner Couplers AB
  • Saint-Gobain Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
  • New Forests Asset Management
  • S P Setia Berhad

Work highlights

  • Advised Saint-Gobain Malaysia on its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of a leading manufacturer of cement boards for facades, partitions and ceilings in Malaysia.
  • Advised Aker Solutions in respect of the Malaysian aspects of the global merger of the subsea business of Aker Solutions ASA, SLB, and Subsea7, to create OneSubsea.
  • Acted as the lead counsel for ST Telemedia Global Data Centres in respect of its recent joint venture partnership with Basis Bay, for the development, construction and operation of data centre projects in Kuala Lumpur and Cyberjaya.

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Janet Looi

Other key lawyers

Fariz Abdul Aziz, Sheba Gumis, Tan Wei Xian