With a multidisciplinary team based across Southeast Asia, DLA Piper’s Malaysia offering consists of a broad range of corporate and finance mandates, including M&A, joint ventures, and fund establishments, provided to local, regional, and international clients. Notable industries the firm features within are energy, financial services, and technology. Leading the practice is Heng Loong Cheong, who advises on public and private M&A, complex corporate organisations, and equity and debt capital markets deals. Vincent Seah is an expert adviser on major projects and infrastructure mandates, assisting sponsors, developers, and government authorities, while Philip Lee heads the firm’s Asia Pacific capital markets practice and is the regional head for financial services, with a particular focus on advising issuers, sponsors and investment banks on a variety of debt, equity, and equity-linked capital markets transactions.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'Philip Lee is a leading capital markets lawyer with extensive experience in a variety of debt, equity and equity-linked capital markets transactions across Asia, and good experience in Malaysian transactions.'
Key clients
- Tenaga Nasional Berhad
- Kiatnakin Phatra Bank Public Company Limited
Work highlights
- Advising Tenaga Nasional Berhad, in their successful bid for a portfolio of renewable assets in Australia, comprising of solar and battery energy storage system assets.
- Representing KKP as lender in the acquisition financing loan of THB 1 billion secured term and revolving facilities granted to Asia Network International Co., Ltd., in acquiring shares in a Malaysian company.