Lee & Poh Partnership

Malaysia

Analysis

Overview

Lee & Poh Partnership is a corporate and commercial law firm with expertise across a broad spectrum of practice areas. The firm offers equity fundraising through initial public offerings, private investments and equity crowdfunding, in addition to mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, agreement drafting and review, and employee share option schemes. The firm provides legal counsel to clients from industries such as healthcare, technology, consumer goods, real estate, manufacturing, energy, food and beverages originating from jurisdictions including Malaysia, Singapore, China, the US and the UAE. Partners Yong Cieh Lee and Zuan Yin Poh co-founded the firm. 

Client feedback 

“Lee & Poh Partnership has spent a considerable amount of time and effort ensuring the objectives of the due diligence and legal opinions are achieved, and their work has been thorough and impeccable. During the process, they have also highlighted areas for improvement to the company and offered recommendations for rectifying some issues.” – Capital markets 

“Constant follow-up with the outcomes clients are looking for is key to what makes them special and continues my engagement of their services.” – Corporate and M&A 

“Fast and in-depth knowledge of business setup and corporation formation.” – Corporate and M&A 

“Knowledgeable, responsible, approachable and efficient.” – Intellectual property 

Zuan Yin (Spring) Poh 

“She has been very attentive to the details and needs of the company and often provides insightful explanation and opinion during the process. She has also spent considerable effort in clientele management.” 

“Very attentive and provides a direct solution without hesitation.” 

“Knowledgeable and understands client needs.” 

“Responsible, knowledgeable, efficient and helpful. She is also a good listener.” 

Corporate and M&A

Work highlights 

Assisted TH Value Venture in the disposal of ordinary shares in Intan Medical Centre (IMC) to Aurelius Healthcare. Aurelius is a healthcare group controlled by Navis Capital Partners, an Asia-based private equity firm which manages several private and public equity funds totalling more than $5 billion. The acquisition of IMC shares forms part of Aurelius’s plan to build a healthcare services platform that will invest in brownfield and late-stage greenfield hospital opportunities in Malaysia, with the aim of operating five to 10 hospitals within the platform during Navis’s investment holding period. Following Aurelius’s acquisition of its first hospital, in Negeri Sembilan, completion of IMC’s share purchase transaction will result in IMC’s hospital becoming the second hospital operating within the platform. 

Key clients 

Mystartr