Malaysia

Firm Overview

Jeff Leong, Poon & Wong was founded in 1999. Our founder partners were part of the regional cross-border team of a leading law firm in South East Asia with extensive transactional experience involving strategic investments, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, takeovers and takeover defence, corporate governance, banking finance and capital markets. From 2001 to 2011, we were affiliated with an international law firm operating across many jurisdictions within Asia Pacific region. From an initial team of 3 founder partners in Kuala Lumpur, the firm now has affiliate offices under JLPW Cross Border Asia in the region.

Our team advises on complex business transactions, IPOs, M&A transactions, internal and regulatory investigations, banking & finance, real estate and dispute resolution for foreign investors, multinational companies, foreign law firms, SMEs and industrial conglomerates, public listed companies, government-linked companies, commercial, investment and Islamic banks, stockbroking companies and insurance and reinsurance companies.

Firm Overview

Cecil Abraham & Partners comprises lawyers with experience in both domestic and international dispute resolution.

We offer clients a wide range of comprehensive legal solutions from strategic and preventive advice to representation in court and in commercial as well as investment treaty arbitration.

At Cecil Abraham & Partners, we are committed to understanding our client’s unique challenges so that we may focus our experience and expertise in delivering solutions. We are well-equipped to handle multi-jurisdictional disputes wherever parties may be based.  

We have worked with financial institutions, government agencies and many of the world’s leading multinational companies, resolving disputes and protecting business and other interests. Our services include highlighting opportunities and protecting against possible risks.

We enable clients to realise solutions by providing clarity of thought and advice as well as delivering smart and efficient dispute resolution solutions.

Firm Overview

Shearn Delamore & Co. is one of the largest award-winning full service law firms in Malaysia with more than 100 lawyers and 230 support staff. It has the resources to manage complex cross-border transactions, projects and matters.

Its clients include multinationals, private equity, government agencies and private clients. It is regularly instructed by and works with international law firms. Shearn Delamore & Co.’s global reach and network include member firms of the World Law Group, the World Services Group, the Employment Law Alliance, Drew Network Asia and other international organisations and multilateral agencies.

In 2020, Shearn Delamore & Co. formed an alliance with Drew & Napier LLC from Singapore and Makarim & Taira S. from Indonesia to launch a formidable blue-chip legal network named Drew Network Asia (DNA). DNA is a ‘firm of firms’ that operates as a united collective, bringing both international perspectives and local expertise to the table.

The firm’s diverse experience and interdisciplinary collaborations enables it to provide clients with a complimentary range of skills to meet their needs. It is consistently highly ranked by Chambers & Partners, International Financial Law Review (IFLR) 1000, Legal 500 Asia Pacific and Asialaw Profiles.

Our Awards

Chambers Asia-Pacific Awards 2021
Malaysia Law Firm of the Year

Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific Awards 2021
Malaysia Law Firm of the Year

Asialaw Profiles 2021
Outstanding Firm for Competition and Antitrust, Construction, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Labour and Employment and Tax

Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific 2021
Tier 1 for Commercial and Transactions, Labor and employment, Intellectual Property and Tax 

Chambers Asia Pacific 2021
Band 1 for Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Employment and Industrial Relations, Intellectual Property and Tax

Chambers Global 2021
Band 1 for Corporate/M&A

IFLR 1000 2021
Top Tier Firm for M&A

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021
Top Tier Firm for Antitrust and Competition, Banking and Finance, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Labour and Employment, Real Estate and Construction and Tax

Firm Overview

Gan Partnership is an internationally recognized dispute resolution law firm provides clients with an arsenal ranging from experienced senior counsels to aggressive modern litigators. Our strength in handling complex matters and providing solution-oriented legal services, all in timely fashion, are what set us apart. Our international arbitration practice is led by our partners who regularly appear as party representatives and sit as arbitrators. With the wide access to a network of eminent consultants and experts, we provide innovative solution to all industries. We are ranked in Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation, Who’s Who Legal, Benchmark Litigation and World Trademark Review.

Firm Overview

Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill is one of the largest law firms in Malaysia and has been providing personalised legal representation since 1902. While our size and long heritage assure clients that they are in capable hands, we have also proven to be an adept and dynamic partner in their affairs. We think out of the box and provide novel solutions.

As a full service law firm, we take pride in consistently being recognised, by leading rankers, as a top tier firm in various areas of practice. Our scope of services includes corporate and commercial transactions, financial services, insolvency, employment and industrial relations, tax and customs, intellectual property, technology, media and telecommunications, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory and Islamic finance.

LHAG is the sole Malaysian member of international legal networks Multilaw and Interlaw, enabling us access to over 8,000 lawyers in more than 150 cities worldwide.

Firm Overview

Wong Beh & Toh has an established practice in various corporate and commercial areas including equity and debt corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, securities and capital markets, corporate transactions, venture capital and private equity funds, strategic alliances and joint ventures, foreign direct investment, corporate and commercial loans, commercial and construction real estate, competition & antitrust law, data protection law, intellectual property law and financing.