Many prominent and market-leading lawyers have joined the firm over the past year to lead a market-leading practice – including new co-head of restructuring and insolvency Chua See Hua, new co-head of white-collar crime and investigative practice Shanti Geoffrey, and co-heads of the new capital markets practice Annette Soh and Daphne Lam. Wong & Partners is a member of Baker McKenzie International and is known for advising clients in various areas of business. Founded in Kuala Lumpur in 1998, the company has grown steadily under the leadership of Managing Partner Munir Abdul Aziz. Among recent high-profile representations, the company advised Malaysian mobile operator Digi.Com on the stock market components of a proposed $12.1 billion merger with rival Celcom Axiata. The company also acted as Malaysian advisor to Swedish multinational home appliance manufacturer Electrolux in a multi-jurisdictional case. The company is led by its founder and managing partner, Dato` Zulkifly Rafique, who also heads the company`s division. Ibrahim left the cabinet in 2008 to become the first minister of legal affairs and judicial reform in the former prime minister`s cabinet and later a prominent politician. For more than a century, the firm has distinguished itself by its commitment to high standards of professionalism and integrity. It builds on this heritage and continues to invest in the development of its human resources, legal team and infrastructure resources, including the latest technology systems, for the benefit of its clients. Always solution-oriented, the company prides itself not only on pointing out pitfalls in transactions, but also on offering alternatives.
In a landmark transaction, Kadir Andri & Partners also advised global private equity firm CVC Capital Partners on the sale of its Malaysian snack subsidiary Munchy`s to Filipino food company Universal Robina Corporation (URC). Kadir Andri & Partners specializes in capital markets, banking and finance, and dispute resolution. The firm was founded in 1976 by founder and senior partner Abdul Kadir Kassim as Kadir Kassim & Co. Michael leads the Kuala Lumpur office as Managing Partner and leads the IP, IT and licensing departments. In total, the firm has 17 departments representing key areas of activity, grouped in a complementary and multidisciplinary practice with the support of 19 partners. Zul Rafique & Partners was founded in Kuala Lumpur at the end of 1999 by Zulkifly Rafique, Managing Partner, who also heads the corporate department. Over the past 12 months, the firm has hired a partner and 13 new employees in various fields. Clients and colleagues have recognised the firm`s offering for tax disputes as first-class – and as one of the powerful new players in litigation. Many of the cases filed by the firm were high-profile and widespread. For example, the company recently represented Malaysian multinational Tenaga Nasional in an additional MYR 9 billion ($2 billion) tax lawsuit filed by the Inland Revenue Board, where the High Court ruled in favor of Tenaga Nasional. Our best-known criminal defense attorney, David Marshall, practiced at various law firms and eventually founded David Marshall & Partners. Unfortunately, most of these names are now history.
For the financing of the project, the company acted as co-lead arranger and co-lead manager for RHB Investment Bank and CIMB Investment Bank under the MYR 4.5 billion Medium Term Islamic Bond Program under the principle of Sharia Murabahah of independent power producer Tanjung Bin Energy. The firm is currently led by Managing Partner Deepak Sadasivan with the support of 33 partners, two advisors and more than 51 partners. Adnan Sundra & Low`s ability to provide practical legal advice and tailor-made solutions has earned it the trust of many local and international clients in all major aspects of business law. Albar & Partners opened its office in 1999, but its history dates back to 1981, when founding partner Syed Zaid Albar founded a law firm called Albar & Co. With more and more partners, the firm has become a leading law firm in Malaysia. Among smaller law firms, we see a slight increase in the number of registered collective law firms (GLPs). There are now 22 GLP. Up to five small law firms can work together in a GLP. But companies remain separate entities. Thanks to GLP, small businesses can reduce costs and share expertise. As of November 2019, there were 14 GLPs based on this speech. There are more GLP opportunities that can be refined (see some of the gaps described here).
In just a decade, Rahmat Lim & Partners has grown from humble beginnings with ten lawyers in Kuala Lumpur to one of the largest commercial law firms in the country with over 90 independent employees. The company has been an integral part of the Allen & Gledhill network in Singapore since its inception in 2010. Ming & Partners was founded in 2020 by Keong Ming Wai, Managing Partner, along with three other partners working in various areas of commercial law such as dispute resolution, corporate law, transfer of ownership and intellectual property. The firm`s dispute resolution department consistently handles intellectual, commercial and corporate property disputes, including strategy development and representation of clients before the courts and arbitration. With 48 corporate, dispute resolution and intellectual property partners, Skrine is also supported by the leading international network of independent law firms Lex Mundi – and is a member of the Pacific Rim Advisory Council, a global network of 30 world-class independent law firms. Sativale Mathew Arun, a shipping law firm based in Subang Jaya, was established in 1990 to deal exclusively with the Admiralty and the practice of shipping. The firm`s clientele includes protection and compensation clubs and their members, shipowners, charterers, hull and cargo insurers and port operators. Since its inception, the company has formed a strategic alliance with one of Singapore`s top four companies, Rajah & Tann.
In addition to the regional partnership, Christopher & Lee Ong is known for maintaining strong and long-standing working relationships with top international law firms, accounting firms, forensic accountants and accounting detectives. It lost its luster and became a pale shadow of its former self. His illustrious past was what he was, the past. Fortunately, a merger with HelenYeo & Partners and the acquisition of new talent have created a new generation of competent lawyers with vision and vision in order to regain the importance and prestige of the firm of yesteryear. Singapore needs more and larger law firms with the talent, ability and desire to compete in Singapore and Asia. In this research, some of our other law firms can draw on Rodyk`s experience. Accept change; reject the culture of ranking partners; the search for new talent, wherever it comes from; and share the benefits equitably. Rodyk is now doing all this – he has found the elixir of professional life and rightly celebrates the 150th anniversary of its founding. Rodyk has my congratulations and best wishes. MahWengKwai & Associates was founded in 1985 by Mah Weng Kwai. The firm has a strong reputation in civil and corporate litigation, arbitration and criminal law and is led by Raymond Mah, Managing Partner, assisted by six partners, one advisor and 20 partners and senior partners.