Corporate Start-ups, M&As and Reorganisation

Owners of capital, whether local or foreign start businesses and expand their enterprises by takeovers, acquisitions and mergers. Sometimes they would restructure or reorganise them and this may include the closure of businesses. People issues from the migration of people to the rationalisation of terms and conditions of employment and redundancies present a major concern with the risk of reputational, legal and financial risks.

These issues require sensitive and sensible advice, especially where both employment and industrial relations laws must take into consideration good and acceptable industrial relations practices. Our forte is providing sound and practical advice where we carefully present solutions which avert or minimise such risks.

Partners Specializing in this area

Partners Specializing
in this area

Learn more about our partners who specialize in this area

Amardeep Singh Toor

Partner

Amardeep Singh Toor

Partner

Lim Heng Seng

Consultant

Lim Heng Seng

Consultant

Nurul Aisyah Hassan

Partner

Nurul Aisyah Hassan

Partner

Key Experience

Start-ups

Setting up a representative or regional office;
Incorporation of a local company or Malaysian subsidiary; and
Registration of a foreign company

M&A and reorganisations

Internal restructuring of organisation & business units;
Reengineering of production and processes;
“Privatisation”: Contracting out & outsourcing;
Mergers and acquisitions;
Sale of business without sale of controlling interest; and
Localisation of business from branch of foreign Company to local entity

Statutory obligations

Employee requirements in merged/restructured business organization;
Retention or retrenchment;
Re-designation / transfer / relocation / redeployment of employees including modality for migration or movement of employees; and
Absorption / assimilation/ integration of employees including rationalisation of terms and conditions of service

Global reorganisations

Advising multinational and local companies which are public listed or household names on their global or local reorganisations including the Malaysian subsidiaries of a multinational chemical company, a multinational tobacco company, the world’s leading after-school enrichment centre, a global accounting professional body, a media and marketing solutions agency and a professional services firm.

Establishing Malaysia Co.

Advising foreign companies including the world's leading suppliers of fluid management products and packages, aerospace industry leader, a chain of restaurants, a brand of cutting plotters, a leading enterprise data platform on establishing a Malaysian presence.

Acquisitions

Advising foreign and local companies including a multinational media conglomerate and a leading logistics company on their direct or indirect acquisitions of Malaysian companies.

Private higher education

Advising a private higher education institution’s acquisition of the business of another education institution and the migration of the latter’s staff to the former’s institution.

Foreign national bank

Advising a foreign national bank on the closure of its Malaysian subsidiary and migration of selected staff to its branch in Malaysia.

Project delivery partner

Advising a government project-delivery-partner on the cessation of a government-linked project.

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