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We have a deep and longstanding history and over three decades of experience in Malaysia as one of the largest international law practices in Southeast Asia.
Our lawyers advise international corporations and Malaysia's largest private and state owned companies as well as government agencies on business in Southeast Asia and beyond, including cross-border transactions, projects, disputes, regulatory and finance matters (including Islamic finance).
Our Malaysia Group can help you navigate the institutions, regulations, cultures and politics that you will encounter drawing on the industry and Asia knowledge of our seven offices in Southeast Asia, China and Japan, and within our international network. The depth of our Malaysia-related transactional and disputes experience and understanding of Malaysia's legal and political landscape adds real value to our international and local clients alike.
We manage our Malaysia practice from Singapore and have well-established relationships with the best Malaysian law firms for Malaysian law advice.
Practice areas
Our Malaysia Practice includes:
- Dispute resolution: International arbitration, mediation, other forms of ADR and investigations
- Transactions: Cross-border mergers and acquisitions, major projects, joint ventures, strategic alliances, construction, competition and regulatory matters, and real estate investments
- Finance: Conventional and Islamic, including bonds, syndicated loans, acquisition and leveraged finance, debt restructurings, and project finance
Recent Experience
AMP Limited
Supporting on shareholder class action proceedings in the NSW Supreme Court. Five competing class actions were brought against our client, in one of Australia’s largest class actions, arising from ASIC investigations and the Royal Commission into the Financial Services Industry. The Digital group supported on various workstreams and leveraged continuous active learning technology to reduce the number of documents for review from approximately 260,000 to 75,000 which resulted in a significant cost saving for the client. Our group also provided ongoing support during the evidence phase of the matter, including assisting with the preparation of privilege schedules and chronologies.
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The Financial Conduct Authority
A cross-practice team of lawyers, technologists and legal operations advisory specialists from across Herbert Smith Freehills have teamed up with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to design and build a digital solution to help businesses impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic check to see if they’re potentially eligible to make a claim under their insurance policies. This work won us multiple innovation awards from the The Lawyer, The FT, and other organisations.
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Dekon Group's Hong Kong IPO
Supporting on the certification and other document-intensive workstreams for China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited and Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited as joint sponsors of Dekon Food and Agriculture Group (02419.HK)'s listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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Financial services client
The Digital Legal (Corporate) and Digital Advisory teams are working with a multinational investment bank to review, update and streamline all legal documentation that sits within the bank's digital ecosystem that provides its clients and bankers with tools to facilitate research, trading and other investment activities. This project is of strategic importance for our client.
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Lendlease
Supporting in class action proceedings in the NSW Supreme Court against claims alleging misleading or deceptive conduct and continuous disclosure breaches by Lendlease in respect of the performance of its Engineering and Services Business. The Digital team provided document review and eDiscovery support and worked closely with the HSF Disputes team to review in excess of 150,000 documents utilising a variety of technology and smart review processes.
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Multinational transportation company
Supporting our client on the $400 million sale of its interest in a proprietary mobile app to one of the world's largest technology and investment groups. The Digital Legal team provided multi-disciplinary and multi-jurisdictional DD support to ensure "round-the-clock" service in order to meet extremely tight deadlines for the review of circa 12,000 documents, in addition to assistance in relation to high-volume disclosure verification.
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