Practice Area

Private Equity & Venture Capital


 
 

Our experienced Private Equity and Venture Capital Practice delivers integrated legal counsel and strategy to sophisticated investors including private equity funds and venture capital firms at all stages of the investment lifecycle of a company.

Our team offers practical and responsive legal counsel to a broad range of investor classes and their stakeholders including private equity investors, management companies, venture capital firms, financial institutions and entrepreneurs on the establishment of pivotal private equity investment vehicles and venture capital funds. Our core real estate and property practice group is also well-versed in private equity real estate transactions.

We also advise clients on regulatory and compliance issues that arise when forming funds as well as provide guidance on the compliance with the rules of the Securities Commission Malaysia that apply to fund formation and operations.

Our practice includes all aspects of transactional work and includes the following services:

  • Fund structuring and formation.

  • Financing solutions and transactions.

  • Assistance with portfolio management.

  • Management buy-outs and buy-ins.

  • Mergers and acquisitions.

  • Employment contracts and management incentives.

  • Strategic liquidity transactions including equity injections and recapitalisations.

  • Exit transactions including sales and IPOs.


Notable Transactions :

  • Advised on a private equity investment into a functional test solutions company in Malaysia.

  • Advised an equity crowd-funding investment into a food and beverage and shoes company in Malaysia.