Corporate & Finance (International Firms)
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024 : Malaysia
Band 1
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A&O Shearman is a leading international law firm active in the Malaysian market, assisting a range of large multinationals and prominent domestic clients. The firm is especially adept at handling Islamic finance transactions, also regularly advising on high-value capital markets issuances, restructuring, M&A, private equity investments and project finance. The team is entrusted by Malaysian corporates, GLCs, sovereign wealth funds and international investors, particularly in the energy, TMT and finance sectors. The firm primarily handles Malaysia work from its Singapore base, while also leveraging its other international offices. Notable clients of the firm include CIMB and Telenor. On 1st May 2024, Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling merged to form A&O Shearman.
James Mythen and Aloysius Tan in Singapore are key contacts for clients of the firm's Malaysia desk.
Work Highlights
- The firm advised United Overseas Bank on the acquisition of Citigroup's consumer business franchise in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, comprising its unsecured and secured lending portfolios, wealth management and retail deposit businesses, in a transaction valued at approximately SGD4.9 billion.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The team has always been top notch."
"The firm has a team of good counsel who are able to advise on a wide breadth of legal matters in terms of complexity, industry and geography."
"The team has always been top notch."
"The firm has a team of good counsel who are able to advise on a wide breadth of legal matters in terms of complexity, industry and geography."