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About
Provided by Weng Hwee Tay
Practice Areas
Corporate and M&A
Banking & Finance
Real Estate & Construction
Equity Markets
Personal
A mergers & acquisitions practitioner, Weng Hwee handles the more complex transactional work at the firm.
"Especially good at devising practical solutions to issues", Weng Hwee heads the Mergers & Acquisitions department, advising local and international clients on various high-value transactions. He also handles real estate joint ventures and development, equity capital markets, debts and corporate restructurings, banking and finance, corporate advisory, and general commercial transactions.
Weng Hwee was recently recognised in the “Hall of Fame” for the Real Estate and Construction practice and was also ranked as a "Leading Individual" in both Corporate/M&A and Capital Markets practices in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023 rankings. He is ranked as a “Distinguished Practitioner” in the Asialaw Profiles 2023/2024 and was recently ranked “Band 4” in Corporate/M&A and “Band 2” in Real Estate in the Chambers Asia-Pacific 2023 rankings. In 2022, Weng Hwee was noted as one of Malaysia’s Top 100 lawyers in The A-List by the Asia Business Law Journal. He was also recently ranked as “Highly Regard” for M&A practice area in the IFLR1000 2023/2024 Ranking.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Tay Weng Hwee is a partner at Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill and is based in Kuala Lumpur. He has a robust practice advising on the sale and acquisition of real estate.
Tay Weng Hwee leads Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill's corporate law group in Malaysia. He has a busy legal practice encompassing corporate restructuring and IPO listings, including those on the LEAP Market, as well as M&A across a range of sectors.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Mr Tay is detail-focused and sharp in resolving legal issues. He is able to identify dispute matters and provide effective advice as well as solutions. His vast commercial exposure and corporate background enable him to provide good legal services to clients."
"Tay Weng Hwee is experienced in M&A transactions and always able to provide commercially viable legal advice to the client promptly."
"Mr Tay is detail-focused and sharp in resolving legal issues. He is able to identify dispute matters and provide effective advice as well as solutions. His vast commercial exposure and corporate background enable him to provide good legal services to clients."
"Tay Weng Hwee is experienced in M&A transactions and always able to provide commercially viable legal advice to the client promptly."