JLPW NEEDLAWYER BLOG

On Friday, our JLPW Admiralty and Maritime Law Group team Fatin, Hong Ze and Sundram (supervised by JLPW litigation partner Ganesh Nathan and Singapore counsel Goh Wing Sun) successfully executed on behalf of our clients the arrest of a ship in Kuantan Port, Malaysia. Our Admiralty and Maritime Law team spent days tracking the vessel,… Continue reading LATEST SHIP ARREST EXECUTED BY OUR JLPW ADMIRALTY AND MARITIME PRACTICE GROUP

Yesterday, the Malaysian Federal Court ruled on the momentous and landmark corporate law and mergers and acquisitions decision in the Apex Equity case. The case attracted the attention of corporate boardrooms, the Malaysian Stock Exchange (Bursa Malaysia) and Bar Council Malaysia (acting as amicus curae). We acted for a former executive director and won initially… Continue reading JLPW LITIGATION TEAM SECURES A HARD FOUGHT WIN FOR OUR CLIENT IN THE LANDMARK APEX EQUITY CASE

Legal 500 has just launched The Legal 500 Private Practice Powerlist 2024 – M&A – Asia Pacific as “a great step in bringing the Asia Pacific M&A community to a greater presence both regionally and globally”. The list is now live and will be housed permanently on The Legal 500 website: https://www.legal500.com/the-legal-500-private-practice-powerlists/ Our JLPW Founder… Continue reading JLPW Founder and Senior Partner Jeff Leong joins the Legal 500 Private Practice Powerlist 2024 – M&A Asia Pacific

It’s counterintuitive how M&A lawyers are rated for the size of the big deals they handled. In the real world, it’s the volume of small deals that adds up and create value for clients. “What type of M&A strategy creates the most value for large corporations? We crunched the numbers, and the answer was clear:… Continue reading The Art of M&A: Small is Beautiful!

I spoke at the APCAM SUMMIT 2023 (held in New Delhi, India from 6-7 May 2023) as a member of the Malaysian Bar Council and Malaysia International Mediation Centre delegation.  The event brought together distinguished Judges, Arbitrators, Mediators, Legal Professionals, Students and Professors from around the world to discuss the latest developments in ADR sector.… Continue reading “Mediation, New Legal Realism And The Multilateral Rules Based Order” paper discussed at the Inaugural Asia Pacific Centre of Arbitration and Mediation (APCAM) SuMMIT held in New Delhi, India from 6-7 May 2023