Mr Kenny Poon > Jeff Leong, Poon & Wong > Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia > Lawyer Profile
Jeff Leong, Poon & Wong Offices
B-11-8, LEVEL 11, MEGAN AVENUE II
JALAN YAP KWAN SENG
50450 KUALA LUMPUR
Malaysia
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Mr Kenny Poon
Work Department
Corporate Commercial, Corporate Finance, IPOs, M&A, Takeovers, Cross Border Transactions
Position
Mr. Kenny Poon is a Senior Partner and one of the 3 founding partners of the firm. He co-heads the firm’s Corporate, Commercial & Corporate Finance Practice Group and he has been recognised as a leading lawyer in the Corporate and M&A practice areas by Asialaw Profiles and recommended for Corporate and M&A, Capital Markets and Banking and Finance by the Legal 500 in 2012.
Mr. Poon’s practice includes takeovers, mergers and acquisitions, foreign investments, joint ventures, corporate restructurings and initial public offerings and listings. He has experience in privatisation transactions, including selective capital reductions and scheme of arrangements.
He has acted for a large number of leading companies, foreign as well as domestic and has coordinated multijurisdictional transactions through acquisitions, disposals, IPOs, joint ventures and other transactions.
He has advised on aircraft financing, ship financing, technology contracts, franchising, and various commercial contracts. He has also advised foreign banks taking security in Malaysia as part of global financing transactions. He is frequently instructed to issue formal legal opinions and advise on local law and central bank requirements.
In active legal practice since 1991, he has acted in a primary role for IPOs and listings of companies on stock exchanges in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and London and in various M&A transactions involving companies in the Asian region. His clients include commercial and investment banks and other financial institutions in all aspects of corporate finance transactions.
As a founding partner, Mr. Poon has played a pivotal role in building and leading the firm, which has been recognised/recommended by The Legal 500, IFLR1000, Chambers and Asialaw Profiles among other accolades. Mr. Poon also co-heads the firm’s Myanmar Practice Group.
Career
Kenny read law in the United Kingdom and is called to the UK Bar, Malaysian Bar and Singapore Bar. He is one of 3 founding partners of the firm. His other appointments include:
Notary Public,
Investigative Tribunal Panel, Advocates & Solicitors Disciplinary Board (2003 to 2012),
Member, Disciplinary Committee Panel, Advocates & Solicitors Disciplinary Board (2012 to current),
Member, Corporate & Commercial Law Committee, Bar Council (2004 to 2018),
Member, Kuala Lumpur Bar Public Relations and Court Liaison Sub-Committee (2001).
Languages
English, Bahasa Malaysia, Cantonese (spoken), Mandarin (spoken)
Memberships
Member, the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn, England and Wales
Member, Malaysian Bar
Member, Law Society of Singapore
Member, Academy of Law, Singapore
Education
LLB (Hons), University of Leeds (1989); Barrister, of Gray’s Inn (1990)
Leisure
Mr. Poon is an avid general aviation fan and he obtained his private pilot’s licence in 2004.
Lawyer Rankings
Malaysia > Capital markets
The team at Jeff Leong, Poon & Wong is jointly led by Jeff Leong
and Kenny Poon, who draw strengths from experience in representing IPO candidates in capital raising exercises, working with joint ventures, and advising on rights issues. Instructed by clients ranging from SMEs to industrial conglomerates and foreign investors, much of the firm’s work centres on capital markets mandates and stock exchange listings. James Wong, Lee Seen Yin and Seow Wee Loong are also key members of the practice.
Malaysia > Corporate and M&A
‘Always thinking out of the box’, Jeff Leong, Poon & Wong’s practice is well-equipped to handle a range of mandates, including M&A, joint ventures and corporate restructurings, with demonstrable experience across the pharmaceuticals, technology, healthcare and real estate sectors. Jeff Leong, who advises on M&A, joint ventures, venture capital investment and foreign investment transactions, jointly leads the team alongside Kenny Poon, who handles takeovers, debt restructurings and schemes of arrangement.