Ms Moy Pui Yee > Rahmat Lim & Partners > Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia > Lawyer Profile
Rahmat Lim & Partners Offices
SUITE 33.01, LEVEL 33, THE GARDENS NORTH TOWER
MID VALLEY CITY, LINGKARAN SYED PUTRA
59200 KUALA LUMPUR
Malaysia
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Ms Moy Pui Yee
Work Department
Corporate & Commercial, Maritime & Aviation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity
Position
Pui Yee is a Partner and Head of the Firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Department.
Career
Pui Yee is the Head of the Firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Department. Her practice focus is on take-overs, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, foreign investment and corporate and commercial transactions. She has been involved in transactions across a wide range of industries including financial services, energy and power, manufacturing, retail and consumer, hospitality and plantations.
Pui Yee is recognised as Highly Regarded in M&A by IFLR1000. She is also consistently recognised as a Leading Individual in Corporate/M&A by Chambers Global/Asia-Pacific and was described as “a very good lawyer who really knows her stuff”. In The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Pui Yee was recognised as a Leading Individual in Corporate and M&A and noted to be “competent and knowledgeable”.
Prior to joining Rahmat Lim & Partners, Pui Yee was a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services practice at another Malaysian law firm for more than 13 years.
Languages
English and Bahasa Malaysia.
Education
Pui Yee graduated in Economics (with a major in Accounting) in 1988 and in Law in 1990, from Monash University, Australia. She was admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 1992.
Lawyer Rankings
Malaysia > Corporate and M&A
(Leading individuals)Led by Moy Pui Yee, the team at Rahmat Lim & Partners advises its portfolio of domestic and international clients on a broad range of matters, including high-profile M&A transactions across Malaysia and Southeast Asia, in addition to joint venture agreements, reorganisations, privatisations, buyouts, reconstructions and investment. Chairman and senior partner Lim Teong Sit stands out for his expertise in M&A and capital markets transactions in Malaysia, and Chen Lee Won acts for on foreign investments into Malaysia. Team changes include the partner promotion of Eilene Teh and the departure of Yeo Tze Lin in January 2023, as well as the departure of Ho Wei Lih in July 2023, who established Wei Lih Ho & Co., in association with Deloitte Legal.
Malaysia > TMT (including Fintech)
Rahmat Lim & Partners pulls together a well-regarded offering with particular strengths in the negotiating and drafting of sector-specific commercial agreements for issues such as the licensing of telecoms networks, outsourcing and biotechnology. The team is also well-placed to advise on fintech matters with equity crowdfunding platforms and online payment systems standing out as recent areas of activity. A quarter of partners head up the practice: Azman bin Othman Luk 
has significant experience of advising on banking and finance transactions; Wan Kai Chee and Moy Pui Yee are equipped to advise on M&A work; and Pauline Khor is an IP expert with a contentious and non-contentious portfolio of work. Zandra Tan is singled out for her capital markets knowledge. Karen Foong and Penny Wong are further names to note.
Lawyer Rankings
- Corporate and M&A Malaysia
- Leading individuals Malaysia > Corporate and M&A
- TMT (including Fintech) Malaysia
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction