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Kadir Andri & Partners Offices

Suite A-38-8, Level 38, Menara UOA Bangsar
5, Jalan Bangsar Utama 1,
59000 KUALA LUMPUR
Malaysia
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Kadir Andri & Partners > The Legal 500 Rankings
Malaysia > Corporate and M&A Tier 2
The corporate and M&A group at Kadir Andri & Partners handles a wide variety of transactions, including takeovers, de-mergers and selective capital reduction exercises, with particular sector strengths in banking, insurance, oil and gas and telecoms. Founding partner and practice head Tan Kong Yam provides corporate advisory expertise and has significant experience in equity capital markets. Samuel Hong is noted for his strength in corporate restructuring, as well as for assisting private equity and venture capital firms on inbound investment.
Practice head(s):
Other key lawyers:
Key clients
Maybank Group of Companies
DRB-Hicom Berhad
Sime Darby Plantations Berhad
Maxis Berhad
MRCB Quill Management Sdn Bhd
Decathlon Malaysia Sdn Bhd
Touch n Go Sdn Bhd
Ramsey Sime Darby Healthcare Sdn Bhd
Petronas Group
HL Cement (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
Work highlights
- Advised DRB-HICOM on its disposal of a large portion of its non-core property assets and its entire hospitality portfolio for a consideration value of RM1.9 billion.
- Advised Integrated Logistics Berhad (the ultimate holding company of Integrated Logistics (H.K.) Limited (“ILHK”)) in its disposal of its equity interest in entire equity interest in Integrated Etern Logistics (Suzhou) Co. Limited (“IEL (Suzhou)”) to SWJ CN Logiport PTE LTD (“SWJ”) for a consideration of RMB334 million.
- Advised HL Cement (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, Ridge Star Limited (both as joint offerors) and Hong Leong Asia Ltd (as the ultimate offeror) on its unconditional voluntary take-over offer of Tasek Corporation Berhad.
Malaysia > Capital markets Tier 3
Kadir Andri & Partners advises a range of issuers, underwriters, financiers and both domestic and international institutional investors. The capital markets department has a strong track record of equity transactions, including public and private offerings, IPOs and international offerings. The group also assists with conventional and Syariah-compliant debt securities. Founding partner Tan Kong Yam heads the wider corporate practice; he has extensive experience of ECM, and REITs matters.Practice head(s):
Other key lawyers:
Key clients
Maybank Group of Companies
DRB-Hicom Berhad
Sime Darby Plantations Berhad
Maxis Berhad
MRCB Quill Management Sdn Bhd
Decathlon Malaysia Sdn Bhd
Touch n Go Sdn Bhd
Ramsey Sime Darby Healthcare Sdn Bhd
Petronas Group
HL Cement (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
Work highlights
- Assisted Murud Capital Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary and special purpose vehicle of Sentral REIT with the issuance of commercial papers (CP) and/or medium-term notes (MTN) (collectively the CP/MTN) programme of up to RM450 million in nominal value.
Kadir Andri & Partners > Firm Profile
The firm: Kadir Andri & Partners (KAAP) was established under the name Kadir Kassim & Co. in 1976. Since its inception, KAAP has established itself as a premier legal firm of stellar reputation in Malaysia and abroad. KAAP has acted on some of the most prominent and complex transactions in Malaysia and is recognised for its ability to deliver innovative legal solutions. The firm consistently ranks in the top brackets of various industry surveys.
Each practice group is led by accomplished partners who have distinguished themselves in their particular fields of expertise and have the specialist legal skills, industry experience and regional know-how to deliver commercially astute and practical solutions. KAAP’s clients, which include government entities, sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions, investment funds, multinationals, and companies of all sizes across a diverse range of industries in and outside Malaysia, value the firm’s ethics, enterprise and energy as a trusted advisor.
Areas of practice: KAAP specialises in the following areas of practice: corporate and M&A, capital markets, banking and finance, energy, infrastructure and utilities and corporate and debt restructuring.
With respect to its corporate and M&A practice, KAAP has advised on many transactions encompassing a wide range of structures and techniques, including acquisitions of companies and businesses, takeover offers, demergers, schemes of arrangement and selective capital reduction exercises. The firm has considerable experience in the privatisation of public companies by way of innovative legal structures.
The capital markets practice has garnered many accolades in the marketplace for its notable work on public and private securities offerings, initial public offerings, Rule 144A and Regulation S offerings, Sukuk issuances and other private debt securities.
KAAP offers a full range of legal services in banking and finance, and has considerable experience in the structuring and documentation of a variety of financing transactions, both conventional and Shariah compliant. The firm is regularly engaged in transactions relating to structured finance, securitisation, leveraged buy-outs, syndicated financing and acquisition financing. The firm has also advised on complex and innovative deals especially those involving Shariah compliant structures. In addition the firm is actively involved in project financing having advised on the financing of large infrastructure and utility projects such as highways as well as power projects.
KAAP has considerable experience in the area of concessions, public-private initiatives, projects and construction work and is also very well versed with the oil and gas sector having advised on various matters related to production sharing agreements, offshore drilling contracts, mining and prospecting contracts. In the utilities sector, the firm has extensive experience in many subsectors including water, energy and waste water.
KAAP handles dispute resolution work at both trial and appellate level and also advises clients in alternative dispute resolution processes. The dispute resolution practice has considerable experience in areas such as employment, construction, defamation, receivership, corporate disputes and commercial and international arbitration.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Corporate and M&A | Tan Kong Yam | ||
Corporate and M&A | Samuel Hong | ||
Corporate and M&A | Julian Hashim | ||
Corporate and M&A | Ahlan Nasri Nasir | ||
Corporate and M&A | Chin Wee Sing | ||
Capital Markets | Tan Kong Yam | ||
Capital Markets | Julian Hashim | ||
Capital Markets | Chin Wee Sing | ||
Banking and finance | Dato' Andri Aidham Badri | ||
Energy, infrastructure and utilities | Dato' Andri Aidham Badri | ||
Energy, infrastructure and utilities | Ahlan Nasri Nasir | ||
Restructuring and insolvency | Tan Kong Yam | ||
Restructuring and insolvency | Julian Hashim | ||
Restructuring and insolvency | Wong Kah Hui | ||
Dispute resolution | Wong Kah Hui |
Staff Figures
Number of lawyers : 30Languages
English Malay Mandarin and other Chinese dialects- Corporate and M&A