Mr Gilbert Gan > Zaid Ibrahim & Co (in association with KPMG Law) > Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia > Lawyer Profile
Zaid Ibrahim & Co (in association with KPMG Law) Offices
LEVEL 19, MENARA MILENIUM
PUSAT BANDAR DAMANSARA
50490 KUALA LUMPUR
Malaysia
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Mr Gilbert Gan
Work Department
Gilbert is the Managing Partner of Zaid Ibrahim & Co. and heads the firm’s Corporate Finance & Securities practice group. He is recognised as one of Malaysia’s top 100 lawyers by Asia Business Law, and is regarded by the International Financial Law Review, Chambers & Partners and Asia Law Profiles as a leading lawyer. The Asia Pacific Legal 500 has described him as a first-class practitioner.
Corporate exercises undertaken include:
- Take-Overs and Mergers of public companies including reverse take-overs, and Sales and Acquisitions of private companies and businesses.
- Corporate Restructurings.
- Listings and other equity capital raising on Bursa Malaysia and regional stock exchanges, including Due Diligence.
- Exchange Traded Derivatives such as Structured Warrants.
- Exchange Traded Funds (ETF), Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), Private Equity Funds, Unit Trusts and other Collective Investment Fund schemes.
- Joint Ventures and Foreign Direct Investments.
Position
Managing Partner
Career
Gilbert joined the firm as partner in 2008. Before joining the firm, he worked abroad in one of Singapore’s largest law firms and subsequently in a Malaysian boutique corporate law firm.
Languages
- English
- Malay
Education
- Advocate and solicitor, High Court of Malaya
- Advocate and solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore
- Bachelor of Laws (Honours), National University of Singapore
- Notary Public, Malaysia
Lawyer Rankings
Malaysia > Corporate and M&A
Zaid Ibrahim & Co (in association with KPMG Law) is noted for its capability in advising clients on corporate advisory matters, in addition to M&A, joint ventures and shareholder arrangements, capital markets transactions and corporate restructurings. Gilbert Gan, Tan Wooi Hong, Nadarashnaraj Sargunaraj, Stephanie Choong, Joan Ting Pang Chung, Muhammad Zukhairi Muhammed Salehudin and Mohammad Iliyas Bin Razali collectively lead the team, while Idahani Ismas Ismail left the firm for an in-house role in August 2023.