Corporate Commercial, Corporate Finance, IPOs, M&A, Takeovers, Cross Border Transactions

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.

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).

English, Bahasa Malaysia, Cantonese (spoken), Mandarin (spoken)

Member, the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, England and Wales Member, Malaysian Bar Member, Law Society of Singapore Member, Academy of Law, Singapore

LLB (Hons), University of Leeds (1989); Barrister, of Gray’s Inn (1990)

Mr. Poon is an avid general aviation fan and he obtained his private pilot’s licence in 2004.