Consultation Paper No. 1/2021 on the Proposed Amendments to the Main Market and ACE Market Listing Requirements in relation to Director's Appointment and Independence.

Corporate Social Responsibility ("CSR") is a strategic management concept through which a company achieves a balance of economic, environmental and social

Contracts serve as the cornerstone of business transactions and establish the rights and responsibilities of all parties involved.

March 2020 is a month that will be remembered by every Malaysian, if not just for the next few decades but in history.

When it comes to risk management, the adage "Failing to plan is planning to fail", rings truer than most. Risk management is vital in any business, and when a more cost-efficient and customisable

In CNLT (Far East) Berhad (In Liquidation) v Maybank Investment Bank Berhad & Anor, the Court of Appeal struck out a Notice of Appeal filed by the Liquidators of CNLT (Far East) Berhad on the ground that no prior leave of Court ...

In Dato' Seri Timor Shah Rafiq v Nautilus Tug & Towage Sdn Bhd [2019] MLJU 405, the High Court considered for the first time the new section 41A of Malaysia's Arbitration Act 2005

In our previous article, we discussed measures a company should consider taking in response to a data breach.1 In this article, we will expand the discourse to the potential liabilities a company...

Craig Shepherd and Arnold Hoong have recently published an article in the Global Arbitration Review's Asia-Pacific Arbitration Review 2023 on the contractual effects of sanctions on construction projects.

In 2016, the Company, facing serious financial difficulties, was forced to retrench the Appellants from service with the Company ("the retrenchment exercise"). At the time...

The Malaysia Competition Commission ("MyCC") has recently imposed financial penalties for RM1.04 million against 7 warehouse operators ("Parties") for engaging in a price-fixing cartel.

A company releases emissions into the air or builds a factory that pollutes a nearby river. The company is prosecuted in the criminal courts.

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (‘the Exchange') issued a media release on 23 February 2021 to announce amendments to the Main Market Listing Requirements (‘Main LR')...

A scheme of arrangement is essentially an agreement made between a financially distressed company and its creditors on a debt-restructuring exercise to aid the company in paying its debts.

Loob is a company incorporated in Malaysia.

When starting a business, entrepreneurs are often overwhelmed by a lot of things - developing the business, structuring the company, finding investors, securing funding...

Retention sum is a sum retained by an employer against interim sums payable to the contractors for work done and will be released to the contractor...

Under the laws of most jurisdictions, directors of a company are duty-bound to act in the best interest of the company. Traditionally, fulfilling this duty meant that directors would need to have regard...

Section 120 (1) and (2) of the National Land Code (Revised 2020) ("NLC 2020") states that the state authority ("State Authority") is accorded with the power to alienate land...