A company is controlled by the majority shareholders under the majority rule principle. This is a fundamental aspect of corporate democracy and corporate governance.

The manufacturing industry in Malaysia is governed by the Industrial Co-ordination Act 1975. The Industrial Co-ordination Act 1975 imposes several requirements on companies...

A director has primary responsibility to manage the affairs of the company and has both the fiduciary duties and statutory duties to act in the best interests of the company.

For much of last year, the United States witnessed a decoupling of Wall Street from Main Street.

Our Tasha Lim discusses the High Court's decision in Cescon Engineers Sdn Bhd v Pesat Bumi Sdn Bhd and another case [2022] 9 MLJ 79 with respect to adjudicators' powers.

Other than providing a speedy dispute resolution mechanism, the Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 ("C IPAA 2 0 1 2 ") offers another feature – confidentiality.

Facts By a Shareholders'Agreement, UEM Group Berhad formerly known as United Engineers (Malaysia) Berhad (UEM) and Genisys Integrated Engineers Pte Ltd (‘the Appellant') agreed...

In a first prosecution of its kind since the enactment of the corporate liability offence for corrupt practices, the corporate entity, Pristine, was also charged under Section 17A of the MACC Act.

Our Partner, Wong Keat Ching and Associate, Wong Yen Ni, from our Employment & Industrial Relations practice group have successfully acted for PETRONAS ("the Company") in an unfair dismissal claim...

On 17 November 2023, it was announced that OpenAI's board had made the decision to remove Sam Altman as CEO. The board said that Altman "was not consistently candid in his communications" ...

In this recent decision, the Court of Appeal considered, for the first time, the issue of distribution of the surplus assets of a Special Purpose Acquisition Company ("SPAC") upon its voluntary winding-up...

The Firm acted for a corporate licensed Moneylender in an appeal against the High Court decision in Summerhay Development Sdn Bhd v Ivory Ascent Sdn Bhd (2020 1 LNS 1491 and 2020 MLJU 1549)...

In October 2019, research and consultancy firm Oxford Economics expected the number of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions in Malaysia to increase up to 221 deals in 2020

You have entered into a preliminary agreement with another party for an agreed purchase price to acquire a target company pending execution of a definitive agreement

On 15 June 2021, Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad announced amendments to the Rules of Bursa Malaysia Securities and the Directives of Bursa Malaysia Securities to enhance the discretionary trading framework for securities ...

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As of November 29th, 2022, Malaysia is the newest member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership ("CPTPP", also known as "TPP11").

The number of company insolvencies in Malaysia has turned substantial of late. When a company is on the brink of insolvency...

The burden is on the buyer to satisfy himself or herself as to the value or quality of the goods, or shares, that he or she is purchasing.

The legal system in Malaysia recognized companies as separate legal personalities from its officers, directors or shareholders.