The digital currency industry in Malaysia received long-awaited clarity sought by many entrepreneurs and investors when on 15.1.2019 digital assets were finally recognized as securities under the Capital Markets and Services ...

On 27 March 2020, the IMF officially declared that the global economy has entered a recession as a result of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic which has shut down the economic activities across the world.

When a company goes into liquidation, the appointed liquidator takes on the crucial task to manage the assets of the wound-up company, investigate the affairs of the company...

Companies operate under the principle of ‘majority rule', where decisions made by the majority shareholders prevail to reflect corporate democracy.

In the dynamic landscape of modern business, and as entrepreneurs and startups continue to multiply, the avenue for companies to raise funds from the public have emerged as a prominent strategy.

A Shareholders' Agreement is a legally binding contract among the shareholders of a company.

Kok Chee Kheong provides an overview of the recent measures introduced to boost retail investment in bonds and sukuk in Malaysia.

In this modern era, more individuals and companies have started to make their mark in other countries.

In most circumstances, parties to a construction project would elect which standard form of contract they wish to apply to their project and thereafter execute the same.

As Asia Pacific's preferred international business and financial centre, Labuan International Business and Financial Centre (Labuan IBFC) provides businesses and private clients an ideal balance of fiscal neutrality ...

On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organisation officially characterised the Covid-19 outbreak as a pandemic.

Opening a foreign branch office in China requires careful planning and compliance with a range of legal requirements.

With the persistent demand for rapid development, the need for foreign workforce in numerous sectors has been growing by day, especially for hard-labour jobs.

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" ...

The full implementation of the CRS by OECD in 2018 is aimed at preventing tax evasion by implementing the process of global automatic exchange of information between CRS-participating jurisdictions.

In October 2013, a company known as Instant Bonus Development Sdn Bhd applied for and obtained financial facilities from Malaysian Building Society Berhad.

Today's business environment is changing rapidly, driven by consumer preferences, customer and market channel structure changes and evolving supply chain challenges.