Financial Services Regulation

Abdullah Chan & Co is widely recognised as a leading legal adviser in the financial services sector, having acted as transaction counsel on several of the largest M&A deals involving financial institutions in Malaysia. Our team is committed to delivering strategic, comprehensive, and practical legal solutions to clients operating in this complex and rapidly evolving industry.

We advise on a broad range of financial services matters, including:

• Securities Regulation: Advising on the issuance, listing, and trading of equity and debt securities, as well as compliance with securities market regulations
• Collective Investment Schemes: Assisting with the establishment, operation, and regulatory compliance of mutual funds, unit trusts, and other collective investment vehicles
• Financial Institutions Regulation: Providing regulatory guidance to banks, insurance companies, and other financial entities on licensing, compliance, and regulatory investigations
• Corporate Finance: Advising on corporate transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, capital raisings, and financial restructurings
• Debt Capital Markets: Structuring and advising on the issuance of debt instruments, including bonds, sukuk, and loan notes
• Structured Finance: Advising on asset-backed securities, project finance structures, and other complex financial arrangements
• Derivatives and Structured Products: Legal support on trading, clearing, settlement, and regulatory compliance for derivatives and structured products

Our lawyers combine in-depth knowledge of the Malaysian regulatory landscape with international best practices to provide tailored advice that helps clients manage risk, seize opportunities, and achieve their strategic goals.

• Acting as transaction counsel for the borrower, in a facility for the cross-border purchase and operations of one (1) Dassault Falcon 8X aircraft where the primary security for the facility is a mortgage over the aircraft (Ongoing).

• Advising a Malaysian company in relation to the financing of Bombardier Global 5000 Aircraft with Sabah Development Bank for the Term Loan Facility of up to RM121,500,000 (Ongoing).

• Advised a syndicate of lenders led by Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad, RHB Bank Berhad, Maybank Investment Bank Berhad and Export-Import Bank of Malaysia Berhad on a RM1.1 billion project financing of a ferrosilicon smelting plant in the Samalaju Industrial Park, Sarawak.

• Advised Standard Chartered Bank Singapore on its US$115.0 Million Islamic Murabahah Facility to Baitak Asian Real Estate Fund I (Labuan) Limited, Kuwait Finance House and Pacific Star Investments Singapore to fund the Kuala Lumpur Pavillion project secured against inter alia Islamic Qardhul Hasan Loans.

• Advised Maybank Berhad on the RM175.0 Million Syndicated Term Loan and Bridging Finance to Paramount Corporation Berhad for acquisition of land and construction of Kemuning Utama new housing township.

• Advised Danaharta Managers Sdn Bhd a government linked debt restructuring agency on the sale of loan accounts and receivables by way of tender bid.

• Advised TNB Engineering Corporation Sdn Bhd in its AED87 million contract financing for work done for ‘Manazel New City’ project in Abu Dhabi.

• Advised BNP Paribas Najmah, Labuan on its Kafalah documentation for an offshore financing out of Labuan.

• Advised Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ on its Kafalah documentation.

• Acted as Malaysian Law Counsel to a foreign financier providing Pre-Delivery Payment (PDP) financing to a Malaysian commercial air operator.

• Acted as Malaysian counsel for Lenders in relation to a Pre-Delivery Payment Financing as well as the financing for the aircraft purchase, to a Malaysian listed entity, in relation to the proposed purchase of a new private jet.

• Acted as Malaysian counsel for Lenders in relation to the financing of a used private jet.

• Advised a Malaysian helicopter operator on a syndicated financing facility for its new fleet of aircraft.

• Advised a Malaysian entity on the proposed discharge of existing security and termination of existing facility, to enable the Malaysian company to enter into a sale of its private jet.

• Advising a Malaysian operator on the proposed global re-financing and new financing for its proposed new fleet of aircraft.
  

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