Jeff Leong

WORK DEPARTMENT

Corporate Finance & Securities Law, Corporate M&A, Takeovers, Joint Ventures

POSITION

Jeff is a Senior Partner and one of the 3 founding partners of the firm. He has extensive experience in representing various IPO candidates and public listed companies in capital raisings and other corporate exercises on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange and Singapore Stock Exchange including IPOs, Rights Issues and Bond Issues. Jeff also has experience acting in domestic and cross-border merger and acquisition transactions, joint ventures, venture capital investment and foreign investment transactions in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Australia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Jeff was instrumental in developing the firm's highly regarded reputation in corporate securities and investment law in Malaysia and was involved in establishing industry standards and best practice for due diligence in respect of submissions to the Securities Commission under the Capital Markets and Services Act (formerly known as the Securities Commission Act). He is regularly requested to undertake legal due diligence work in mergers and acquisitions, investment and securities offerings by both foreign investors and domestic Malaysian companies.

CAREER

Jeff is trained as an advocated and solicitor in Singapore and called to the Bar in Malaysia in 1991. His other appointments include: External Lecturer, Nanyang Technological Institute (now Nanyang Technological University), Singapore on Company Law (1987) and Company Law/Contract Law (1988); Malaysia Representative, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Symposium on International Trade Law 1995; ASEAN Editor and Singapore Correspondent, ASIAN LAW JOURNAL, Hong Kong (1993-1995); Chairman, ASEAN SCHOLARS DIVISION, ASEAN BUSINESS FORUM, Jakarta, Indonesia (1994-1996); Fulbright-Hays Visiting Scholar to the United States (1997); International Copyright Fellow, Japan (2000/2001) Council.