Jeffery Wong Yi Liang
- Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions
- Real Estate
- Technology, Media & Telecommunications
- Banking & Finance
- Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya
- Bachelor of Laws (Hons) LL.B, University Malaya
Jeffery Wong Yi Liang
Jeffery is one of the founding partners of the firm. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws with Honours from University Malaya in 1994 and was admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 1995. After admission to the Malaysian Bar, he was employed by Messrs Raja, Daryl & Loh as a legal assistant in the civil litigation department. In 1998, he left to join Messrs Thomas Philip, Kwa & Lou as a partner and practised general civil litigation. Jeffery set up the Firm in 1999 with Viki.
His areas of practice include general commercial and corporate litigation, employment and industrial disputes, contractual claims and disputes, building and construction claims, land matters, housing and strata management claims, defamation claims and defence, bankruptcy and insolvency, and family matrimonial disputes. He has represented clients at all levels of the Malaysian courts.
Over the years, Jeffery’s area of practice has also expanded to include drafting, reviews, negotiations and advising on corporate and commercial transactions amongst others joint venture arrangements, sale and purchase of shares and assets including due diligence exercises, shareholders agreements, sale and purchase of technical pigging tools and service agreements franchise agreements, distributorships and supply agreements and software development and subscription agreements.
Real Estate
- Advised real estate developers, financial institutions, and state authorities in relation to private lease scheme in a special development region of Medini, Iskandar, Johore.
- Advised a Malaysian public listed financial institution on its innovative home ownership financial product based on the Islamic concept of Ijarah.
- Advised a Malaysian real estate developer on its acquisition of 100% stake in a subsidiary of a Hong Kong public listed company undertaking a real estate development prior to completion of its construction progress at the point of acquisition.
- Advised a Malaysian private investor on its acquisition of 60% stake in multiple real estate development projects through a special purpose vehicle at the total consideration of RM223m in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
- Advised a Malaysian real estate developer on its acquisition of 100% stake in a company to undertake a development in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia together with construction of various infrastructure and relocation of squatters and pylons at the total consideration of RM276m.
- Advised a Malaysian real estate developer on its joint venture with company with rights over a land through a privatisation agreement with the Government of Malaysia at the total contract value of RM385m.
- Advised a Malaysian company on its proposed acquisition of a shopping mall at a total consideration of RM350m located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate and Commercial
- Advised a Malaysian public listed company on its acquisition of 51% stake in a Company operating an online overseas e-commerce (China) procurement service platform.
- Advised a Malaysian public listed company on the development, licensing and sale of a tokenisation service solution for e-commerce transactions’ payment with Malaysia’s shared payments network infrastructure company.
- Advised a Malaysian public listed company on the licensing of a proprietary card payment processing software with adaptive issuer risk-based authentication for implementation in various financial institutions in Malaysia.
- Advised a Malaysian public listed company forming part of a consortium with a Malaysian state government entity in its bid for a digital bank license with the Bank Negara Malaysia.
Healthcare
- Acted as local counsel together with US counsels to advise and negotiate a USD$10m tripartite settlement deal with a US and Malaysian party in relation to a medical device product dispute.
- Advised a Malaysian company on its expansion of business in healthcare and medical products to 27 European countries through a 65% stake in a special purpose vehicle incorporated in Dublin, Ireland.
- Advised a Malaysian public listed company on its intellectual property rights and obligations in relation to its manufacturing agreement with an Australian public listed company.
- Committee Member, Bar Council Future in Technology Committee (2018 – 2023)
- Member, Malaysia-New Zealand Chambers of Commerce (2022 – present)
- Deputy Chair, Kuala Lumpur Bar IT Committee 2019/2020
- Co-Author, The Real Estate Law Review by Law Business Research Ltd, 12th Edition 2023
- Contributor, World Bank Group’s Doing Business in Malaysia 2021
- HHQ’s Malaysia Real Estate Guide 2021/2022
- “Highly Regarded”, IFLR1000 2024-2025 (34th edition).
- “Notable” firm in M&A and Capital Markets (Equity), IFLR1000 2024-2025 (34th edition).
- Key lawyer in “Corporate and M&A”, Legal 500’s Southeast Asia 2023/2024 edition.
- Key lawyer in “Real Estate and Construction”, Legal 500’s Southeast Asia 2023/2024 edition.
