Malaysia

Founder Lee Choon Wan established Lee Choon Wan & Co. in 1992, offering clients a broad range of legal services in various fields and locations. The firm's active practice areas encompass banking and finance, capital markets, corporate m&a, project development, and restructuring.  

In Feb 2024, Lily Tan Chea Li, formerly one of the founders and joint managing partner at Albar & Partners, joined Lee Choon Wan & Co. as the new managing partner. 

Highlights 

The firm boasts an esteemed reputation in the equity capital markets, consistently offering sophisticated legal counsel that spans the entire gamut of equity financing, encompassing initial public offerings, rights issues, equity bridge financing, private placements, and secondary offerings, as well as intricate reverse takeovers. Recent highlights include acting as the legal counsel for 99 Speed Mart Retail Holdings in its initial public offering on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia, the largest IPO in Malaysia in the past seven years. 

In addition, the firm is equipped to handle intricate financing matters and provide professional guidance on various types of loan deals, including syndicated and Islamic financing.  

The firm was involved in transactions throughout Southeast Asia and Asia Pacific in the corporate industry, serving prominent listed companies, private equity firms, financial institutions and multinational corporations.