Fook Weng YEE is an advocate and solicitor admitted to practice in both Singapore and West Malaysia.
Graduating from the National University of Singapore in 1995, he trained with the law firm of Allen & Gledhill in Singapore before moving on to practice with Khattar Wong & Partners. Fook Weng then practised for a number of years with the firm of K M Chye & Murad, an established corporate law firm based in Kuala Lumpur, where he headed its Corporate and Securities Practice Group.
Fook Weng is a founding – and current – senior partner of Murad Yee Partnership for more than 15 years.
Takeovers, mergers & acquisition transactions feature prominently in Fook Weng’s legal practice and his transactional experience includes being involved in a number of successfully completed bank mergers (including the worldwide merger of UOB-OUB), public listed company takeovers and large cross-border corporate acquisitions / disposals.
In the area of restructuring, Fook Weng has acted for statutory restructuring agencies and institutions like Danamodal Nasional Berhad and Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Berhad, as well as public listed companies in relation to various restructuring schemes – including those involving the Corporate Debt Restructuring Committee (CDRC) and Section 176 of the Companies Act 1965 (now Section 366 of the Companies Act 2016).
With regard to initial public offerings (IPO), Fook Weng has played a key role in several noteworthy listings, including as the lead partner for the successful listing of the first Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) – Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad – on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad in 2011 and the subsequent completion of its cross-border Qualifying Acquisition. In addition, Fook Weng has served as a coach for the Malaysian Government’s Coach & Grow maiden “Go IPO” Programme, which is aimed at guiding and developing local businesses towards IPOs and the global markets.
As part of a broad range of corporate and securities portfolio engagements, Fook Weng has also been actively involved in private equity / venture capital investment transactions – including acting for major government-owned / funded venture capital and private equity funds like Malaysia Venture Capital Management Berhad (MAVCAP), MSC Venture Corporation Sdn Bhd (MSCVC), Agensi Inovasi Malaysia (AIM) and Malaysian-Industry Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT).
Besides being recognized by international publications such as The Asia Pacific Legal 500 for his work, Fook Weng has also been identified by the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Asialaw Leading Lawyers surveys for his practice in the field of “Mergers & Acquisitions” within the Asia-Pacific region and has been categorized as a “Highly Regarded Leading Lawyer” in the IFLR1000 2023/24 edition.
On the legal professional body front, Fook Weng currently serves as a member of two Malaysian Bar Council committees.
- Capital markets: Equity
- M&A
- Private equity
- Consumer goods and services
- Oil and gas
- Tech and telecoms
- Singapore and West Malaysia
- LL.B (Hons), National University of Singapore, (1995)