A Malaysian team within an international firm

dMTV - de Masi Taddei Vasoli, co-ordinated by our internal of-counsel, Mrs Chin Chin Sia, qualified in both Malaysia and England & Wales, supports foreign companies that work in or with Malaysia and Singapore.

Diversity, rule of law and opportunities in finance and technology

Both Countries are of great interest for foreign players, in consideration of their stable and developed economies, financial capability, rule of law, arbitration centres and substantial respect of intellectual property rights.

Singapore is with Hong Kong one the main financial hubs of the entire Asia-Pacific region, with opportunities and top standards in virtually any industry and legal sector, from banking to insurance, from maritime to arbitration.

Both Singapore and Malaysia invest massively in education, which allows their citizens to master at least three languages, including Chinese and English. Malaysia is a federal State that enjoys enormous cultural richness from the various ethnicities that compose the nation and where foreign business is welcomed and protected. The Country is safe and advanced in services and infrastructures. Malaysia is rich in oil, gas, tin, timber, palm oil, rubber and is a net exporter of finished products. Malaysia’s GDP enjoys a growth trend of 4-5% per annum - despite its current decline due to the international financial crisis -, also thanks to remarkable foreign investments and new technologies, as in Iskandar Malaysia and in the Multimedia Super Corridor.

ASEAN, China, India and Muslim Countries

Singapore and Malaysia are members of ASEAN like Vietnam, which allows foreign companies in those jurisdictions to a relatively easy access to neighbouring markets throughout South East Asia and China, as well as relatively close-by India or other Muslim Countries in the region, notably Indonesia.

Practice areas in Malaysia and Singapore

1. •International and domestic contracts;
   

2. •Company and commercial (incorporation, company structures, shareholders’ agreements, mergers and acquisitions, split-ups, business transfers);
   

3. •Start-ups;
   

4. •Debt recovery;
   

5. •Intellectual property rights;
   

6. •Dispute resolution.