Wan Kai Chee
Partner
Kai Chee’s areas of practice spans capital markets, investment funds, private equity, FinTech, and mergers and acquisitions.
Kai Chee is the Head of the Firm’s Financial Services Department and has been involved in mergers, restructurings, schemes of arrangement and vestings, capital reductions, initial public offerings, take-overs, acquisitions, and other corporate exercises.
He has experience in cross-border and domestic transactions, and also advises on foreign direct investment into Malaysia, joint venture/shareholder arrangements, various commercial contracts, company and securities laws, fund and collective investment scheme formation, and Labuan and insurance laws. Listings he has worked on include the establishment of real estate investment trusts (REITs), and listings in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and London.
Kai Chee is recognised as Highly Regarded in Capital Markets by IFLR1000.
Kai Chee is concurrently a partner in Allen & Gledhill, the Firm’s associate firm in Singapore
Work Highlights
- Acted for a Singapore-listed company in its acquisition of FinTech related assets in Malaysia.
- Acted for Nikko AM on the passporting of its retail unit trust fund into Malaysia.
- Acted for a large China-based group in relation to its residential project in Malaysia.
Publications
- Securities Commission Malaysia widens access, offers more choices in fund management - New framework introduced for Foreign Exempt Schemes and enhancements to Offering of Wholesale Funds
- Securities Commission Malaysia paves the way for trading of fractional shares - Revised guidelines enable greater access, affordability and inclusivity for retail investors
- Securities Commission Malaysia issues guidelines to strengthen technology risk management of capital market entities
- SC issues revised Guidelines on Recognized Markets
- SC issues revised Licensing Handbook
- The Securities Litigation Review (9th Ed, 2023): Malaysia
- Bursa Malaysia enhances listing requirements to facilitate offering of Islamic REITs and ETFs with waqf features
- Bursa Malaysia amends Main Market Listing Requirements in relation to structured warrants framework
- Bursa Malaysia amends Business Rules and Listing Requirements to facilitate operations on “surprise holidays”
- Securities Commission issues revised Guidelines on Recognised Markets
- Bursa enhances sustainability reporting requirements in Listing Requirements
- Bursa Malaysia launches Voluntary Carbon Market Exchange
- Securities Commission Malaysia issues new Guidelines on Islamic Capital Market Products and Services
- Bursa Malaysia to launch voluntary carbon market exchange by year-end
- Securities Commission Malaysia issues revised Guidelines on Unlisted Capital Market Products under Lodge and Launch Framework
- Securities Commission Malaysia releases framework on Sustainable and Responsible Investment Linked (SRI-Linked) Sukuk
- Malaysia Content Forum revises Communications and Multimedia Content Code
- Content Forum revises Communications and Multimedia Content Code
- Malaysia’s Joint Committee on Climate Change issues application guide for task force on climate-related financial disclosures
- Joint Committee on Climate Change issues application guide for task force on climate-related financial disclosures
- Securities Commission Malaysia issues revised Guidelines on Unlisted Capital Market Products under Lodge and Launch framework
- Bank Negara Malaysia sets out requirements to be met by financial advisers
- Recipients of five digital bank licences from Bank Negara Malaysia to undergo period of “operational readiness” prior to commencement of operations
- The Securities Litigation Review (8th Ed, 2022): Malaysia Chapter
- Bursa Malaysia seeks public feedback on enhanced sustainability reporting framework
- MCMC releases information paper on regulating cloud services
- Bursa Malaysia launches programme to enhance growth and performance of public listed companies
- Federal Court rules regulator has discretion to maintain listing of wound-up company
- Bursa Malaysia issues updated corporate governance guide
- BNM seeks to encourage digital innovation in new proposed licensing framework for digital insurers and takaful operators
- SC issues revised guidelines on unit trust funds
- SC revises SPAC framework to facilitate greater access to fundraising in Malaysia
- BNM issues exposure draft on payment system operator
- SC issues revised guidelines on unit trust funds
- Bursa Malaysia becomes one-stop centre for ACE Market IPOs and prospectus registration
- SC invites public feedback on sustainable and responsible investment taxonomy
- SC revises SPAC framework
- Bursa Malaysia issues updated corporate governance guide
- Securities Commission Malaysia issues Corporate Governance Strategic Priorities 2021-2023
- Malaysia introduces cloud service regulation to increase accountability for user data security and sustainability of services
- Bank Negara Malaysia issues exposure draft on financial reporting for Takaful operators
- BNM issues policy document on recovery planning
- BNM issues policy document on merchant acquiring services
- Bank Negara Malaysia issues policy document on merchant acquiring services
- Bank Negara Malaysia issues exposure draft on bancassurance / bancatakaful arrangements
- Securities Commission Malaysia revises guidelines on sustainable and responsible investment funds
- Securities Commission Malaysia issues guidelines on offer of shares by unlisted public companies
- Bank Negara Malaysia issues anti-money laundering policy on non face-to-face verification processes by money services businesses
- Amendments to Malaysia Capital Markets and Services Act 2007 in effect 1 July 2021
- Bursa Securities introduces new directive on pilot market making programme for eligible stocks
- BNM issues exposure draft on electronic money
- The Securities Litigation Review (7th Ed, 2021): Malaysia Chapter
- Securities Commission Malaysia updates Code on Corporate Governance to promote board leadership and oversight of sustainability
- Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission announces first corporate liability charge in relation to bribery
- Securities Commission and Bursa Malaysia to grant waiver for companies seeking to list
- Bursa Malaysia amends Main Market and ACE Market Listing Requirements on public security holding spread
- Federal Court dismisses appeal on whether guidelines issued by Labuan Financial Services Authority were ultra vires section 7(6) of Labuan Companies Act 1990
- Bank Negara Malaysia issues Policy Document on Licensing Framework for Digital Banks
- Securities Commission Malaysia announces enhanced general mandate for pro rata rights issue to expedite secondary fund raising for eligible listed issuers
- Bursa Malaysia expands market making framework
- Securities Commission Malaysia announces enhanced general mandate for pro rata rights issue to expedite secondary fund raising for eligible listed issuers
- Securities Commission Malaysia issues guidelines on digital assets
- Bank Negara Malaysia issues policy document on risk management in technology
- The Securities Litigation Review (6th Ed, 2020) : Malaysia chapter
- First cryptocurrency dispute in Malaysia
- Securities Commission Malaysia issues Guidelines on Advertising for Capital Market Products and Related Services
- Bursa Malaysia amends Main and ACE Market Listing Requirements to facilitate application of specified corporate exercises via electronic means
- Bank Negara Malaysia issues exposure draft on Licensing Framework for Digital Banks
- COVID-19 Response: FAQs applicable for board and shareholders' meetings
- Securities Commission Malaysia liberalises regulation on private retirement schemes to enhance competitiveness of the industry
- Labuan Business Activity Tax Act amended to improve assessment on chargeable profits
- Listed companies must introduce anti-corruption measures from 1 June 2020
- Bursa Malaysia conducts public consultation on proposed amendments to listing rules relating to anti-corruption, whistleblowing and digitisation of corporate exercises
- The Securities Litigation Review 2019 (5th Ed, 2019): Malaysia chapter
- Securities Commission Malaysia seeks public feedback on proposed initial coin offering and property crowdfunding frameworks
- New Labuan Business Activity Tax (Requirements for Labuan Business Activity) Regulations prescribe new rules for Labuan entities
- Bank Negara Malaysia issues policy document on investment-linked business
- Bursa Malaysia issues amendments in relation to exchange-traded funds
- Companies Commission of Malaysia issues practice note clarifying rectification of lodged and registered documents
- Securities Commission Malaysia issues clarification on short selling in relation to a rights issue exercise
- Malaysian goods and services tax rate reduced to 0% with effect from 1 June 2018
- Bursa Malaysia amends Main Market Listing Requirements to enhance regulatory framework for collective investment schemes and business trusts
- Securities Commission Malaysia issues Guidelines on implementation of targeted financial sanctions relating to proliferation financing for capital market intermediaries
- Bank Negara Malaysia issues policy document for digital currencies
- Bank Negara Malaysia issues discussion paper on responsibility mapping
- Malaysian Inland Revenue Board issues updated Mutual Agreement Procedure Guidelines
- Bank Negara Malaysia issues exposure draft on Interoperable Credit Transfer Framework
- Malaysia Securities Commission initiates aFINity Innovation Lab for Alternative Trading System
- Malaysian Securities Commission issues new guidelines for SRI Funds