29 July 2025

Download PDF

Banking & Finance

Bank Negara Malaysia announces reduction in statutory reserve requirement

Bank Negara Malaysia issues Policy Document on Transfers of Business

Bank Negara Malaysia revises Policy Document on Governance, Risk Management, and Operations for Money Services Business

Competition

Competition regulator launches consultation on proposal to extend block exemption for vessel sharing agreements

Order for mandatory disclosure for drug prices in force

Corporate

MBRS 2.0: What companies need to know about the updated financial reporting platform

Cybersecurity & Data Protection

New Guidelines on Cross-Border Personal Data Transfer

ESG & Public Policy

Malaysia and Singapore to cooperate on cross-border carbon capture and storage

Litigation

High Court allows Singapore International Commercial Court judgment to be registered under REJA

Restructuring & Insolvency

Insolvency vs Arbitration: Landmark Federal Court decision affirms higher threshold for restraining winding-up petition even if debt is subject to arbitration agreement 

Tax

Court of Appeal rules settlement agreement subject to ad valorem stamp duty

Key amendments to Labuan Business Activity Tax Act 1990

New income tax exemptions for Labuan entities announced

Publications

ICLG: Digital Business 2025 (6th Ed) - Malaysia

Practical Law: Litigation and Enforcement in Malaysia (2025)

Global Legal Insights to Cartels 2025 (13th Ed)

The Legal Industry Reviews: Malaysia (Edition 3, April 2025)

Deals

Issuance of take-out medium term notes under asset backed medium term notes programme of up to RM2 billion in nominal value by Semangkuk Berhad

Banking facilities of up to RM33.5 million by OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad to SDK Power Sdn. Bhd.

USD335,000,000 syndicated facilities obtained by Cyan MMA Holdings Pty Limited from a syndicate of lenders

YTL's acquisition of Rainhill Utilities Berhad

Acquisition of five super-specialty hospitals in Malaysia by TE Asia Healthcare

Acquisition of shares in Affin Bank Berhad by the State Financial Secretary, Sarawak

Divestment of medical consulting suite units and car park lots in Kuala Lumpur to Pantai Medical Centre Sdn Bhd

Acquisition of land in Cyberjaya, Selangor for Bridge Data Centres’ development of third data centre, MY02

Development and construction of state-of-the-art assembly & test facility in Penang

Development and construction of integrated circuit assemble and test facility in China

Awards & Rankings

Rahmat Lim & Partners named Jurisdictional Law Firm of the Year (Malaysia) at IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2025

Rahmat Lim & Partners continues to be ranked in Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2025

Rahmat Lim & Partners ranked in Asian Legal Business Intellectual Property Rankings 2025

Rahmat Lim & Partners’ Intellectual Property Practice maintains top tier rankings for trade mark work in Managing IP’s IP Stars 2025

Rahmat Lim & Partners’ Intellectual Property Practice maintains top tier rankings for patent work in Managing IP’s IP Stars 2025

Rahmat Lim & Partners’ Intellectual Property Practice continues to be ranked in IAM Patent 1000 2025

Rahmat Lim & Partners recognised for involvement in multiple deal awards at the FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2024