David Lee is a seasoned corporate lawyer, where he specialises in general corporate matters, capital markets and transactions. With nearly 30 years of experience, he has built a reputation for delivering innovative legal solutions and exceptional client service in order to achieve clients’ objectives and desired end-result. David’s vast experience as a corporate lawyer includes: • Advising initial public offerings (IPO) of shares made by public companies on the Main Market, ACE Market and LEAP Market of Bursa Malaysia; • Advising IPO of units made by a real estate investment trust on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia; • Acting as the Malaysian legal counsel for the IPO of shares made by a Singaporean company on the Main Market of Singapore Exchange (SGX) including attending to compliance legal due diligence exercise on Malaysian subsidiaries and the preparation of prospectus and all relevant documents required for the restructuring of Malaysian subsidiaries under the listing scheme; • Acting as the Malaysian legal counsel for the IPO of shares made by 2 different Malaysian companies on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong; • Acting as the Malaysian legal counsel for the IPO of shares made by a Malaysian company on The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET); • Acted as the Malaysian legal counsel for the IPO of shares made by a group of Malaysian companies on NASDAQ Stock Market; • Advising a sovereign fund which was one of the promoters/shareholders in a company making initial public offering on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia together with the appointed legal advisor for the proposed applicant; • Advising on a foreign investment by a reputable bank in China into a Malaysian bank, which involved the preparation of relevant transaction documents (such as subscription agreement) and attendance to procurement of consent from the Central Bank of Malaysia; • Advising various public companies listed on Bursa Malaysia on their merger and acquisition transactions, which involved legal due diligence and preparation of the transaction documents as well as attendance to compliance requirements on circulars to shareholders and independent advisor’s reports; • Advising mergers and acquisitions (shares and business, assets & goodwill) by local and foreign companies, which necessitated attendance to legal due diligence exercises and the preparation of relevant transaction documents; • Advising the Board of Directors of a licensed investment bank in Malaysia on its proposed disposal of current business and assets to 2 separate and distinct buyer; • Advising the national airline and a low cost carrier on their re-organisation, involving the sale of business, assets and liabilities to a new entity; • Advising on the acquisition of business, assets and goodwill, which involves the assignment of contracts and debts; • Advised a retirement fund on its redemption of medium term notes and redeemable preference shares in its subsidiary; and • Advising several public companies on their capital raising exercise by issuance of types of preference shares, which include the preparation of information memorandum. David has been ranked by various publications as one of the leading capital markets lawyer in Malaysia. He has participated in many speaking engagements, notably, to the Ministry of Finance Inc and start-ups with the co-operation with NEXEA. Currently, he is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM) and ESG Association of Malaysia. He was a Member of the Committee for the Due Diligence Guide and the Lawyers’ Focus Group with Securities Commission Malaysia. David is also a notary public.