Mike Lee Seang Yik

Mike Lee is a partner of the Corporate Commercial and the Real Estate Practice of the Firm.

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Mike’s practice areas cover mainly general corporate and commercial matters, including the conduct of legal due diligence exercises, real estates, assets and business acquisition, corporate advisory and the drafting and reviewing of various commercial agreements.

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Mike further has extensive experience in advisory on personal data protection, foreign exchange control regulations and represents venture capitals, private equities and local governmental linked setups on grants and investments in start-ups.

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Mike is recognised as Recommended Lawyer in the area of Corporate and M&A by Legal500 Asia Pacific in its 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 Publications.

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Professional Associations 

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Deputy Head, Legal Bureau, Youth Section of the Federation of Chinese Associations, Malaysia (2017-2019)

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Notable Highlights 

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• Advised on the disposition of assets and business by a local oil and gas business service provider to a major player from the United Kingdom.

• Advised on the disposition of the entire equity of a radio station company to a fully integrated media company in Malaysia.

• Advised a local leading advertising agency in a television and radio advertisement airtime purchase and profit sharing agreement with total minimum guarantee amount of RM165million.

• Advised and prepared IT documentation for software and mobile app development, licensing, software and hardware supply and maintenance and service levels for private corporations.

• Acted for a local bank and its Labuan branch in granting term loan facility of USD40million and USD23.5million to finance the acquisition of aircrafts by an oil and gas multinational company.

• Advised on compliance with the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 and conducting privacy impact assessment and compliance exercises.

• Advised on facility and security documentation for loan granted by a Malaysian government investment arm to various local companies in the creative industries.

• Advised a venture capital firm in its equity investment in a local tech-start-up which provides virtual assistance services and cloud point-of-sale, inventory and customer relationship management system.

• Diverse experience in handling various corporate and commercial matters, including preparing legal opinions and drafting and reviewing various commercial agreements.

• Advised on real estate and property transactions and prepared documentation relating to commercial and residential property conveyance transactions, retail loans and leases/tenancies, site access agreement, sale and leaseback scheme.