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Provided by Bella Chu Chai Yee
Corporate and M&A
Real Estate & Construction
Banking & Finance
Bella advises on mergers & acquisitions in various industries, with a focus on real estate transactions where she advises numerous leading developers on direct and indirect acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, restructurings, and development projects. Bella also advises financing matters and regularly acts for clients ranging from international financial institutions to investment funds in cross-border financing, mezzanine financing, and offshore lending. Her financing practice is a mix of cross-border finance work and equity capital markets work, including rights and bonus offering, warrant issuance, and private placements.
Before transitioning to corporate practice, Bella started her practice in the dispute resolution department of the firm. With prior experience advising on banking and insolvency litigation and high-value recovery and enforcement actions, Bella brings a litigation-informed, strategic approach to corporate advisory where she routinely assists clients with restructuring strategies, asset sales, and disposals and acquisitions in distressed scenarios.
Clients have described Bella as being 'able to work around non-straightforward situations’ and have commended her for her 'attention to detail and risk evaluation'. In the Chambers Asia-Pacific 2026 rankings, Bella is ranked as a Band 3 practitioner in the Real Estate practice. She has also been recently ranked as a “Leading Partner” for Corporate and M&A, Real Estate and Construction, and Capital Markets by The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2025. She is also recognised as a “Highly Regarded” practitioner in the IFLR1000 2024 rankings for the Mergers & Acquisitions, and Real Estate practices. Bella has been named “Distinguished Practitioner” by asialaw 2025 for Corporate M&A and Real Estate practices
Real Estate
Acted for MRT Corporation in various topside development including its joint development with the Sunway Group for a mixed-use development which will be fully integrated and seamlessly linked with the ICQ Complex and Bukit Chagar RTS Station, which directly connects Johor Bahru and Woodlands North Station in Singapore.
Acted for KLIA Aeropolis in their built and lease of special purpose use engine test cell and MRO Facility for GE Aerospace within the Selangor Aero Park.
Acted for UEM Sunrise Berhad in numerous joint venture transactions for the development of lands in Kuala Lumpur, including their joint development with Mega Legacy Equity Sdn Bhd for the development known as Kiara Bay.
Acted for Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd in respect of their real estate financing and investment in development projects in Malaysia, including their joint venture with ITOCHU for the development of lands in Kuala Lumpur and acquisition of industrial properties in Selangor.
Acted for KIP REIT in their acquisition and leaseback of industrial properties in Pulau Indah, Selangor.
Acted for Fastrack Pte Ltd in respect of the development of Motorsports City, including advising on project management agreements and relevant regulatory approvals.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Acted for Lianson Fleet Group Berhad in its acquisition of equity stakes in various vessel operation companies across multiple jurisdictions in South East Asia.
Acted for Bharat Serums and Vaccines Limited, Indian pharmaceutical company backed by global private equity firm Advent International, in their acquisition of pharmaceutical and medical devices distributors in Malaysia.
Acted for HSS Engineers Berhad in their acquisition of SMHB Engineering, a leading engineering consultancy firm in the water development sector, and their rights issue exercise to raise funds for the acquisition.
Acted as the Malaysian counsel for Apollo Management VIII, LP in their acquisition with Platform Specialty Products Corporation for the entire equity interests of OM group, Inc.
Acted for Messer Group GmbH and Smart-Gas Pte. Ltd in their acquisition of an industrial gas manufacturer and distributor in Malaysia including advising on relevant licenses and approval required for the transaction.
Capital Markets
Acted as the Malaysian legal counsel for Super Hi International Holding Ltd, being the overseas unit of Haidilao International Holding Limited, in the internal restructuring of its Malaysian subsidiaries (which includes Hai Di Lao Malaysia Sdn Bhd) and its listing on HKSE as well as Nasdaq.
Acted for WCE Holdings Berhad, the concessionaire of West Coast Expressway, in their rights issue exercise to fund the construction of the expressway.
Acted for Sapura Energy Berhad in their RM4 billion rights issue of Islamic redeemable convertible preference shares and establishment of executive share option scheme.
Acted as legal adviser and due diligence solicitor for Lim Seong Hai Capital Berhad, whose chairman is Tan Sri Lim Keng Cheng, in its listing on the LEAP market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad and subsequently the transfer of its listing to ACE market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.
Acted as legal adviser and due diligence solicitor for Sancy Berhad, whose chairman is Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Shahril Shamsuddin, in its listing on the LEAP market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.
Provided by Chambers
Provided by Chambers
She is well versed with market trends and changes.
Bella is wonderful. She understands her clients very well and provides services in accordance to her client's preference. She is patient and is able to deliver even with robust timelines.
She is well versed with market trends and changes.
Bella is wonderful. She understands her clients very well and provides services in accordance to her client's preference. She is patient and is able to deliver even with robust timelines.