Choi Chuan (Nicholas) Tan
Global Guide 2024
Band 3 : Corporate/M&A
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About
Provided by Choi Chuan (Nicholas) Tan
Practice Areas
Corporate/M&A
Capital Markets
Career
Nicholas’ practice focus is on take-overs, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, foreign investments, joint ventures and corporate and commercial transactions. He has worked on transactions which straddles many industries specifically education, oil and gas, tobacco, healthcare, retail, telecommunication and property development. Nicholas regularly advises clients on privatisation and takeover of public companies. He also advises equity capital markets work including local and foreign IPOs.
Nicholas is consistently ranked in Chambers and Partners Global and Asia Pacific, Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, and the IFLR1000.
He is a member of the China Desk of the firm, who regularly advises and represents Chinese clients (e.g. state-owned entities) in their corporate transactions in Malaysia.
Some key clients are China Railway Engineering Corporation (M) Sdn. Bhd.,a subsidiary of China Railway Group Limited (Property and Construction), Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Playstation Studios Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., a subsidiary of Sony Corporation (Media and Technology), Monash University Australia and Malaysia (Education), British Council (Education) and Scientex Berhad (Manufacturing and Property).
Professional Memberships
•Malaysian Bar
•International Bar Association (IBA)
•China Enterprises Association in Malaysia
Chambers Review
Global
Nicholas Tan (Tan Choi Chuan) moves up the rankings this year. He is a partner with a robust practice advising on acquisitions, divestments and joint ventures in Malaysia.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Nicholas is always responsive and lends a commercial perspective to the legal problem. He is able to work well and remain calm under pressure, which is much appreciated."
"Nicholas is extremely hard-working, has a good grasp of issues, and is experienced in merger and acquisition work. Also, he possesses the ability to provide good and practical solutions to ensure commercial objectives are achieved, by ensuring the smooth completion of transactions."
"Nicholas is always responsive and lends a commercial perspective to the legal problem. He is able to work well and remain calm under pressure, which is much appreciated."
"Nicholas is extremely hard-working, has a good grasp of issues, and is experienced in merger and acquisition work. Also, he possesses the ability to provide good and practical solutions to ensure commercial objectives are achieved, by ensuring the smooth completion of transactions."
Articles, highlights and press releases
3 items provided by Shearn Delamore & Co
We are pleased to announce that Shearn Delamore & Co. has yet again been ranked in the Chambers Global Guide for the year 2022.
Doing Business in ASEAN: Why Malaysia Should Be Your Choice
You are invited to join this webinar entitled “Doing Business in ASEAN: Why Malaysia Should Be Your Choice” on 2nd December 2021, Thursday at 4:00pm (Malaysian time).
Shearn Delamore Ranked in IFLR1000 2021-2022
We are pleased to announce that Shearn Delamore & Co. has been ranked Tier 1 in Malaysia for M&A by IFLR1000 2021-22. The firm’s Banking and Finance, Capital Markets and Project Development practices have also been recognised in this edition.
We are pleased to announce that Shearn Delamore & Co. has yet again been ranked in the Chambers Global Guide for the year 2022.
Doing Business in ASEAN: Why Malaysia Should Be Your Choice
You are invited to join this webinar entitled “Doing Business in ASEAN: Why Malaysia Should Be Your Choice” on 2nd December 2021, Thursday at 4:00pm (Malaysian time).
Shearn Delamore Ranked in IFLR1000 2021-2022
We are pleased to announce that Shearn Delamore & Co. has been ranked Tier 1 in Malaysia for M&A by IFLR1000 2021-22. The firm’s Banking and Finance, Capital Markets and Project Development practices have also been recognised in this edition.
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