
Gilbert Gan
About
Provided by Gilbert Gan
Practice Areas
Corporate Finance
Derivatives and Equity/Equity-Linked Structured Products
Funds, including ETFs, REITs and Private Equity
Mergers and Acquisitions
Career
Gilbert is the Managing Partner of Zaid Ibrahim & Co and heads the firm’s Corporate Finance & Securities practice group. He is recognised as one of Malaysia’s top 100 lawyers by Asia Business Law, and is regarded by the International Financial Law Review, Chambers & Partners and Asia Law Profiles as a leading lawyer. The Asia Pacific Legal 500 has described him as a first-class practitioner. Most recently, he was selected as Commended External Counsel of the Year 2021 by In-house Community Commended Counsel, (2021).
Corporate exercises undertaken include:
Take-Overs and Mergers of public companies including reverse take-overs, and Sales and Acquisitions of private companies and businesses.
Corporate Restructurings.
Listings and other equity capital raising on Bursa Malaysia and regional stock exchanges, including Due Diligence.
Exchange Traded Derivatives such as Structured Warrants.
Exchange Traded Funds (ETF), Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), Private Equity Funds, Unit Trusts and other Collective Investment Fund schemes.
Joint Ventures and Foreign Direct Investments.
Gilbert joined the firm as partner in 2008. Before joining the firm, he worked abroad in one of Singapore’s largest law firms and subsequently in a Malaysian boutique corporate law firm.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Gilbert Gan is the managing partner at Zaid Ibrahim & Co. He has a solid reputation for acting on a range of corporate matters in Malaysia, including acquisitions, divestments and corporate restructuring.
Gilbert Gan is the managing partner at Zaid Ibrahim & Co. He has a solid reputation for acting on a range of corporate matters in Malaysia, including acquisitions, divestments and corporate restructuring.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Gilbert is our primary contact point for M&A, ECM and advisory matters. He is experienced, user-friendly and highly respected in the market."
"He is a very senior and experienced corporate lawyer."
"Gilbert is our primary contact point for M&A, ECM and advisory matters. He is experienced, user-friendly and highly respected in the market."
"He is a very senior and experienced corporate lawyer."
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