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Weng Hwee Tay

Weng Hwee Tay

Asia-Pacific 2026

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Ranked in 2 practice areas

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Asia-Pacific

Practice Areas

Corporate and M&A

Banking & Finance

Real Estate & Construction

Equity Markets

Personal

A mergers & acquisitions practitioner, Weng handles the more complex transactional work at the firm.

"Especially good at devising practical solutions to issues", Weng heads the Mergers & Acquisitions department, advising local and international clients on various high-value transactions. He also handles real estate joint ventures and development, equity capital markets, debts and corporate restructurings, banking and finance, corporate advisory, and general commercial transactions.

Weng was recently recognised in the “Hall of Fame” for Real Estate and Construction and Corporate and M&A practices and was also ranked as a "Leading Partner" in Capital Markets practice in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025 rankings. He is ranked as a “Distinguished Practitioner” in the asialaw 2025 and was recently ranked “Band 4” in Corporate/M&A and “Band 3” in Real Estate in the Chambers Asia-Pacific 2026 rankings. In 2024, Weng Hwee was noted as one of Malaysia’s Top 100 lawyers in The A-List by the Asia Business Law Journal. He was also recently ranked as “Highly Regard” for M&A practice area in the IFLR1000 2024 Ranking.

Work Highlights

Acted in Khazanah Nasional Berhad’s and Sun Life Assurance Company’s acquisition of a majority stake in CIMB Aviva Assurance Berhad and CIMB Aviva Takaful Berhad, and the joint venture between Khazanah Nasional Berhad’s and Sun Life Assurance Company’s.

Advised on transfer of NPLs from Malayan Banking Berhad to Maybank Islamic Berhad.

Advised Bank of America Berhad on sale of NPLs.

Acted for LSG Asia GmbH in their acquisition and subsequent disposal of their stake in Brahim’s LSG Sky Chefs Holdings Sdn. Bhd., the holding company of the airline catering unit LSG Sky Chefs-Brahim’s Sdn. Bhd.

Acted for Dongwha Group (Korea) is a series of acquisitions making Dongwha one of the largest MDF manufacturer in the world.

Acted for Sapura Petroleum Berhad in their acquisition of Clough’s marine construction business in Australia, Singapore, the UK and the US.

Acted for Sapura Resources Berhad in their acquisition and development of a prime piece of real estate in KLCC, and their joint venture with KLCC Holdings Sdn Bhd. Acted for FASTrack Autosport Pte. Ltd. in a joint venture with UEM Land Berhad to develop Motorsport City in Iskandar Malaysia.

Advised on loan and security documents for a facility granted to NGC Energy Sdn. Bhd. (a joint venture between the National Gas Company (S.A.O.G) and Kumpulan Perangsang Selangor Berhad). The facility was to finance the acquisition of Shell Malaysia Trading Sdn. Bhd.’s Liquefied Petroleum Gas business and assets.

Acted for Scomi Group Berhad in the issuance of convertible redeemable secured bonds to IJM Corporation Berhad

Chambers Review

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Chambers Asia & Pacific

Real Estate - Malaysia

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial
Tay Weng Hwee is a partner at Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill and is based in Kuala Lumpur. He has a robust practice advising on the sale and acquisition of real estate.

Corporate/M&A - Malaysia

Band 4
Band 4

Individual Editorial
Tay Weng Hwee leads Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill's corporate law group in Malaysia. He has a busy legal practice encompassing corporate restructuring and IPO listings, including those on the LEAP Market, as well as M&A across a range of sectors.

Strengths

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  • He is very responsive and practical.

    Corporate/M&AChambers Asia & Pacific

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Asia-Pacific Region

Malaysia

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