Investment & Law Reform

Strategic guidance for market entry, cross-border investment, regulatory strategy and law reform. We help clients move from structure to implementation with clarity, control and commercial precision.
 
We support domestic and international clients across the full investment and reform lifecycle, from early-stage structuring and regulatory mapping to documentation, stakeholder engagement, operational readiness and implementation.
 
Our team advises on inbound and outbound investment, foreign direct investment, business set-up, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, licensing, governance frameworks, PDPA compliance, DPO services, policy development and legislative reform.

We work closely with clients operating in regulated, cross-border and high-stakes environments, providing legal clarity and commercially practical solutions where investment, regulation, governance and public policy intersect.

Capabilities

  • We advise Malaysian and international clients on market entry, expansion and cross-border investment planning, including entry strategy, investment structuring, stakeholder alignment, implementation sequencing, governance and control arrangements, profit repatriation, exit readiness, risk allocation and dispute-prevention mechanisms.
  • We support clients in establishing and operationalising their business presence in Malaysia and other jurisdictions, including incorporation, branch establishment, corporate secretarial coordination, constitutional documents, shareholder arrangements, governance frameworks, banking readiness and operational legal requirements.
  • We also assist with commercial readiness, including standard templates, contracting workflows, signing matrices and delegation of authority to support scalable business operations.
  • We advise on cross-border acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic partnerships and investment arrangements from term sheet stage through completion.
  • Our work includes drafting and negotiating term sheets, memoranda of understanding, shareholders’ agreements, joint venture agreements, investment documentation, due diligence coordination, red-flag reporting, transaction risk mapping, risk mitigation and post-completion governance support.
  • We assist clients in navigating regulatory frameworks and engaging with authorities in a practical and commercially aligned manner.
  • Our support includes regulatory mapping, licensing pathway advice, sequencing and readiness planning, preparation of submissions and supporting documents, engagement support with relevant authorities and stakeholders, and the development of compliance frameworks, SOPs, internal controls and board reporting structures.
  • We advise on personal data protection, information governance and outsourced Data Protection Officer support.
  • Our services include PDPA gap assessments, remediation roadmaps, privacy notices, SOPs, incident response playbooks, DPO-as-a-Service, breach readiness, notification protocols, privacy-by-design support, vendor onboarding, Data Protection Impact Assessments, data sharing and cross-border transfer advisory, and contract support for data protection arrangements.
  • We advise public-sector, statutory and institutional clients on legal reform, policy development and regulatory modernisation.
  • Our work includes review and amendment of statutes and subsidiary legislation, drafting of consultation papers, policy papers, proposed legislative amendments, explanatory statements, stakeholder consultation inputs, regulatory impact analysis, implementation planning, benchmarking studies and special projects requiring discretion, rapid turnaround and senior oversight.
  • Advised and acted for Desan Shipyard, a Turkish shipyard active in shipbuilding, ship repair and conversion, on transaction structuring and negotiation of key commercial terms for a proposed joint venture involving its Malaysian operating vehicle, Henry The Black Shipyard, and Straits of Melaka Waterfront Economic Zone Corporation. The engagement included advice on the establishment and governance of the project SPV, Enrique of Malacca Shipyard Sdn. Bhd., for an integrated shipyard-led development within the Melaka waterfront economic zone, with an estimated project value of RM1.8 billion.
  • Advised and acted for MD NETA Engineering & Constructions LTD, a Turkish engineering and construction group involved in coastal, port and shipyard structures, on Malaysia market entry and mobilisation. Our scope included branch set-up support, preparation and review of operational documents, foreign contractor registration and licensing facilitation with CIDB Malaysia, and coordination of permitting and customs clearance workstreams required for mobilisation.
  • Advising FINAS, the government agency established under the National Film Development Corporation Malaysia Act 1981, on proposed amendments to Act 244. The work focuses on legal and regulatory alignment for industry development, governance and enforcement strengthening, the digital content landscape, technological developments and workforce welfare safeguards in the creative industry.

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Afif Che Had

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afif@nzchambers.com

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