Here at LCWCo., we provide results-oriented advice to navigate our clients through their unique challenges, ensuring that all advice rendered are strategically tailored to their specific needs and desired outcomes.
With a team of highly-experienced lawyers, we provide clients with legal solutions that span across multiple practice areas and regions.
We provide legal advice that covers the full spectrum of equity financing, from initial public offerings, rights issues, equity bridge financing, private placements, to secondary offerings and reverse takeovers.
We work closely with financial institutions across a wide range of debt capital market products, ranging from debt issuance programmes such as bonds, sukuk, issuances and listing of structured warrants and more.
We provide advice to ensure that all your corporate and commercial law requirements are adhered to, with business agreements and frameworks being both commercially viable and legally enforceable.
Whether you need tailored capital raising solutions for complex financing or expert advice on various loan transactions, including syndicated and Islamic financing, our team, backed by our role on the panel of Malaysia's largest domestic banks, is here to help.
We engage in transactions across South East Asia and Asia Pacific, with clients including leading listed companies, private equity firms, financial institutions, multinational corporations and more.
With a deep understanding of the evolving regulatory landscape and a commitment to sustainable development, we support clients in navigating the complexities of financing environmentally-friendly projects.
Power and Energy Law addresses legal issues in energy production and distribution, focusing on regulatory compliance, energy contracts, and environmental impact. It ensures legal and sustainable management of energy resources.
Our services cover a broad range of restructuring strategies, including debt rescheduling, debt-to-equity swaps, property set-offs, and settlements via the issuance of private debt securities.
Ensure adherence to regulations and guidelines issued in relation to ESG, and focus on maximising your long-term economic stability and growth.
Our firm is trusted by developers, lenders, property owners, investors, private individuals, and corporations. We provide expert guidance and support for a wide range of real estate transactions, ensuring professionalism and precision in meeting our clients' diverse needs.
In Feb 2024, Lily Tan Chea Li, formerly one of the founders, joint managing partner, head of Corporate/Commercial/Equity Capital Markets practices, and head of her own Banking/Finance/Islamic Finance/Debt Capital Markets teams at Albar & Partners, joined LCWCo. as the new Managing Partner
Together with Lily are our new partners: Cassandra Hogg, who leads our Corporate, Commercial, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Equity Capital Markets practices; and Abraham Teh and Niv Lee, who co-head our Banking, Islamic & Project Finance, Debt Capital Markets, and Environmental, Social & Governance practices. They are supported by two additional partners and seven associates. This dynamic team significantly enhances our ability to provide top-tier legal services and innovative solutions to our clients.
With this new dynamic comes a fresh new outlook to the LCWCo. brand, while retaining our core principles and philosophy.
Our clients are paramount. We are committed to excellence in providing bespoke legal advice and services to our clients.
We are pro-active, progressive and adaptable to changing and critical circumstances.
We listen to our clients’ needs, understand their goals, and strive hard to achieve them.
We team up with committed lawyers and staff to generate the best results for our clients.
We continuously develop our infrastructural resources to enhance our performance and delivery.
Our people are our assets – we enhance talents with the seamless support of a team that allows effective utilisation of the accumulated knowledge, experience and legal expertise in various areas of law.
Explore the key metrics that underscore our legal teams’ excellence and profound impact. These deals reflect our unwavering commitment to delivering superior results and maintaining the highest standards in the legal field.
144a/ Reg S/ Biggest IPO across the world
“Lily Tan is a highly experienced lawyer and has strong commercial drive. She is solution-oriented.”
Chambers and Partners Asia Pacific Guide 2023
Leading Individual for Corporate/Commercial Equity Capital Markets – Malaysia
“Lily Tan (Tan Chea Li) is a market leader in Equity Capital Markets matters, frequently acting for issuers on IPOs and other equity issuances. A client describes her as having “answers at her fingertips for the most difficult issues, and good connections.”
Chambers and Partners Asia Pacific Guide 2023
Leading Individual for Corporate/Commercial Equity Capital Markets – Malaysia
“Lily Tan (Tan Chea Li) is a well-respected practitioner who regularly advises on the issuance of Shari’a-compliant and conventional MTN programmes, including sukuk. She also handles asset financing deals.”
Leading Individual
Banking & Finance – Malaysia
“She (Cassandra Hogg) has worked on numerous transactions and therefore is able to advise us and guide us well in our deals.”
Chambers and Partners Asia Pacific Guide 2024
Band 3: Corporate/Commercial: Equity Capital Markets – Malaysia
“Cassandra Hogg Samuel is “knowledgeable, hard-working and provides fast turnaround time,” according to one client. She is respected in the market for her work advising Malaysian issuers on IPOs”
Chambers and Partners Asia Pacific Guide 2023
Corporate/Commercial: Equity Capital Markets – Malaysia
Lily was featured as Highly Regarded Leading Lawyer and Women Leaders for Capital Markets, Banking, and M&A.
IFLR1000: Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms (2023 edition)
Cassandra was recognised as a Highly Regarded Leading Lawyer for M&A
IFLR1000: Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms (2023 edition)
Abraham was recognised as Notable Practitioner for Capital Markets, Banking and Islamic finance.
IFLR1000: Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms (2023 edition)
Cassandra Hogg was featured as Rising Star for Capital Markets: Debt & Equity, Financial Services Regulatory and Project Finance.
IFLR1000 2015 – 2019
Niv Lee was recognised as Rising star partner for Banking and finance, Capital markets: Debt.
IFLR1000: Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms (2023 Edition)
LCWCo. is listed as one of the Malaysia’s leading financial law firm. In addition, the Managing Partner, Ms Lily Tan Chea Li, was also featured as Elite Practitioner for Banking and finance and Capital markets
Asialaw Profiles 2014 (18th Edition)
“Lily Tan Chea Li and Cassandra Hogg and their team of associates are highly capable and have sound knowledge in the legal matters/issues that were highlighted to them. They were able to explain and break down complex issues into something that is easily understood by the client.”
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2014 Edition)
Malaysia’s Leading Financial Law Firm
“Lily Tan Chea Li has in-depth industry knowledge. She is very candid, straightforward and able to come up with solutions to issues and provide value-added advice.”
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2014 Edition)
Malaysia’s Leading Financial Law Firm
“Lily Tan Chea Li has the two key attributes that we are looking for – strong technical expertise as well as good business acumen. She is always a pleasure to work with, given her positive attitude, cooperative approach and overall friendliness”
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2014 Edition)
Malaysia’s leading Financial Law Firm
“Lily Tan Chea Li is a very experienced lawyer who has provided valuable services to the industry for more than 20 years.”
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2014 Edition)
Malaysia’s Leading Financial Law Firm
“Lily Tan Chea Li is a great partner who reverts in a timely manner.”
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2014 Edition)
Malaysia’s Leading Financial Law Firm
“Lily Tan Chea Li is a very strong lawyer.”
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2014 Edition)
Malaysia’s Leading Financial Law Firm
“Cassandra Hogg was instrumental in coordinating the information gathering, providing a very in-depth yet practical approach in various issues, particularly matters dealing with relevant authorities.”
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2014 Edition)
Malaysia’s Leading Financial Law Firm
“Niv Lee Chiw Poh is meticulous, consistent.“
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2014 Edition)
Malaysia’s Leading Financial Law Firm
Niv Lee was recognised as one of the winners
LegalOne Stellar Accolade Southeast Asia 2024
Lily Tan was recognised as one of the winners
LegalOne Stellar Accolade Southeast Asia 2024
Lily Tan is listed as one of the top lawyers in Malaysia – a definitive “A-List” of the Malaysia’s legal profession, in the areas of Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Environment, M&A and Power & Energy
Asia Business Law Journal 2024
Lily Tan is recognised by The Legal 500 Hall of Fame in the areas of Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate/ M&A and Islamic Finance
The Legal 500 2024
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