Malaysian law firm Adnan Sundra & Low (ASL) has expanded its corporate offerings with the addition of M&A partner Liza Uma and banking and finance partner Yong Wee Hoo.

Zaid Ibrahim & Co has advised Axiata Group, the largest Asian telecommunications group, on its dual offering of $500 million 10-year trust certificates and $1 billion 30-year senior notes, with Clifford Chance and Adnan, Sundra & Low representing the arrangers and the bookrunners.

ZICO Law’s Malaysian firm, Zaid Ibrahim & Co, has welcomed back Jonathan Lim Hon Kiat as a partner in its corporate practice Kuala Lumpur from local boutique Koh Dipendra Jeremiah Law (KDJ Law), where he led the fintech practice.

Kuala Lumpur-headquartered Zaid Ibrahim & Co has welcomed Dato’ Firoz Hussein Ahmad Jamaluddin as a senior litigation partner at the firm from Hafarizam Wan & Aisha Mubarak.

Wong & Partners has represented Malaysia's BIMB Holdings Bhd on its $884 million purchase of a 49 percent stake in Bank Islam, the country's oldest and largest standalone Islamic bank, from the Dubai Financial Group and Lembaga Tabung Haji.

Malaysia’s largest law firm by headcount, Zaid Ibrahim, has rebranded its regional offering under the moniker ZICOlaw and named Singapore as its regional hub all in an effort to establish itself as an ‘Asean brand’

Clifford Chance and Zaid Ibrahim have helped Japan’s Oji Paper acquire Malaysian paperboard manufacturer, GS Paper & Packaging for an estimated US$200m.

Two of Southeast Asia’s largest law firms, Singapore’s Allen & Gledhill and Malaysia’s Zaid Ibrahim & Co, have terminated the strategic alliance they forged only two years ago.