Malaysian law firms Chooi & Company and Cheang & Ariff will merge to form a new firm with a headcount of about 80 lawyers. The new entity will be known as Chooi & Company + Cheang & Ariff.

Sidley, A&G, Links advise on $2.5 bln sale of SG building to Qatar fund, Wong & Partners, Cheang & Ariff on Zurich Insurance’s takaful buy, and more in this week’s Southeast Asia deals table.

Wong & Partners has advised Zurich Insurance Company on its 525 million ringgit ($130 million) acquisition of Malaysia’s MAA Takaful Berhad from MAA Group Berhad and Solidarity Group Holding BSC