We are Ghazi & Lim, a legal firm established in 1992 and practising nationwide in Malaysia in all disciplines and aspects of Malaysian legal practice. Presently we have forty-three lawyers, fourteen of whom are partners, and more than 100 support staff operating from our offices in Penang, Butterworth, Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bahru.
A brief list of the areas of practice currently undertaken by the firm is set out below:-
Corporate
- Reconstruction and amalgamation
- Acquisition, takeovers and mergers
- Public Issue and listing of public companies
on the Bursa Malaysia - Joint Venture and Shareholders Agreement
- Venture Capital
Banking
- All types of loans and borrowings including international loan agreements and loan syndication
- Bills of exchange
- Debt securities
- Equity and equity type securities
- Leasing
- Credit factoring
- Offshore financing
- All types of security documentation
Commercial
- Sale and purchase of businesses
- Equipment leasing
- Insurance
- Partnership matters
Islamic Finance
- Commodity Murabahah (Tawarruq)
- Istisna’
- Ijarah
- Bai’ Bithaman Ajil
- Bai’ Al-‘Inah
- Musharakah Mutanaqisah
- Bai’ al-Dayn
Real Estate
- Real Estate Conveyancing
- Sale and Purchase of Property
- Housing Projects
- Resort Development
- Joint Venture Development
Intellectual Property
- Registration of Trade Marks
- Franchising
- Licensing
- Technical Assistance Agreements
Labour
- Labour disputes
- Employment law
- Immigration
- Work permits
Trust & Estate Work
- Probate and Administration involving local administration of estates as well as foreign jurisdictions.
- Wills
- Setting up and winding up of trusts
Civil Litigation
- Corporate litigation
- Commercial litigation including sale of goods
- Banking litigation including foreclosure actions
- Debt recovery, bankruptcy and winding up proceedings
- Defamation, libel and slander
- Contentious probate work
- Landlord and tenant disputes and eviction of squatters
- Credit card cases
- Labour and industrial disputes
- Land acquisition, ratings and planning appeals
- Intellectual property including trade marks, trade secrets, copyright, patents infringement and breach of confidentiality
- Maritime litigation
- Personal injury litigation
- Divorce
- General litigation work
- Trust litigation
Quasi Criminal Litigation
- Offences under the Penal Code
- Coroners Inquest
- Customs
- Environmental offences
Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Mediation and Dispute Resolutions
- Arbitrations