Tay Chambers is a full-service law firm established in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
We offer a comprehensive suite of legal services under three main practice areas, namely
(i) Dispute Resolution & Litigation;
(ii) Real Estate & Conveyancing; and
(iii) Corporate, Commercial & Business Advisory
Each of our practice areas has its own sub-practice areas which are headed by
seasoned practitioners ready to address each of our clients’ concerns.
We recognise that the legal issues of this era may cover various practice areas and jurisdictions. In this regard, we regularly work with international law firms and experts from, amongst others, Australia, the People’s Republic of China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, United Kingdom and the United States to meet our clients’ expectations and to deliver a seamless and practicable legal solution to our clients.
We also provide a comprehensive range of Corporate Secretarial services to both private and public companies as well as registration of foreign companies or branch. Our corporate secretarial team is headed by a licensed company secretary with more than 27 years of experience. We regularly advise and guide businesses on matters relating to incorporation and setting up a business in Malaysia / registration of a foreign entity, licensing requirements, protection of intellectual property and employment law issues.
Focusing on providing practical and innovative legal solutions for our clients, we strive to deliver top-notch legal services to support their business needs and assist our clients to achieve the best results.
“If you know the enemy and know yourself,
you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.”
Our top-notch litigators are skilled in litigating before the Malaysian courts. Our practice helps our clients to resolve disputes in line with their business strategies and find ways to litigate effectively. We also make every effort to assist our clients in negotiating and resolving disputes amicably in their early stages.
We handle both general and complex real estate & property transactional matters. Our lawyers have a wealth of experience from drafting and negotiating sales and purchase agreements, to advising on land amalgamation and acquisition matters. Tay Chambers is also often entrusted for the advisory and structuring of joint development ventures between local and foreign developers on residential and commercial developments throughout Malaysia.
We recognise that the real estate and conveyancing landscape in Malaysia requires the filling out of plenty of forms and paperwork and that this would be a daunting task for many. Our team at Tay Chambers are ready to assist our clients in all their real estate matters, whether they are buying, selling, leasing or transferring properties.
We also regularly advise developers on property development matters including strata management, management corporation and common estate matters.
We support our clients by providing business-driven legal solutions on the legal, regulatory and compliance landscape in Malaysia. Our corporate & commercial practice team leverages on the team’s in-depth experience in corporate advisory and transactions to deliver pragmatic and practical advices to our clients by, amongst others, advising our clients on every legal aspect of establishing and carrying on a business in Malaysia from initial establishment and licensing requirements to initial public offering and privatisations.
We also have experience in advising on employment issues that arise in the workplace, sale and purchase of shares, businesses and assets, initial public offering, franchising laws, and protection of intellectual property rights.
We also assist our clients in obtaining the relevant licenses and approvals from governmental agency and regulators for their businesses - be it the education sector, healthcare sector, manufacturing sector, financial services sector, energy sector, technology, media and telecommunication sector or the hospitality and tourism sector industry.
We recognise that family and relationship matters are complicated, sensitive and sometimes confidential. These matters can further affect every aspect of an individual's life and therefore, they have to be handled delicately, privately ad prudently.
At Tay Chambers, we provide personalised, practical and pragmatic solutions with an ultimate objective to protect our clients’ rights, as well as preserving the best interests of the children. We are committed to representing and supporting our clients' needs throughout the entire process.
Debt Recovery is the most specialised sub-practice area in our firm. We have proven track records on our successful representation and collection of debt for and on behalf of our clients.
Some notable transactions handled by us in 2021 include:-
Our top-notch litigators are skilled in litigating before the Malaysian courts. Our practice helps our clients to resolve disputes in line with their business strategies and find ways to litigate effectively. We also make every effort to assist our clients in negotiating and resolving disputes amicably in their early stages.
Managing Partner
Tay commenced his early legal practice in one of the largest real estate & conveyancing law firms in Johor Bahru. Tay thereafter joined one of the largest commercial law firms in Malaysia, where he was mainly involved in a broad range of civil, commercial and banking litigation works which include contractual and commercial disputes, debt recovery, banking and insolvency matters, winding-up proceedings and defamation suits. Geared with his extensive conveyancing & litigation background, his portfolio has gradually expanded to the other practice areas.
At Tay Chambers, his portfolio focuses on corporate, commercial and business advisory works as well as commercial and banking litigation. Tay regularly advises clients across the Asia Pacific region on a variety of corporate and commercial matters, including mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, joint ventures and other commercial transactions.
His noteworthy clients include a number of publicly listed companies in Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and the People’s Republic of China as well as one of the largest banking & financial institutions in East Asia.
Tay also has in-depth experience in contractual and commercial disputes, debt recovery, banking and insolvency matters, and winding-up proceedings.
His other practice areas are defamation, land disputes, divorce and family law, and wills & probate.
Partner
At Tay Chambers, Cassandra’s works focuses on commercial and civil litigation. Her practical experience consists of commercial and contractual disputes, shareholders disputes, general debt recovery, bankruptcy, and enforcement and execution proceedings. She has also acted for clients in a broad range of real estate matters, including acting for developers in matters relating to late delivery of vacant possession, and land disputes.
Cassandra is also experienced in corporate and conveyancing matters and has advised and structured numerous corporate transactions (including joint ventures and share sales), real estate transactions (including application of State Consent and Bumiputera release for land), and financing transactions (including corporate loans) for both international and local clients.
Having started her legal career as a litigation lawyer with a boutique law firm, she has brought her diverse legal knowledge and skills in different areas of law to craft distinctive and effective legal strategies and advice for her clients. The diversity of her practice areas enables Cassandra to handle the full range of legal needs that clients may face.
