Website: www.taychambers.com
Tay Chambers is a full-service Malaysian law firm with headquarters at Johor Bahru and branches at Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Batu Pahat, Johor.
We offer a comprehensive suite of legal services under four main practice areas, namely
(i) Dispute Resolution & Civil Litigation;
(ii) Criminal Litigation;
(iii) Real Estate Law & Conveyancing; and
(iv) Corporate, Commercial & Business Advisory
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 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.
About Tay Chambers
Founded in 2020
60 people in their team
Practice areas
Languages spoken
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Practice areas
Banking & Finance
Lawsuits & Disputes
“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.
Real Estate
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.
Energy, Environment & ESG
Business
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.
Family
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.
Corporate & Commercial
Bankruptcy & Debt
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:-
- Successfully represented a creditor in a debt recovery for RM18 million in respect of tender of projects relating to a mixed development of residents and commercial projects
- Successfully represented multiple creditors in debt recovery for over RM30 million (in 1 year) in respect of services provided and works rendered to an oil and gas company
- Advising on matters connected with financial fraud and forgery to recover approximately RM6 million
- Successfully represented multiple Small and Medium Enterprises, recovered and realised commercial debt for over RM4.8 million (in 1 year)
Employment & Labor
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.
Our Partners and Associates
Serene Tan is the Co-Founding Partner of Tay Chambers’ Puchong branch, the firm’s first branch in Klang Valley.
As a legal practitioner who specializes in real estate transactions and property finance transactions, Serene’s passion lies in navigating the intricate legal landscape to facilitate seamless real estate transactions while ensuring regulatory and financial compliance. She possesses a deep understanding in conveyancing practice and regularly advises clients on a diverse range of real estate matters including acquisitions of properties and lands, leasing, strata planning, property management and development and joint ventures. She also has extensive experience in handling consumer, corporate, commercial and SME banking for various financial institutions. Her clients encompass individuals, companies, financial institutions, real estate developers and real estate agencies.
At Tay Chambers, Serene focuses primarily on Conveyancing practice and Corporate Advisory. She also offers advice in other practice areas such as will writing, probate and estate administration and divorce matters. Recently, she represented several homeowners from Klang Valley in High Court and successfully obtained court orders to convert their properties from leasehold to freehold ownership.