Company Law

How shareholder disputes in Malaysian private companies are resolved: the governing documents, the court remedies under the Companies Act 2016, and the first steps to take.

What to do when SSM records show you have been removed as a director, or your shares transferred, without your knowledge or consent.

What happens to shares in a Malaysian private company when a shareholder dies, who can deal with them, and how disputes with the surviving shareholders are resolved.

How business partner disputes are resolved in Malaysia, depending on whether the business is a Sdn Bhd, a partnership or a limited liability partnership.

The exit routes for a minority shareholder in a Malaysian private company, from a negotiated sale to a court-ordered buy-out, and how the shares are valued.

Corporate Rescue in Malaysia: Corporate Voluntary Arrangement, Judicial Management and Scheme of Arrangement Compared A company that cannot pay its debts is not necessarily a company that should be wound up. Many businesses in financial distress are viable if the debt can be restructured, the creditors held off and the management given time. The Companies

A minority shareholder in a Malaysian private company can be in a difficult position. The majority controls the board, decides whether dividends are paid, sets the directors’ salaries and approves the contracts. There is no market for the minority’s shares. If the majority chooses to run the company for its own benefit, the minority can

Loans to Directors and Related Party Transactions in Malaysia: What Sections 224, 225 and 228 Prohibit In many Malaysian companies, especially family-owned ones, money moves freely between the company and its directors. A director borrows from the company to buy a car. The company buys land from the director’s brother. The director’s wife’s company supplies

Not everyone is permitted to be a company director in Malaysia. The Companies Act 2016 disqualifies certain people automatically and gives the court power to disqualify others. A disqualified person who continues to act as a director commits a criminal offence, and the company that allows it exposes itself to invalid decisions and regulatory sanction.

Removing a director is one of the most contentious steps a company can take. Done correctly, it is a shareholders’ decision that the Companies Act 2016 fully supports. Done incorrectly, it produces an invalid resolution, a director who is still lawfully in office, and in many cases an oppression petition under section 346. This guide