Liza Uma
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Liza Uma practises a broad range of corporate and commercial matters including mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, joint ventures, capital markets, privatisation, public and private fundraising and investments both within and outside of Malaysia.
Whilst most of her career has been in private practice, Liza comes with in-house industry knowledge having been with a public listed property developer before returning to practice as a partner in 2017. Her notable deals include the IPO of a property development company with operations in the United Kingdom and Australia, the restructuring exercise and subsequent disposal of a Malaysian-based online aggregator to a tech company listed on the Indonesian stock exchange and the privatisation and delisting of the first plantation-based REIT on Bursa Malaysia.
- Bachelor of Laws (Hons), University of Malaya
- Malaysian Bar (2017)
- English
- Bahasa Malaysia
- Advised on and was involved in restructuring exercise and subsequent disposal of a Malaysian-based online aggregator to a tech company listed on the Indonesian stock exchange.
- Advised on and was involved in a series of private equity fund-raising rounds (by a Malaysian-based online aggregator) led by Japanese and Korean funds.
- Advised on and was involved in a 70 / 30 joint-venture arrangement pursuant to which parties agreed to leverage on each other’s expertise to develop a RM40 billion mixed-use development in Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia.
- Advised and was involved as the Issuer’s Counsel (on Malaysian law) for the Initial Public Offering and listing of a pure-play property development company (with operations in the United Kingdom and Australia) on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia – to raise approximately RM2.58 billion.
- Involved in the privatisation of a trust fund (the first plantation-based-REIT on Bursa Malaysia) via selective unit redemption and repayment, and as the Issuer’s Counsel for the Initial Public Offering and listing of a plantation division (after taking the REIT private). The privatisation and delisting of the REIT and subsequent IPO won ALB Malaysia Law Awards 2015 Equity Market Deal of the Year.
- Involved in the privatisation of national air carrier (via selective capital reduction) by the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund.
- Involved in the de-merger of gaming and non-gaming assets (comprising, property development, insurance and credit business) of a conglomerate resulting in the listing of 2 public listed companies (for the gaming and non-gaming business). This was listed as The Edge Malaysia Deals of the Year 2013.
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