Wong Mei Ying
Key Practice Areas
Mei Ying is a partner in our corporate practice group with focus on mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”), equity capital markets and corporate advisory.
She has advised public listed companies, private companies and private equity funds on numerous M&A transactions across sectors including food and beverage, education, logistics, digital media platforms and premium supermarket chains. She has also acted as Malaysian counsel on cross-border M&A transactions for companies listed on overseas exchanges such as NASDAQ and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong.
She has acted for various companies on initial public offerings and listing exercises on the Main Market and ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia, and her broader equity capital markets experience spans subscription of securities, private placements, rights issues, dividend reinvestment plans and employees’ share option schemes.
Mei Ying also regularly advises on corporate and commercial matters, including the drafting of various commercial agreements and advisory on company law matters.
- LL.B. (Hons) – University of Sheffield
- Bar of England and Wales (2007)
- Malaysian Bar (2008)
- Bahasa Malaysia
- English
- Ranked by Chambers Asia-Pacific 2026 for M&A
- Recognised by IFLR1000 as a Rising Star Partner for Capital Markets: Equity and M&A
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- Acted for a Malaysian public listed company on its acquisition of 100% equity interest in three Malaysian food and beverages companies with well-known brands.
- Acted for a Singapore-listed group on its acquisition of a majority stake in three Malaysian pawnbroking companies, structured through a special purpose vehicle.
- Acted for a global real estate services firm in its acquisition of a minority equity stake in a valuation and real estate agency company.
- Acted for a private equity fund on its acquisition of the entire equity interest in a premium grocery retail chain in Malaysia.
- Acted for a private equity fund on its acquisition of a minority stake in a tertiary education provider.
- Acted for a private equity fund on its acquisition of vending machine business and assets.
- Acted for a Singapore AI-driven technology company on its subscription of shares in a fintech company which specialised in monitoring fraudulent transactions.
- Acted as the Malaysian counsel for a NASDAQ-listed company on its acquisition of shares of a semiconductor company in Malaysia as part of its multi-jurisdiction acquisitions.
- Acted for a Hong Kong-listed corporation on its acquisition of a majority stake in a Malaysian solar energy company.
- Acted for a Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed corporation on its proposed acquisition of Malaysian companies in the education counselling and training sector.
- Acted for a Malaysian public listed company on the disposal of equity interest in digital media and online social media subsidiaries to a well-known media group in Malaysia.
- Acted for a Malaysian public listed company on its disposal of 80% equity interest in three logistics and warehousing subsidiaries to a Singapore-listed company.
- Acted as the Malaysian counsel in the disposal of shares of a Malaysian company which was involved in the business of online car classifieds and the disposal of business assets relating to automotive publications to an Australian company.
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- Acted for a property developer group on its proposed initial public offering (“IPO”) and listing on Bursa Malaysia.
- Acted for an animal health solutions provider in respect of its IPO and listing of on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia.
- Acted for a group of companies principally involved in the provision of information and communication technology (“ICT”) systems and services and distribution of ICT products on its IPO and listing on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia.
- Acted for a solar engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) service provider in respect of its IPO and listing of on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia.
- Acted for an offset packaging printing specialist group in respect of its IPO and listing of on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia.
- Acted for an online media group in respect of its IPO and listing of the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia.
- Advised on subscription of securities in public and private companies.
- Advised public listed companies on rights issue of shares and warrants, bonus issue, share issuance scheme, private placement of shares, employees’ share option scheme and share capital reduction.
- Advised the holding company of a banking group on its dividend reinvestment plan.
- Acted as Malaysian counsel on bonus issue of ordinary shares and convertible notes of Hong Kong-listed corporation to shareholders in Malaysia.
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- Advises domestic and international companies, private equity investors, and strategic investors, on Malaysian corporate and regulatory matters, including constitutional documents, commercial agreements, and licensing requirements in cross-border transactions.
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