Daphne’s areas of practice encompass capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and various other real estate, corporate and commercial transactions. 

Her experience or practice in corporate finance and capital markets includes initial public offerings (IPO), equity and debt securities offerings.

She also has experience in takeovers, mergers and acquisitions of companies and businesses, commercial property transactions and joint ventures.

Experience

Some of the notable cases and/or transactions that Daphne has been involved in are listed below.

Corporate Finance and Capital Markets

• Acted as the issuer’s counsel and advised on the IPO in conjunction with the listing of a company involved in the manufacturing of cables and wires that are used for power distribution, communications as well as control and instrumentation applications on the ACE Market of Bursa Securities.
• Acted as the issuer’s counsel and advised on the IPO in conjunction with the listing of a company involved in the manufacturing of automated equipment on the ACE Market of Bursa Securities.
• Acted as the issuer’s counsel and advised on the IPO in conjunction with the listing of a company involved in providing market access and coverage of consumer packaged goods where the company is involved in the distribution and warehousing of third party brands as well as its own brands of products on the ACE Market of Bursa Securities.
• Advised the Malaysian public listed companies in connection with the issuance of securities by the public listed companies including but not limited to the rights issue with warrants attached and bonus issue exercises.
• Advised the Malaysian public listed companies in connection with the establishment of the employee’s share issuance scheme.
• Advised on the issuance of unrated medium term notes of RM100 million in nominal value by a public company listed on Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad, principally engaged in manufacturing and trading of confectionery and other related foodstuffs.
• Advised on the issuance of the commercial papers under the Islamic commercial papers programme of up to RM150 million in nominal value under the Shariah principle of Mudharabah by a public company listed on Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad, principally engaged in property development, investment holding, joint venture for property development, money lending business, provision of management services and general construction contractor.

Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate & Commercial

• Advised a Singapore private company in connection with the take-over and mergers exercise, including compulsory acquisition of a leading local automotive battery manufacturer in Malaysia.
• Advised a public company listed on Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad on its acquisition of a group of companies principally engaged in property investment and development activities.
• Advised in few separate transactions, a wholly owned subsidiary of a public company listed on ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad, principally engaged in the electronic payments industry in Malaysia, in connection with its respective acquisitions of a few Malaysian private companies involved in the related businesses.
• Advised a Malaysian private company on the acquisition of the insurance broker business.
• Acted for a Malaysian private company for the disposal of a parcel of leasehold industrial land in Bandar Shah Alam, Selangor.
• Acted for a wholly owned subsidiary of a public company listed on Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad, for the disposal of a parcel of land in Mukim Kapar, Selangor.
• Acted for a wholly owned subsidiary of a public company listed on Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad, for the disposal of a parcel of industrial land in Bandar Nilai Utama, Negeri Sembilan.
• Acted for a wholly owned subsidiary of a public company listed on Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad, for the acquisitions of lands in Selangor, Kedah and Pulau Pinang, respectively, from the related parties.
• Acted for an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of a public company listed on Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad, for the disposal of 3 parcels of adjoining lands.
• Acted for REIT for the acquisitions of 3 parcels of properties from the related parties.

Memberships / Directorships

• Member, Malaysian Bar