SLC has been in the forefront of all manners of civil, commercial and corporate litigation and dispute resolution. This includes commercial and construction arbitration; and administrative law that involves statutory bodies, state owned entities, municipal councils and state governments.
SLC has also been a leading litigation practitioner of banking and financial institution debt recovery process with emphasis on foreclosure, hire purchase, leasing, corporate and personal debts.
The Firm also has broad experience in corporate, contract, tort, equity and trust, defamation, labour and employment, insurance, receivership and bankruptcy and land laws related litigation.
SLC is also a leading firm in the area of real estate management related litigation involving Management Corporations and Joint Management Bodies.
The Firm further lends crucial advisory support to corporation and individuals in relation to Land rights. We have advised and help established a Residents Association to undertake the maintenance and management of common properties of a private lease development.
The Firm also has the experience in representing property developers in negotiating and resolving land related issues such as squatters and its subsequent compensation documentation.
SLC has always worked closely with property developers and had provided advisory services in respect of both conventional and Islamic bridging and end-financing for property acquisition and sale and also for project development.
The Firm is involved with the drafting of residential and commercial sale and purchase agreements including deed of mutual covenants and house rules pertaining to high rise or landed strata developments and gated community style development.
The Firm is also involved in the sale and purchase and also the loan documentation of the primary and secondary markets of property transactions.
SLC has the experience in the drafting of a design-build-lease-transfer mixed project development for a central transportation hub in Penang on both private and state owned lands.
The Firm has also drafted joint venture agreements between landowners and developers to formalise their contractual obligations of each party’s covenants.
SLC has further assisted property developers to conduct statutory required meetings to establish Joint Management Bodies and Management Corporation Committees.
SLC readily provides corporate advisory on a broad spectrum of areas to public and private corporations, public and statutory bodies, banks and financial institutions and also non-governmental organisations including charitable bodies.
The Firm has advised on corporate governance and shareholders rights and corporate diligence on regulatory conformity and fulfillment.
The Firm has experience in relation to Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) in the hospitality industry and also worked on a Theme Park development.
SLC is also experienced in corporate debt restructuring and scheme of arrangement related works.
SLC has also undertaken due diligent assignments.
The Firm has also undertaken a cross border design-build-lease
purpose built commercial building project in Australia that included the review of multi parties agreements.
SLC has extensive experience in the rudimentary field of Corporate and Retail Banking products and documentation. This experience extends to both conventional and Islamic financial instruments.
SLC has also undertaken cross border off shore financing documentation pertaining to an overseas design-build-lease purpose built commercial building project in Australia.
The Firm endeavours to provide timely service to corporate and individual, conventional and Islamic debt securitisation needs. Our services extend also to financial institutions and private debt markets.
SLC has also worked on the venture capital market in the telecommunications and bio chemical fields. We have also drafted money lending documentations in relation to the financing of cargo vessels.
Our Managing Partner has the distinction of having drafted the base leasing agreements of most of the leading retail and commercial malls in Penang which include Island Plaza, Gurney Mall, Sunway Carnival Mall, Queensbay Mall and Paragon Gurney Mall and Taiping Central Mall in Taiping, Perak.
The Firm sets the trend with innovative drafting incorporating development in landlord and tenant issues and has been the cornerstone of commercial malls rental and leasing
documentation process.
It is no surprise that the Firm is consistently being sought to provide advice to resolve rent or lease related issues pertaining to commercial retail malls.
We are also being continually engaged to draft base leasing agreements for new malls that are in the process of being launched.
The Firm has also the experience of drafting leases in relation to the leasing of State owned lands to private corporations for development of commercial factories and theme park.