Jurisprudentia Q1 2023

28 April 2023

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Capital Markets

Bursa Malaysia enhances listing requirements to facilitate offering of Islamic REITS and ETFS with waqf feature

SC issues revised Guidelines on Sustainable and Responsible Investment Funds

Bursa Malaysia amends Main Market Listing Requirements in relation to structured warrants framework

Bursa Malaysia amends Business Rules and Listing Requirements to facilitate operations on “surprise holidays”

SC unveils SRI Taxonomy to advance climate and sustainability agenda

Bursa Malaysia launches Voluntary Carbon Market Exchange

Competition

MyCC emphasises Competition Act 2010 does not prohibit entities from holding a dominant position in the relevant market

Competition Appeal Tribunal directed case to be remitted to MyCC for computation of financial penalties

Cybersecurity & Data Protection

General Code of Practice of Personal Data Protection imposes new requirements on data users

Real Estate

Court of Appeal finds manner of delivery of vacant possession and issuance of certificate of completion and compliance are two distinct events

Regulatory & Compliance

New Bank Negara Malaysia policy document updates e-money regulatory framework

Publications

The International Comparative Legal Guide to Corporate Investigations 2023

The Employment Law Review 2022: Malaysia

Deals

The Mass Rapid Transit 3 Project, Malaysia

Green Islamic Financing Facility of up to RM30,269,000 granted by CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad to Go Energy Sdn. Bhd.

Issuance of ASEAN Sustainability SRI Sukuk Murabahah pursuant to an Islamic medium term notes programme of up to RM500 million in nominal value based on the Shariah principle of Murabahah (via Tawarruq arrangement) by Econas Resource to Energy Sdn. Bhd.

RM1.1 billion term financing-i facility based on the Shariah principles of Murabahah (via Tawarruq arrangement) to YTL DC South Sdn. Bhd.

Acquisition of FGV Iffco Oil Products Sdn. Bhd. (formerly known as FELDA Iffco Oil Products Sdn. Bhd.)

Acquisition of 70% ordinary shares in Alpha Automation (Selangor) Sdn. Bhd.

Awards & Rankings

Rahmat Lim & Partners clinches eight awards at the Asian Legal Business Malaysia Law Awards 2023

Rahmat Lim & Partners and firms in the Allen & Gledhill network continue to be recognised as leading law firms in South-east Asia in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023

Rahmat Lim & Partners wins "Project & Infrastructure Finance Deal of the Year" at the IFN Law Awards 2022

Rahmat Lim & Partners wins In-House Community’s Firm of the Year 2022 in Energy & Natural Resources and Real Estate / Construction