Munir Abdul Aziz is a partner in the Corporate & Commercial practice of Wong & Partners. He has been in practice since 1998 in mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganisations, capital markets work, venture capital and private equity, joint ventures and general commercial transactions.
Munir has represented a number of corporations based in Malaysia, the US, Japan and Europe in takeovers, acquisitions, disposals of shares and assets of Malaysian and European companies. He has also worked on corporate reorganisations and de-mergers involving leading publicly listed Malaysian companies and been involved in domestic and international securities transactions including bond offerings and IPOs. He has worked in the London and Melbourne offices of Baker & McKenzie International.
Munir was recognised in Chambers Global and Chambers Asia Pacific, publications which rank leading business lawyers globally. In its 2015 edition, Chambers Asia Pacific noted that Munir ‘comes highly recommended by clients’ and that he is ‘quick in grasping the situation and issues, knows how to protect the client's interests, and is also commercial enough to be able to close the transaction"’. He has also been recognised as ‘highly respected’ and ‘earns plaudits from the market for his contribution to the corporate field’ with "an emphasis on private equity transactions, M&A, takeovers, demergers and corporate reorganisation" by Chambers Asia Pacific 2013.
Munir has also been named by IFLR1000 as ‘Leading Lawyer’ for Capital Markets since 2013 and for M&A since 2012. He is recommended by PLC Which Lawyer? in Corporate and M&A for 3 successive years (2010 - 2012). He is recognised as a distinguished practitioner by leading legal directories such as Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and IFLR1000 and was named ‘Dealmaker of the Year’ by the Asian Legal Business Law Awards in 2017. Munir is an articulated and knowledgeable facilitator and has delivered customised bespoke talks under the signature “Introduction to Corporate Directorship” and “M&A Due Diligence: From Legal & Risk Perspective” on corporate governance to ICDM’s corporate clients.
