Vincent Chee Hor Wooi

Vincent Chee Hor Wooi is an alumnus of the National University of Singapore where he successfully obtained his Bachelor of Laws with Honours in 1985 after being awarded an ASEAN Scholarship from the Government of Singapore.

He was called to both the Singapore Bar and Malaysian Bar in 1986 and upon being called to the Malaysian Bar, he and J.M. Chong proceeded to setup their own practice under the name of Messrs J.M. Chong, Vincent Chee & Co. in December 1986.

Mr Chee specializes in corporate, commercial and retail banking for both conventional and Islamic facilities and has also drafted numerous types of customized security documents for particular types of conventional and Islamic securities respectively. He has also negotiated and drafted agreements for the disbursement of funds granted by the Government of Malaysia under various programmes to private companies under the Government’s Public-Private Initiative.

Mr Chee is also very well-versed in the drafting of shareholders and sharesale agreements for both private and public listed companies both within Malaysia and for cross-border transactions including an agreement for the proposed listing of a company with assets in both Malaysia, Hong Kong and the United States on the GEMS exchange of Hong Kong and the NASDAQ respectively, as well as in the preparation of private utility provider’s agreements, and Government concession agreements.

He has also been deeply involved in the negotiations, preparation and perusal of various hotel and resort development agreements in respect of several hotels(both budget and chain hotels) and resorts located in various states of Malaysia and in neighbouring countries such as Hong Kong and the sale and/or leasing of the same.

In addition to all of the above, he has an extremely wide range of experience in the sale and purchase of real estate of all categories of properties located in virtually every state of Peninsula Malaysia as well as the negotiation and drafting of all types of joint-venture agreements and development rights agreements. He has also been the lead counsel in numerous residential and commercial projects within the Klang Valley and in the state of Johor.

Mr Chee also has a wide range of experience in drafting various types of commercial contracts including contracts for a rapid transit system light rail project between Johor and Singapore which involved negotiating with federal and state governmental authorities as well as several different companies within Malaysia and China.

His wide experience and expertise throughout his many years of practice has led him to be appointed as the legal adviser for several public listed companies in Malaysia in which capacity he has advised and guided clients in respect of the establishment of numerous joint-ventures and acquisitions.