Chermaine Chen Yinn Li
Senior Associate
Chermaine Chen Yinn Li is a Senior Associate at Daniel & Wong. She is a part of the firm’s Corporate and Commercial practice group, specialising in mergers and acquisitions.
Chermaine holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from Cardiff University and was called to the Bar of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple in 2018. She was admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2019.
Chermaine’s practice spans a broad spectrum of corporate and commercial matters, including mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, real estate transactions, projects, regulatory compliance, corporate advisory, and commercial transactions. She has been actively involved in due diligence exercises for Malaysian companies and has advised clients on licensing processes and regulatory requirements.
Her professional experience includes training in a capital markets and M&A team, practising at a boutique firm with a focus on entertainment law, and working in-house at a fund management company before returning to private practice. Her combined experience in private practice and an in-house role has given her a practical understanding of both legal and commercial considerations, allowing her to craft solutions that align with her clients’ operational and strategic goals.
Notably, Chermaine has been involved in several significant transactions, including:
- Assisted in advising Catcha Nexible Holdings Sdn Bhd (a wholly owned subsidiary of Catcha Digital Berhad) in its acquisition of 51% equity interest in Nexible Solutions Sdn Bhd.
- Assisted in advising a Labuan based company in the acquisition of 51% stake in a leading digital marketing company with operations in Malaysia and Thailand.
- Assisted in advising iMedia Asia Sdn Bhd (a wholly owned subsidiary of Catcha Digital Berhad) in its acquisition of 70% shares in TR Media Bytes Sdn Bhd.
- Assisted in advising Loken Group on its proposed development of a renewable energy complex, which will cover multiple bio-refineries including the initial phase of a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) refinery.
- Advised a PRC based company on the legal and regulatory requirements for market entry into Malaysia, with a focus on power batteries, electric drives and charging infrastructure.
- Advised a leading PRC based engineering company on the establishment of local presence and undertaking of Engineering, Procurement and Construction (“EPC”) projects in Malaysia.
