CLIENT ACCOUNTS
What clients have
found useful.
A selection of client accounts describing their experience engaging the firm, in their own terms.
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In clients' words
Tan Wei Liang
Director, logistics company · Selangor
"We had a dispute with a supplier over the interpretation of a delivery clause. The firm's written opinion set out the Malaysian legal position clearly enough that we were able to resolve the matter in correspondence without going to arbitration. What I valued was that it was written in language our operations manager could actually read."
Contractual Review · April 2025
Siti Rahmah Hamid
Founder, professional services firm · KL
"The Continuing Counsel Year has changed how we approach legal questions. Before, we would sit on a question for months because we didn't know who to ask or what it would cost. Now I write to the firm, get a sensible written answer, and move on. It suits the pace of running a small firm."
Continuing Counsel Year · Since March 2025
Vijay Nair
Managing director, technology firm · Penang
"We needed a written opinion on a data-sharing arrangement with a US counterpart and whether it required additional steps under Malaysian law. The opinion was thorough and delivered on schedule. It answered our question and flagged one issue we hadn't considered. Good value for a matter of this kind."
Written Opinion · February 2025
Lim Shu Ling
Operations manager, trading company · JB
"The contractual review on our distribution agreement identified three clauses that would have created real exposure for us if a volume dispute had arisen. The annotated version was clear. We renegotiated two of the clauses before signing. I would not have known to push on those points without the firm's review."
Contractual Review · January 2025
Ahmad Bukhari Iskandar
Principal, property consultancy · KL
"I've used the Continuing Counsel Year for just under a year now. The quarterly format works well. I send questions as they arise, get written answers I can refer back to, and the quarterly meetings give us a chance to review anything that's accumulated. I spend less time worrying about what I don't know."
Continuing Counsel Year · Since May 2024
Priya Krishnaswamy
Co-founder, healthcare services firm · KL
"The written opinion on our franchise agreement question was thorough and referenced the specific provisions of the relevant Malaysian regulations. I had gone to two other firms informally and got verbal reassurances. The written opinion from Meriwether & Co was the only piece of advice I actually kept on file."
Written Opinion · March 2025
CASE STUDIES
Client matters in outline
CONTRACTUAL REVIEW · TRADING SECTOR
Distribution agreement: risk allocation on volume shortfalls
SITUATION
A trading company was asked to enter a distribution agreement by an overseas principal. The client was uncertain about two liquidated damages clauses and their interaction with force majeure provisions.
ENGAGEMENT
The firm conducted a full contractual review and prepared an annotated document identifying the risk provisions and their practical effect under Malaysian law. The review was delivered in three weeks.
OUTCOME
The client used the annotated review in negotiations and secured amended wording on two of the identified clauses before executing the agreement. The matter was resolved without recourse to dispute procedures.
Duration: 3 weeks · Fee: RM 2,460
WRITTEN OPINION · PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SECTOR
Contractor classification: employment obligations under Malaysian law
SITUATION
A professional services firm had engaged several individuals under services agreements and was uncertain whether those arrangements would be characterised as employment under the Employment Act 1955 given recent regulatory attention to contractor classification.
ENGAGEMENT
The firm prepared a written opinion applying the tests established by Malaysian case law for distinguishing employees from independent contractors, having regard to the specific terms of the client's agreements.
OUTCOME
The opinion identified two arrangements that presented meaningful classification risk and recommended structural adjustments to the agreements. The client made the adjustments in the subsequent renewal cycle.
Duration: 4 weeks · Fee: RM 1,720
CONTINUING COUNSEL YEAR · TECHNOLOGY SECTOR
Ongoing advisory for a software development business
SITUATION
A software development company with five staff found that legal questions arose regularly — in client terms of service, subcontractor agreements, and data handling practices — but one-off engagements were not cost-effective for routine matters.
ENGAGEMENT
The client entered a Continuing Counsel Year arrangement. Over twelve months, the firm answered seventeen written questions and held four quarterly review meetings covering the client's standard terms, a contractor dispute, and a proposed data sharing arrangement.
OUTCOME
The client renewed the arrangement for a second year. The director estimated the arrangement had prevented two matters from escalating to formal dispute, at a cost significantly less than engaging the firm separately for each would have been.
Duration: 12 months · Fee: RM 4,420/quarter
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