Key Practice Area:

Oil & Gas, and Energy
Mergers & Acquisitions
Tan Wei Xian
Partner
+603 2081 3999 ext 844
wei.xian@skrine.com
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About

Wei Xian is a corporate transactional lawyer with experience in public and private company M&A, joint ventures, and corporate advisory with particular focus on the digital infrastructure, energy, data centres, financial institutions and technology industries.  She regularly advises private equity funds and institutional investors on high value, fast paced and complex transactions.
Aside from M&A transactional work, Wei Xian advises institutional and non-institutional LPs, including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, corporations, family offices and feeder funds or fund of funds, on their investments into private funds and downstream fund transactions.
She is also the corporate partner of China Desk, and is fluent in Mandarin, both written and spoken.
She is ranked as “Next Generation Partner” in Corporate M&A by Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025 and as “Rising Star Partner” in M&A by IFLR 1000 2024 – 2025

Key Practice Areas

  • Corporate Advisory
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  • Acted as Malaysian counsel for Blackstone in respect of its acquisition of Airtrunk data centre business globally for an implied enterprise value of over A$24 billion. This represents Blackstone’s largest investment in the Asia Pacific region.
  • Acted as Malaysian counsel for INCJ, Ltd. (Innovation Network Corporation of Japan Ltd.) in its sale of shares in Edotco Group Sdn Bhd to a subsidiary of Khazanah Nasional Berhad.
  • Acted for Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan) (KWAP) in respect of its limited partner investments into 5 out of the 12 Separately Managed Accounts (SMA) under the Dana Pemacu initiatives for investment amount of up to RM 6 billion, with Vistria Partners, Navis Capital Partners, Lendlease, Climate Fund Managers and Seraya Partners as the global GPs under respective SMAs.
  • Acting as lead counsel for ST Telemedia Global Data Centre in relation to the proposed development and construction of a Tier 3 data centre in Cyberjaya. We advised on the acquisition of interest in the proposed project and drafted and negotiated the transaction documents for the same, such as the joint venture agreement, project development agreement and the land-related agreements.
  • Acted as Malaysian counsel for ST Telemedia Global Data Centre in respect of the investment by a consortium of U.S. investment firm KKR and Singapore Telecommunications for investment size of S$1.75 billion ($1.3 billion) in ST Telemedia Global Data Centres, one of Asia’s biggest data centre providers.
  • Acted for International Business Machines Corporation (“IBM”) – in the Global Spin Off of Managed Infrastructure Services business of IBM to Kyndryl. The spin-off of the managed infrastructure services business into Kyndryl Inc is now listed on NYSE.
  • Lead counsel for OMYA (Schweiz) AG – in respect of OMYA’s acquisition of Prima Inter- Chem Sdn. Bhd., a diversified distributor of ingredients and specialty chemicals in Malaysia and Indonesia.
  • Lead counsel for BP in the proposed acquisition of an entity which is a market leader in the business of recovery and recycling of waste and residue generated by the palm industry.
  • Acted for shortlisted bidder of proposed acquisition of TIME DotCom’s data centre business, AIMS data centres in Malaysia.
  • Acted for Ekuiti Nasional Berhad as lead counsel in respect of the acquisition of 51% shares of Xenergi Sdn. Bhd. through its portfolio company Davex (M) Sdn. Bhd. to facilitate Ekuinas’ diversification and expansion into energy solutions business.
  • Acted for Footlocker Inc. in the sale of Foot Locker entities in Singapore and Malaysia to Athletica International Holdings Pte. Ltd.
  • Advised Techtronic Industries Company Limited (HKSE listed) as Malaysian counsel on the restructuring of its global entities.
  • Advised Insulet Corporation (NASDAQ: PODD) for its investment and establishment of manufacturing locations in Johor to produce its Omnipod Insulin Management System.
  • Acted for Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan) (“KWAP”) for potential investment in Aerodyne Ventures Sdn. Bhd., in Series B + fundraising round for the additional funds of up to USD10,000,000. Aerodyne Group, as global top ranked drone company.
  • Acted for Tricor Axcel Limited (a subsidiary of the Tricor Group) in relation to its acquisition of Axcelasia Inc’s subsidiary, Axcelasia Taxand Sdn. Bhd. which owned most of the revenue generating business of Axcelasia Inc (a company listed on the SGX), conducted extensive legal due diligence and drafting of share purchase agreement.
  • Acted for Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. for its Investment into JF Technology Berhad, a company listed on Bursa Malaysia and a joint venture between the said entities in the production of semiconductors in China.
  • Acted as Malaysian counsel for Foot Locker Inc. on the acquisition of atmos, a digitally led, premium, global retailer headquartered in Japan, for $360 million.
  • Acted as counsel to Siam Commercial Bank Public Company Limited (“SCB”) in respect of the potential investment by SCB in Silvrr Technology Co., Ltd. doing business as Akulaku (“Target”) through the acquisition of shares in the Target’s Series E equity fundraising round.
  • Acted for Maxis and worked on the major overhaul, drafting and streamlining of all consumer contracts and restructuring of contractual matrix offered to its nationwide customers, including consumer contracts for its broadband services and mobile service plans.
  • Acted for PGIM (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. in relation to its disposal of commercial properties located in Penang, Malaysia.
  • Involved in detailed due diligence of a leading insurance provider in Malaysia and worked on the research of regulatory approvals required by Bank Negara Malaysia and various stakeholders, conducted study on all relevant guidelines imposed on insurance providers in Malaysia pertaining to a proposed acquisition by a sovereign wealth fund.
  • Acted for a tobacco company based in China and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in relation to its proposed joint venture with a local entity in the business of heat-not-burn tobacco products.
  • Acted for Urbanfox Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Logistic, in its proposed business of last-mile courier delivery and operation of multi-channel commerce platform in Malaysia.
  • Involved in the negotiation and drafting of the termination agreement between Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (“MRCB”) with the Government of Malaysia in relation to the termination of concession for the Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway (“EDL”) and advising MRCB on the possible legal implications stemming from the termination of EDL concession in respect of the RM1.3 billion sukuk.
  • Part of the team that acted for shortlisted bidder for the acquisition of Shell’s non-operated Sarawak assets.
  • Lead counsel for Reach Energy Berhad (upstream oil & gas corporation listed on Main Market of Bursa) debt capitalisation exercise with additional listing of 1.03 billion shares.
  • Acted for Aker AS in Aker’s sale of subsea business globally to Schlumberger. Skrine is engaged as Malaysian transaction counsel.
  • Acted for Halliburton for its acquisition of Resoptima group of companies.
  • Part of the team as Malaysian counsel for Repsol Exploracion SA for its divestment of its Malaysian and Vietnamese upstream assets to Hibiscus Petroleum.
  • Lead counsel for acquisition of Vietnamese and Malaysian solar assets by Leader Energy in competitive bid process.
  • Acted for Industrialization & Energy Services Company (TAQA), a Saudi based specialised oilfield equipment and service provider on Malaysian law elements in respect of its acquisition of the entire issued share capital in Tendeka B.V., an engineering and manufacturing company which specializes in offering reservoir monitoring and optimization solutions.
  • Acted for one of the selected bidders and conducted detailed legal due diligence and analysis on risk matrix for the proposed acquisition from Talisman Energy Inc of a substantial stake in its upstream oil and gas assets located in Malaysia.
  • Involved in legal due diligence and analysis on risk matrix for the proposed business integration of JX Holdings Inc. and Tonen General Sekiyu K.K in its energy business, conducted thorough review on the Production Sharing Contracts, Joint Operating Agreements, Unitization Agreements and Gas Balancing Agreements.
  • Acted as solicitor to the issuance of Islamic medium-term notes of RM470 million in nominal value, which is the world’s first greenfield mini-hydro green SRI Sukuk, under the Shariah principle of Wakalah Bi Al-Istithmar by Telekosang Hydro One Sdn. Bhd. and Telekosang Hydro Two Sdn. Bhd.
  • Acted for Malakoff Corporation Berhad for its proposed acquisition of shares in an independent power producer that owns coal-fired power station.
  • Acted as solicitor to the issuance of Sukuk Murabahah Programme by Gas Malaysia Distribution Sdn. Bhd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gas Malaysia Berhad with combined issuance limit of up to RM1 billion in nominal value, conducted thorough due diligence on the gas supply and distribution business of the relevant entities.
  • Acted for Manila Water Company, Inc. for its proposed acquisition of shares in a company listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia which specialises in power generation industry and water services businesses.
  • Advocate and Solicitor, High Court of Malaya (2015)
  • Barrister-at-Law (Lincoln’s Inn) (2014)
  • LL.B (Hons), University of Reading (2013)
  • Listed as “Next Generation Partner” in Corporate M&A by Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025
  • Listed as “Rising Star Partner” in M&A by IFLR 1000 2024 – 2025
  • Listed as “Rising Star” in Corporate M&A by Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024
  • Listed as “Key Lawyer” in Corporate M&A by Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023
  • Listed as “Rising Star” in M&A by IFLR 1000 2023
  • ‘Tan Wei Xian is both dedicated and hardworking.’ – Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024