OUR EXPERTISE

At Awang, Lai, Sandhu & Co. Advocates, we provide strategic legal guidance to businesses across all stages of growth. Acting for start ups, established enterprises, and expanding corporations, our team delivers commercially focused advice designed to protect clients’ interests while navigating regulatory, contractual, and transactional complexity.

We have particular strength in corporate acquisitions and strategic projects, including company takeovers, timber and oil palm plantation ventures, joint ventures, and shareholder restructurings. Our work regularly involves advising on acquisition structures, shareholder arrangements, corporate financing, and banking documentation, ensuring transactions are commercially viable, legally sound, and aligned with long term business objectives.

We advise across the full commercial lifecycle, from formation and investment through to expansion, restructuring, and exit, with a clear focus on risk management and practical outcomes.

Our services include:

1. Business formation and corporate structuring
2. Company acquisitions, takeovers, and joint ventures
3. Transactions and projects in the timber and oil palm plantation sectors
4. Drafting, review and negotiation in agreements such as shareholders agreement, independent contractor agreement and sub-contractor agreement
5. Corporate loans, banking, and security documentation
6. Corporate governance and regulatory compliance

Why us?

1. Commercially grounded and transaction driven advice
2. Strategic and proactive legal planning
3. End to end support for complex corporate and financing matters
4. Clear, practical, and decisive communication
5. Trusted by businesses, landowners, and financial institutions

At Awang, Lai, Sandhu & Co. Advocates, we advise on property development and conveyancing matters for individuals, sellers, purchasers, businesses, and landowners. Our conveyancing team provides clear and commercially focused guidance across all stages of property transactions, ensuring each matter is handled securely and in accordance with applicable legal requirements. We take a careful and structured approach to every transaction, conducting thorough due diligence and guiding clients through each stage with clarity and confidence.

Our services include:

1. Residential or commercial property conveyancing
2. Land development and joint development arrangements
3. Drafting, review and negotiation of sale and purchase agreement, assignment and sub-sale agreement 
4. Title transfers and property settlements
5. Leasing and tenancy documentation
6. Banking, housing loan, bridging loan and end financing

Why us?

1. Personalised property guidance to identify issues that may affect your transaction, ensuring that you are fully informed and appropriately protected at every stage
2. Expertise in complex transactions, including large scale developments, financing structures, and detailed agreement negotiations
3. Dedicated client support, we maintain clear and timely communication throughout each matter

We provide clear and practical advice on estate planning and succession matters, helping clients protect their assets and plan with confidence. Our lawyers advise on the preparation of estate planning documentation and assist families and executors with estate administration, managing all necessary applications and guiding clients through their legal responsibilities with care and precision.

Whether you require a straightforward Will or a more complex estate structure, our team works closely with you to develop a solution tailored to your personal and family circumstances.

Our services include:

1. Preparation of Will 
2. Application for Probate
3. Application for the Letters of Administration
4. Estate Administration Support
5. Powers of Attorney
6. Family Provision Claims

Why us?

1. We handle the paperwork, demystify the process and assist you stop worrying about the 'what-ifs'
2. Established experience in Wills and Estates matters
3. Practical and compassionate guidance during sensitive times
4. Clear, timely and consistent communication

At Awang, Lai, Sandhu & Co. Advocates, our prime objective is to resolve your matrimonial dispute amicably without a contested divorce in order to achieve the best possible outcome.

We provide comprehensive family law and divorce services, advising individuals and families through complex and sensitive transitions. Our family law team offers clear and practical guidance, ensuring each matter is handled with careful attention and a focus on fair and workable outcomes. We act to protect our clients’ rights and to resolve matters efficiently and responsibly.

Our services include:

1. Divorce and matrimonial proceeding
2. Child custody and parenting arrangements
3. Asset Distribution
4. Spousal maintenance
5. Binding financial agreement

Why us?

1. Personalised approach
2. Strong advocacy with respectful communication
3. Helping you to secure your best interest throughout your difficult period

At Awang, Lai, Sandhu & Co Advocates, we advise individuals, creditors, companies, and financial institutions on insolvency, bankruptcy, and debt recovery matters, providing clear and commercially focused advice at every stage. Our lawyers act decisively to protect clients’ interests, whether pursuing recovery or responding to financial distress.

Our team regularly advises on debt enforcement strategies, insolvency proceedings, and restructuring options, with a focus on efficiency, risk management, and practical outcomes.

Our services include:

1. Strategic debt recovery and enforcement
2. Representation in insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings
3. Commercially informed advisory work
4. Corporate restructuring and turnaround support

Why us?

1. We assess each matter strategically to identify viable recovery or defence options
2. We explain insolvency and recovery processes in clear and practical terms so clients can make informed decisions
3. We implement a structured plan from the outset, focused on efficiency, risk management, and outcomes