Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank) is the largest financial services group in Malaysia and one of the biggest banking institutions in Southeast Asia by total assets. Headquartered at Menara Maybank on Jalan Tun Perak in Kuala Lumpur, the bank's Group Legal and Secretarial Division manages legal affairs across its operations in over 20 countries. The legal team handles banking regulations under Bank Negara Malaysia supervision, anti-money laundering compliance under AMLA, Islamic banking matters for Maybank Islamic Berhad, and litigation management. Maybank's legal professionals work on complex structured finance transactions, syndicated lending, securitizations, and capital market instruments listed on Bursa Malaysia. The division also oversees corporate secretarial matters for the Maybank group, ensuring compliance with the Companies Act 2016 and Bank Negara Malaysia's corporate governance standards for financial institutions.
