Legal Issues Pertaining to ‘Authorized Signatories’ From the Malaysian Perspective and Analysis in Relation to Cross Border Contracts

This article is written to serve as a guide in relation to cross border contracts involving a Malaysian corporation and a foreign corporation as parties to it. The nature of these contracts entail the consideration of legal issue's of various degrees of complexity where the answer may not be 'prima facie obvious or apparent. The guidance given in this article is premised upon legal analysis arrived at by the author after deliberating upon the issues faced in the course of her work as an in-house Legal Counsel and the writer disclaims any and all legal liability for relying upon this advice. The writer advices that the opinion of independent legal counsel is to be sought for each unique and individual scenario.