Francis Tan, formerly the Managing Partner of Azman, Davidson & Co, is now a full time Consultant since January 2009. He has over 20 years' working experience with the government and the private sector. He served as an Assistant Registrar of Companies in the Registry of Companies of the then Ministry of Trade and Industry from 1972 to 1976. After leaving government service, he served as the Group Company Secretary of a large group of companies from 1977 to 1985. In 1985, he joined Azman, Davidson & Co and was subsequently made Managing Partner. He has also served as a director of several public listed companies and is presently a commissioner of the Securities Commission, Malaysia, a position he has held since May 1996.

Francis graduated with an LLB degree from the University of London and was called to the Malaysian Bar in 1986. He is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and the Malaysian Institute of Taxation. He is also on the roll of Advocates & Solicitors, Brunei and an English Solicitor.

Qualifications and Admissions

• LLB, University of London (1982)
• Certificate in Legal Practice (1985)
• Associate of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries (ACIS) (1979)
• Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya (1986)
• Associate of the Malaysian Institute of Taxation (1995)
• Advocates & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Brunei (1999)
• Solicitor, England and Wales (2000)

Areas of Practice

Francis’s fields of practice include:

• Conveyancing.
• Commercial joint ventures.
• Corporate financing.
• Company restructing.
• Taxation.

Experience

Francis has advised on many commercial joint venture projects and corporate restructuring. He also appears regularly before the Special Commissioners of Income Tax and the Courts on revenue law matters.