There are several legal entity setup options that you can use to conduct business in Malaysia.

This also depends whether you are a natural person (human) or a body corporate.

You may conduct a business under any of these various legal entity if you qualify under the relevant law:-

• A person that intends to do business under the Registration of Businesses Act 1961;

• Persons that intends to conduct business under a Partnership formed under the Partnership Act 1961;

• Persons or body corporate that intends to conduct business under a Limited Liability Partnership formed under Limited Liability of Partnership Act 2012;

• Persons or body corporate that intends to do business under a private company under the Companies Act 2016;

• A persons or body corporate that intends to do business under a public company under the Companies Act 2016;

• A public company that intends to conduct business as a Trust Company under the Trust Companies Act 1949;

• A society that intends to do business registered under the Societies Act 1966; or

• A co-operative society that intends to do business under the Co-operative Societies Act 1951.

Related guides

• Setting Up Your Business in Malaysia

• Operating A Foreign Company In Malaysia