22, November 2019

After being granted a licence by the Bar Council of Malaysia to employ a Foreign Qualified Lawyer last year, Azmi & Associates is pleased to announce that it has been successful in renewing Pierre Brochet’s licence to practise in Malaysia for the period 2019-2020 in the areas of Corporate Finance, Capital Markets, Banking & Finance and Derivatives.

To date, Azmi & Associates is the first and only law firm in Malaysia to have been granted a licence by the Bar Council of Malaysia to employ a Foreign Qualified Lawyer.

During his first term, Pierre has been involved in some notable assignments, among others:-

• Advising a Malaysian energy company wholly owned by a state government and its group of companies, in respect of ISDA Agreements to be entered with two top local banks.

• Advising a French global construction company on the negotiation of a joint venture agreement and the establishment of a holding company in Malaysia.

Pierre has over 20 years of experience practising in London, Paris and New York. He has worked with firms such as Clifford Chance, White & Case, McDermott Will & Emery and Greenberg Traurig. He is also an arbitrator at the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) in Kuala Lumpur and Chair of the Automotive Industry Committee of the EU-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Pierre Brochet can be contacted at pierre.brochet@azmilaw.com