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Dayang Roziekah Ussin

Dayang Roziekah Ussin graduated with a First Class Bachelor of Law LL.B (Hons) from the National University of Malaysia (UKM) in 2017.

She was the recipient of the prestigious Vice Chancellor Award of UKM 2017, Faculty of Law Alumni Award 2017, Anugerah Tokoh Siswa Sukarelawan UKM 2014 and a finalist of Anugerah Tokoh Siswa Kebangsaan 2014. All these were attributed to her consistent academic achievement in securing the Dean’s List Award whilst being a student leader in various legal and non-legal projects and programs throughout her university years.

Upon graduation, she joined the Firm as a pupil in which she was extensively exposed to both litigation and corporate practice areas, having assisted in numerous litigation matters and several corporate exercises. Dayang was called to the Malaysian Bar and admitted to the roll of Advocates and Solicitors on 3^rd of August 2018. Thereafter, she has been assisting and heavily involved in a broad range of civil and general litigation matters including contractual and tort claims, tax matters, land disputes, estate and administration, and debt recovery.

On 1^st of April 2021, she was promoted as Senior Associate 2 before being promoted to Senior Associate 1 on 1^st of April 2023.

Some of Dayang’s notable assignments to date include the following:

• Securing a judgment in the sum of RM76 million and resisting a counterclaim of RM40 million in favour of a statutory body in a claim for breach of contract against a developer;

• Representing a wholly-owned subsidiary of a statutory body from the High Court up to the Federal Court level in a successful application for the counterparty to deposit a sum of RM30 million into Court pending the final disposal of the court suit.

• Setting aside an additional assessment of income tax and penalty amounting to RM8 million in favour of one of the subsidiaries of a Malaysian business conglomerate in a three level appeal process from the Special Commissioners of Income Tax up to the Court of Appeal;

• Successfully representing a company in an appeal before the Special Commissioner of Income Tax against an additional assessment of income tax in the sum of RM850,000.00.

Dayang is part of our Litigation & Arbitration Practice Group (3) alongside the Partner, Abu Daud Abd Rahim.

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Dayang Roziekah Ussin

Partner

Direct Line:
+603 2118 5026

E-mail:
dayang.roziekah@azmilaw.com

Practice Areas

Khairunnajihah Aqila Mohd Sofian

Khairunnajihah Aqila graduated from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) with a First Class LL.B (Hons) in 2017. In addition to her academic achievements, Najihah had the honor of serving as Malaysia’s lead counsel in the Louis M. Brown and Forest S. Mosten Client Consultation Competition for two consecutive years, competing first in Nebraska, USA, and then in Windsor, Canada.

Since joining Azmi & Associates in September 2017 as a trainee solicitor and subsequently being called to the Bar in 2018, Najihah has demonstrated exceptional growth, swiftly ascending the ranks to Senior Associate 2 in her third year of practice in 2021, and then to Senior Associate 1 in 2023.

Najihah is developing a practice covering various areas of the firm’s work, including industrial relations, general civil litigation and construction arbitration.

Some of Najihah’s notable assignments are as follows:-

• Successfully secured arbitration awards totaling over RM20 million for a subsidiary of a national housing company in arbitration proceedings against the Government of Malaysia involving the construction of several military camps around Klang Valley.
• Facilitated favorable outcomes through mediation, resulting in the withdrawal of a RM5 million lawsuit against a subsidiary of a leading global supplier of automotive seating and electrical systems.
• Successfully resisted a judicial review challenge exceeding RM3 million against an academic decision of one of the nation’s top-ranking public universities.
• Facilitated a strategic settlement negotiation on behalf of a property development company in a civil suit, resulting in the withdrawal of an RM80,000 unfair dismissal claim against the company.
• Represented both companies and employees in proceedings before the Industrial Court.
• Drafted template global employment contracts for international companies operating in Malaysia.
• Provided advisory services to the government’s land development agency in relation to the restructuring of its subsidiary.
• Provided advisory services to various companies in Malaysia on Members’ Voluntary Winding Up as well as Creditors’ Voluntary Winding Up, and handled winding up ordered by the Court.

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Khairunnajihah Aqila Mohd Sofian

Partner

Direct Line:
+ 603 2118 5030

E-mail:
najihah.aqila@azmilaw.com

Practice Areas

Nur Amalena Azan

Nur Amalena Binti Azan graduated from The University of Adelaide, South Australia with LL.B in 2014. She completed her Certificate in Legal Practice (“CLP”) in November 2016.

She has undergone an internship with PETRONAS Lubricants International Sdn. Bhd. (“PLISB”) (PLISB is the global lubricants manufacturing and marketing arm of PETRONAS, the national oil corporation of Malaysia) in June 2015 for 6 months. During the tenure of the internship, she has explored mainly in corporate work, where she was trained to write succinctly whilst carrying out research tasks and drafting letters. She was then retained as Legal Assistant in the same company where she got to draft agreements, routing contracts and minutes of meetings. She was an active student participating in few volunteer work such as being involved in an environmental program which was conducted by ‘The Australian Conservation Foundation’.

She has completed her pupilage with us and currently seconded with Prudenz CorporateHouse Sdn.Bhd.

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Nur Amalena Azan

Senior Associate 2

Mobile Phone:
+ 6018 979 4892

E-mail:
nuramalena@azmilaw.com

Practice Areas

Corporate & Commercial

Mohammad Ashraf Mohamed Sopiee

Mohammad Ashraf Mohamed Sopiee graduated from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) with LL.B (Hons) in 2016. He has finished his studies for LLB_S (Hons) in 2017 at the same university.

He has undergone Law Attachment Program in 2014 organized by Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Law (AIKOL), IIUM at the Magistrate Courts of Machang and Tanah Merah, which are situated in Kelantan, for a period of 3 months approximately, where he was exposed to various aspects and stages of Court’s procedures for both Civil and Criminal cases, in addition he also learnt about the administrative functions and social duties of the Court.

Apart from that, he was an active student, participating in the university’s and law faculty’s events, academic and non-academic, such as attending academic lectures delivered by prominent figures, legal and non-legal for instance, Professor Johan Galtung (2015) and Datuk Dr. Mohd. Daud Bakar (2016), being a committee for IIUM Ahmad Ibrahim Tribute Mock Trial (2014), and representing the university and faculty in sports competitions for example UKM Inter-Law Schools Football Tournament (2012) and IIUM Convocation Fiesta Football Game (2016).

Besides that, he also involved in social activities with the society, outside IIUM, such as becoming a committee for an event with the orphans at one of the orphanage centers near IIUM (2013). Other than that, he was appointed as a private tutor (2016), guiding fellow law students, for the subjects of Public International Law and Equity & Trusts.

He is now part of the Senior Partner’s Office Practice Group.

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Mohammad Ashraf Mohamed Sopiee

Partner

Direct Line:
+ 603 2118 5029

Mobile Phone:
+ 6014 517 5211

E-mail:
ashraf.sopiee@azmilaw.com

Practice Areas

Azarith Sofia Aziz

Azarith graduated from University of Technology Mara (UiTM) with BLS (Hons) in 2014 and LL.B (Hons) in 2015 and later obtained Master of Intellectual Property (LLM) from the National University of Malaysia (UKM) in 2018.

She was the recipient of Yayasan Tun Abdul Hamid Law Bursary Awards by Yayasan Tun Abdul Hamid for her consistent satisfactory academic records. She underwent pupillage at Messrs Raja Darryl Loh and was called to the Malaysian Bar and admitted to the roll of Advocates and Solicitors in 2016. She subsequently joined Messrs. Azmi & Associates in 2017.

She is also a member of the Young IP Professional (YIPP) of Malaysian Intellectual Property Association (MIPA) since 2019. She is also a registered trademark agent since 2021 and a registered industrial design agent since 2022.

With over 7 years of experience, she has regularly advised clients on a wide range of matters relating to intellectual property, information technology, privacy and data protection, healthcare, media and entertainment, corporate and commercial legal matters. She joined Messrs. Azmi & Associates as an associate under the Multimedia, Technology and Intellectual Property Practice Group in 2017 and later promoted to Senior Associate in 2020.

Some of her notable assignments include:

• Advised and provided legal services to SOMALAC, a company based in Anderlecht, Belgium in respect of the purchase of business from Societe Des Produits Nestle S.A, a company based in Switzerland.

• Advised and provided legal services to Perbadanan Nasional Berhad (PNB) in respect of proposed equity investment and financing facility amounting to RM17.5 million pursuant to a management buyout of a public company.

• Advised and provided legal services to Koperasi Angkatan Tentera Malaysia Berhad in respect of its proposed investment in a target company being a multinational financial technology company with the business of multi-currency electronic wallet with visa prepaid card features.

• Advised and provided legal services to Duopharma (M) Sendirian Berhad in respect of a business relationship with foreign companies in the United Stated of America and Singapore for a proposed collaboration for the manufacturing, supply, development, commercialization, distribution and technology transfer of a vaccine.

• Advised and provided legal services to Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) in respect of MARA Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system including pertaining to licensing of software, development of the system and independent verification and validation services.

• Advised and provided legal services to Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) in respect of the supply, delivery, installation, testing and commissioning of a Total Hospital Information System (THIS) in Hospital Pengajar UPM.

• Advised and provided legal services to Myswitch Sdn Bhd (MYSWITCH) in respect of its multi-channel financial switching platform. This encompasses the whole ecosystem involving merchant acquiring services, licensing and maintenance services as well as outsourcing services of settlement of transactions services.

• Advised Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) in respect of the appointment of its commercial arms, FRIM Incorporated Sdn Bhd to promote and commercialize FRIM’s technologies and expertise through strategic business and partnership engagement, with the intent to optimizing the cost and maximizing the return to its stakeholders.

• Advised and provided legal services to Malaysian Agricultural Research And Development Institute (MARDI) in respect of its intellectual property and commercialization policy.

• Advised and provided legal services to UMW Corporation Sdn Bhd in respect of drafting of the Intellectual Property Guidelines for UMW Group.

• Advised and provided legal services to Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) in respect of a proposed collaboration between UPM and Farm Fresh Berhad in respect of development and operation of a dairy farm.

• Advised and acted on behalf of QSR Brands (M) Holdings Bhd and 3C Marina Park Sdn Bhd in respect of opposition proceedings filed by a third party against the registration of their trademark in Malaysia.

• Advised and provided legal services to Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia (FINAS) in respect of its funding known as Digital Contend Fund (DKD) and Film in Malaysia Incentive (FIMI) as well as International Film Co-production Program.

She has written and co-authored various articles published on written publication as well as international website on matters related to information technology and intellectual property such as Azmilaw Newsletter, Global Intellectual Property Convention, Asian Mena Counsel In-House Community and Global Legal Group. She is also a speaker for various talks, seminar and webinar on matters related to information technology and intellectual property including for University Putra Malaysia (UPM), Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA), Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM), Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor (PKNS), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) and DRB-HICOM Group of Companies.

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Azarith Sofia Aziz

Partner

Direct Line:
+603 2118 5031

Mobile Phone:
+ 6018 213 0500

E-mail:
azarith.sofia@azmilaw.com

Practice Areas

Mohd Wafiy Azman

Wafiy graduated from International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM) with LL.B (Hons) in 2015.

He was called to the Malaysian Bar and admitted to the roll of Advocates and Solicitors on 29 April 2016. In April 2015, he joined Messrs. Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill to undertake his pupillage and was thereafter retained as an associate under Banking, Insolvency and Corporate Dispute Department.

His primary area of practice is commercial dispute resolution, emphasis on banking and insolvency related matters. Since 2015, Wafiy has been involved in a wide range of contentious banking litigation/insolvency matters for local and international financial institutions and has gained significant experience in dealing with both Conventional and Islamic financing matter.

He joined the Firm on 18 December 2018 and is now part of our Litigation & Arbitration Practice Group.

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Mohd Wafiy Azman
Partner

Direct Line:
+ 603 2118 5028

Mobile Phone:
+ 6019 680 4238

E-mail:
wafiy@azmilaw.com

Practice Areas

Litigation, Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

Lee Jee Yun

Lee Jee Yun graduated from Multimedia University with LLB (Hons) in 2014. He joined Messrs Teo & Chew in August 2014 for his pupillage and was admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya on 8th July 2015. He was exposed to criminal, general and banking litigations when he was chambering and practicing in Messrs Teo & Chew until February 2017. He subsequently joined Messrs Ting Asiah & Co from March 2017 until June 2018 and then Messrs Ghazi & Lim from June 2018 until July 2019, practising as a Conveyancing Lawyer in both firms and assisting the partners of the said firms in handling Developer’s Sale and Sub-sale Agreements, preparing Housing & Commercial Loans’ Documentations, Tenancy Agreements and other conveyancing works.

In August 2019, he left Messrs Ghazi & Lim to pursue his interest in corporate practice and joined Azmi & Associates as an Associate. He is our Senior Associate 2 and part of our Capital & Debt Market Practice Group under the supervision of our Co-Deputy Managing Partner, Serina Abdul Samad.

He was recently elevated as Partner of the Firm on 1 April 2025.

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Lee Jee Yun

Partner

Direct Line:
+603 2118 5050

Mobile Phone:
+6017 903 7545

E-mail:
leejeeyun@azmilaw.com

Practice Areas

Nadia Liyana Hassan

Nadia graduated from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) with a First Class (Hons) in 2011. She has consistently achieved the Dean’s List marks throughout her undergraduate programme.

She was called to the Malaysian Bar and admitted to the roll of Advocates and Solicitors in 2012.

After graduation, Nadia began her legal career with Azmi & Associates as a pupil in July 2011. She was later recruited by the Senior Partners Office (SPO) after being called to the Bar in July 2012. She then attended to various legal work involving due diligence, corporate, M&A and property dealings.

Since 2015 and until today, she has been seconded to Prudenz Corporatehouse, a corporate secretarial services company. At Prudenz Corporatehouse, she currently works with its COO, with a team of 10 staff in undertaking secretarial and corporate outsourcing functions for new and established companies, including from overseas.

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Nadia Liyana Hassan

Senior Associate 1

Direct Line:
+603 2110 5888

Mobile Phone:
+6019 389 3660

E-mail:
nadialiyana@azmilaw.com

Practice Areas

Corporate & Commercial

Muhammad Inamul Hassan Shah Norman Dunsah

Inamul Hassan Shah graduated from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) with LL.B First Class (Hons) in 2015.

Hassan Shah was the recipient of the Best Student (Academic) Award from IIUM and the Best Student award for the subjects of Evidence, Criminal Procedure and Islamic Banking. Throughout the term of his education, Hassan Shah was selected to assist academician on research for areas of Competition Law and Anti-Trust, with an emphasis on the financial sector.

Hassan Shah was admitted to the Malaysian Bar in February 2016. He joined Azmi & Associates in January 2017 under the supervision of the Partner, Rosinah Mohd Salleh in the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group.

Prior to joining the Firm, he gained experience in various areas of law, which included employment, litigation, advisory works and drafting of legal documents. During that period, he has assisted in trials and hearings in all levels of Courts in Peninsular Malaysia including Industrial and Labour Courts.

Some of Hassan Shah’s notable assignments to date are as follows:

• Provided advisory on an acquisition of shares of up to RM710 million in an aviation company.

• Provided advisory to Film Organisation for National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (“FINAS”), the central government agency for the film industry of Malaysia, for the ASEAN-ROK Film Partnership and the Establishment of the ASEAN-ROK.

• Provided advisory to FINAS in devising the relevant guidelines for the introduction of cultural element related to Film In Malaysia Incentive (FIMI).

• Provided talk on “Anti Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing – General Overview and Obligations of Reporting Institutions” to Board of Directors and senior management of Pelaburan MARA Berhad.

• Provided advisory to Malaysian Technology Development Corporation Sdn Bhd (“MTDC”), a venture capital corporation focusing on technologies and innovation, on the relevant funding documentation pursuant to the establishment of a relief fund for companies affected by Covid-19 and the Movement Control Order imposed by the Malaysian government.

• Provided advisory to MTDC on its various investment arrangement and investment documents for various funds established by MTDC.

• Provided various legal services relating to investment including legal advisory in relation to issues related to distribution of dividend and preference share under Companies Act 2016 to MTDC.

• Provided advisory to Weida (M) Bhd, a public listed company at that time, on its circular to shareholders and application to Securities Commission Malaysia in relation to a proposed capital reduction and repayment exercise.

• Provided advisory to Small Medium Enterprise Development Bank (SME Bank) on its new business model on debt recovery including on the relevant service agreement pursuant thereto.

• Provided advisory to a governmental agency for the establishment of a private equity fund.

• Provided various legal services to Bray Controls Southeast Asia Sdn Bhd.

• Provided advisory to a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider company pertaining to the legality and validity of the promissory note.

• Provided legal services in the amendment of constitutions for public listed and private companies to be in line with the Main Market Listing Requirement, Companies Act 2016 and other related laws.

• Provided advisory to a public listed company in relation to the proposed share issuance scheme.

• Provided advisory services relating to the proposed introduction of private lease scheme as well as the proposed amendments to the National Land Code 1965 and Strata Titles Act 1985.

• Advised a financial institution in relation to the removal of its chairman by the shareholders.

• Provided advisory to a government-linked company in relation to the advantages and disadvantages of conversion from a public to private company.

• Provided advisory in relation to acquisition of 60% shares in company incorporated in India by a Malaysian company.

• Provided advisory to a public listed company in relation to acquisition of equity stake in a solar project.

• Provided advisory to a public company in relation to a capital reduction exercise per the Companies Act 2016.

• Assisted in cash compensation scheme exercise for a public listed company in order to compensate the entitled shareholders of the public listed company pursuant to the mandatory general offer.

Hassan Shah is currently managing a unit of M&A and Private Equity Practice Groups, with a total of three (3) lawyers reporting to him.

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Muhammad Inamul Hassan Shah Norman Dunsah
Partner

Direct Line:
+ 603 2118 5027

Mobile Phone:
+ 6017 339 7629

E-mail:
hassanshah@azmilaw.com

Practice Areas

Wan Nor Nadia W.Ramli

Wan Nor Nadia graduated from the International Islamic University Malaysia (“IIUM”) with a First Class in LL.B Syariah (Hons) in 2011 as well as Second Class Upper LL.B (Hons) in 2010.

She was the recipient of several awards during her studies, among others, the Best Student of LL.B Syariah and Best Student for Public International Law. She was also on the Dean’s List for several semesters and was listed in the Rector’s List of the 26^th IIUM Convocation.

She has a keen interest in Islamic Banking, Corporate Law and Conveyancing.

Wan Nor Nadia joined Azmi & Associates to undertake her pupilage period under the supervision of the Senior Partner, Dato’ Azmi Mohd Ali. During her pupilage period, she has been involved in general corporate matters, amongst others, incorporation of private limited company, conversion of private company to public company, change of company name, attending to the amendment of Memorandum and Articles of Association of a public listed company in compliance with Main Market Listing Requirements.

She is currently attached to Global Financial Services and Islamic Banking Practice Group.

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Wan Nor Nadia W.Ramli

Partner

Direct Line:
+603 2118 5011

Mobile Phone:
+6012 942 5896

E-mail:
nadiaramli@azmilaw.com