Izzati Asyiqin Adzhar

Izzati Asyiqin Adzhar

Izzati Asyiqin Adzhar graduated from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) with a First Class LL.B (Hons) in 2019. Having a keen interest in corporate and commercial laws, she later pursued LL.M in Business Law in International Islamic University Malaysia and graduated in 2020 where she was awarded as the Best Student for Master of Laws programme session 2019/2020.

She was exposed mostly to corporate and commercial courses such as Mergers and Acquisition, Corporate Finance, Corporate Law, Commercial and Consumer Law, Securities Law, Taxation Law etc. She was also exposed to courses on Islamic Law contracts and transactions.  During her postgraduate studies, she wrote several research papers and case studies such as “Analysis on Taxation of Illegal Income in Malaysia, New Zealand and United Kingdom”, “Case Study on Declaration of Dividend of Lembaga Tabung Haji (LTH) and Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT)”, “Examining the Protection of Shareholders in Schemes of Arrangement and Compulsory Acquisition of Shares” and “Case Study: Boardroom Tussle in Protasco Berhad and Med-Bumikar Mara Sdn Bhd.”

During her undergraduate year, she was attached to Messrs. Faizah Aishah Rahman & Associates as a legal intern in 2018. She undergone her internship with Puan Aishah Dato’ Abdul Rahman. During the tenure of the internship, she has explored mainly litigation and conveyancing work. She carried out several research tasks to help the partners to draft legal arguments in some ongoing cases. She was also taught to draft legal document in most litigation cases.

Some of her notable assignments during his tenure in Azmi & Associates include:

• Assisted in advising, drafting and reviewing Share Sale Agreement;

• Assisted in reviewing and drafting of a number of Sale and Purchase Agreement;

• Assisted in reviewing and drafting of a number of Lease, Tenancy and Sub tenancy Agreement; and

• Assisted in drafting of Supplier Agreement and Distribution Agreement.

She underwent her pupillage at our JB Office under the supervision of Partner, Syed Muhammad Ridza Syed Abdullah. She was also exposed to corporate matters under our Senior Partner, Dato’ Azmi Mohd Ali.

She is currently part of the Senior Partner’s Office under the supervision of our Senior Partner, Dato’ Azmi Mohd Ali.

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Izzati Asyiqin Adzhar

Associate

Direct Line:
+603 2118 5086

E-mail:
izzatiasyiqin@azmilaw.com

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Mahadi Abdullah

Mahadi Abdullah

Mahadi grew up in Penang, Malaysia, attended the Hutchings Primary School and the Methodist Boys’ Secondary School and then had his tertiary education in the United States of America, graduating  from Brandeis University, Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) degree in 1976 under the Wien International Scholarship Program. After graduation, he worked for a commercial bank and a Nomura-affiliated investment bank and completed his Diploma in Banking from the Institute of Bankers, London. He graduated from the University of London with a LL.B. (Hons), completed his Certificate in Legal Practice, Malaysia and has been admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya.

He was in the service of PETRONAS, the national petroleum company of Malaysia for 33 years and held positions in the international marketing, corporate planning, finance, oil downstream planning and legal services divisions of PETRONAS. Mahadi was the Company Secretary/Legal Advisor of PETRONAS Gas Berhad, a Malaysian public-listed company. For the Dragon LNG Regasification Joint Venture Project in Milford Haven, Wales, UK he was the PETRONAS Legal Advisor and concurrently the PETRONAS nominee Director of Dragon LNG Ltd. He has also experience in international energy, oil, gas and petrochemical projects in Canada, Australia, Uzbekistan, Sudan, India, China,  Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and other South-East Asian countries and advised on upstream oil and gas production sharing contracts and M&As, JOAs, drilling contracts, FPSO/FSO agreements, FLNG projects and abandonment & decommissioning in Malaysia and South-east Asia.

Recognising that the energy supply and demand system is transforming very rapidly in the context of climate change and the transition to new energy, he has a keen personal interest in energy management and transformation in Malaysia and has acquired knowledge and expertise in the new energy sectors –  regulatory framework, carbon credit, waste-to-energy, solar power, hydrogen and river hydropower, including the related power purchase agreements.

Membership:
• Association of International Energy Negotiators [AIEN] (previously known as AIPN)
• Society of Construction Lawyers, Malaysia
• Malaysian Petroleum Club, Kuala Lumpur
• Alliance Francaise, Kuala Lumpur
• Putrajaya Lake Club

Interests: Reading, flora and gardening.

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Mahadi Abdullah

Senior Associate 1

Direct Line:
+603 2118 5137

Mobile Number:
+6012 205 7382

E-mail:
mahadi@azmilaw.com

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Zhilal Adnan

Zhilal Adnan

Zhilal Adnan graduated from the International Islamic University Malaysia, with a First Class in a Bachelor of Law, LL.B (Hons) which he received in 2020. He also has a First Class in a Bachelor of Law (Shariah) LL.B(S) (Hons) which he received in 2021.

He was later called to the Malaysian Bar and admitted to the roll of Advocates and Solicitors of the High Court of Malaya in 2022.

Throughout his years of study, he gradually developed his interest and passion in banking and finance practices apart from corporate areas. 

Some of Zhilal’s most notable matters include:

• Assisting in several mandatory licenses application and other related manufacturing applications for foreign company in Malaysia including business premise license, income tax registration, and Employee Provident Fund’s registration.

• Assisting in a sale and purchase of property involving a foreign-controlled company in Malaysia and related taxation issues in relation to the purchase of the property.

• Assisting in the preparation of a strategy paper in advising several foreign companies on the issue of default of contractual duty involving a big-scale glove company.

• Assisting in benchmarking reviews on remuneration policy of directors between several remarkable multinational companies in Malaysia.

• Assisting in the preparation of legal advisories in relation to cyber-attacks and ransomware issues involving one of the prominent companies in Malaysia.

He is currently part of Private Equity & Venture Capital Practice Group, under the supervision of our Partner, M Inamul Hassan Shah.

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Zhilal Adnan

Senior Associate 2

Direct Line:
+603 2118 5078

E-mail:
zhilal@azmilaw.com

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Umar Izat Nubli

Umar Izat Nubli

UMAR IZAT NUBLI read law at Universiti Teknologi MARA and graduated with a LL.B (Hons) in 2019.

He served as an intern at the Attorney General Chambers of Malaysia in 2017 and Messrs. Wong & Partners, a member firm of Baker & McKenzie International (Messrs. Wong & Partners) in 2019. He then commenced his pupillage in November 2019 at Messrs. Wong & Partners.

He gained experience in various matters but spent considerable time on corporate and commercial as well as banking and Islamic finance matters. He was involved in, among others, regulatory compliance, licensing, due diligence and drafting of legal documents and legal opinions.

He was admitted to the Malaysian Bar in December 2020.

Some of his assignments include:

• advising a renewable energy power producing company for the sale of ordinary shares and issuance of preference shares to an energy business public company in relation to the issuance of RM975.0 million Sukuk;

• advising a multinational oil and gas company in relation to its proposed acquisition of an offshore gas field project in Asia from three (3) international oil and gas companies;

• advising on the structure of a joint venture between a Spain entity and a Malaysian entity in respect of engineering solutions services in the oil and gas industries;

• advising on the structure for a 100% acquisition of a target company by a public listed company for the purpose of expanding its diary business;

• advising Pelaburan MARA Berhad in respect of the acquisition of shares from minority shareholders in a public company involved in the business of financial services;

• advising SAMSUNG SDI Energy Malaysia Sdn. Bhd in relation to the exchange of lands for the production of EV battery cell facility in Negeri Sembilan;

• advising on the divestment of a subsidiary of Ministry of Finance Incorporated;

• advising on the disposal of 51% ordinary shares in a company engaged in the provision of safety consultancy, rig training and coaching in the oil and gas industry;

• advising on the proposed development of a biogas power plant with an installed capacity of 1.2 MW, in the State of Johor; and

• advising Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor (PKNS) in respect of development of three (3) Rumah Selangorku projects.

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Umar Izat Nubli

Senior Associate 2

Direct Line:
+603 2118 5039

E-mail:
umar.izat@azmilaw.com

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Gabriel Yee Full Yek

Gabriel Yee Full Yek

Gabriel Yee Full Yek graduated from University of Bristol with a LLB Law (Hons) in 2018 and completed his Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) in BPP University London in 2019.

He was subsequently called to the Bar of England and Wales in November 2019 as a member of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn.

He commenced his pupillage at Azmi & Associates in January 2020 and was admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in January 2021.

Some of his notable assignments during his tenure in Azmi & Associates include:

• Assisted in advising, drafting and reviewing Shareholders Agreement and Share Subscription Agreement in relation to a joint venture between a local company and a Malaysian company listed in the Bursa’s Ace Market;

• Assisted in advising and drafting Master Investment Agreement for a Labuan licensed investment bank;

• Assisted in conducting a competition law due diligence on a Sarawak state-owned company to ensure that their operations are in comply with the Malaysia Competition Law;

• Conducting a legal due diligence and assisted in the preparation of loan and security documents in relation to the project financing facilities granted by Malaysia Debt Ventures Berhad to its borrowers;

• Assisted in advising Export-Import Bank of Malaysia Berhad on the update of its existing US$3,000,000,000 Multicurrency Medium Term Notes in 2021.

He is currently an Associate attached to the Capital & Debt Markets Practice Group under the supervision of our Co-Deputy Managing Partner, Serina Abdul Samad and Partner, Moo Eng Thing.

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Gabriel Yee Full Yek

Senior Associate 2

Direct Line:
+603 2118 5041

Mobile Phone:

E-mail:
gabrielyee@azmilaw.com

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Farah Adibah Suhaime

Farah Adibah Suhaime

Farah Adibah Suhaime graduated from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) with a first class degree in LL.B (Hons) in 2020.

Upon completing degree, she joined Azmi & Associates in November 2021 as a pupil, and was later admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in October 2021.

Among her key assignments are as follows:

• Conducted a due diligence exercise for the proposed investment pursuant to a management buyout of a public company.

• Advised a foreign client in relation to its proposed subscription of shares in an international courier service company.

• Advised Russian party on the transfer of its property in Malaysia.

• Advised on investment of a government fund into a company for small and medium enterprises purposes.

• Assisted in reviewing employment contracts.

• Assisted in drafting a sale and purchase agreement.

She currently advises on mergers & acquisitions, corporate commercial, conveyancing and corporate finance and she is part of the Mergers & Acquisitions/ Corporate Practice Group under the supervision of our Partner, Suhara Mohammad Sidik.

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Farah Adibah Suhaime

Associate

Direct Line:
+603 2118 5092

E-mail:
farahadibah@azmilaw.com

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Natalia Izra Dato’ Nasaruddin

Natalia Izra Dato’ Nasaruddin

Natalia Izra received her American High School Diploma from Brussels American High School, Brussels, Belgium and obtained her LL.B Hons in Second Class (Upper) from Staffordshire University, United Kingdom in 1999. She then subsequently obtained the Certificate of Legal Practice in 2002.

Her pupillage was carried out in Shearn Delamore in 2002 and she was then called to the Malaysian Bar and admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor in 2003.

Prior to joining Azmi & Associates, Natalia was a Partner in the Dispute & Resolution Practice Group at Zul Rafique & Partners. She has also served as an associate in Raja, Darryl & Loh as well Zaid Ibrahim & Co, amongst others. She joined Zul Rafique & Partners in 2008 and became a partner in the said firm in 2013. Natalia was nominated as the Woman Lawyer of The Year at the 6th Annual ALB Malaysia Law Awards 2019.

Natalia’s area of specialisation is in general civil litigation. Throughout her practice she has handled disputes relating to amongst others the following matters: banking, probate, land, tenancy as well as tortious claims in respect of personal injury and defamation.

She has acted as both lead and co-counsel in respect of a variety of different types of disputes in the civil courts (at the subordinate, High Court and the appellate levels) in Malaysia.

During the tenure of her career, Natalia has acted as counsel or co-counsel in amongst others, the following cases: –

• Advised and acted as counsel for a number of financial institutions in respect of both conventional and Islamic banking claims;

• Advised and acted as lead counsel for a local university in a substantial number of cases involving breach of scholarship agreements;

• Advised and acted as co-counsel for a well-known bus operator in a suit it lodged against its’ counter-party in a joint venture agreement. Prior to the trial, an injunction was successfully obtained to prevent the counter-party from  disrupting service to hundreds of passengers at a low-cost flight terminal;

• Advised and acted as lead counsel for a local airlines company in a trial revolving a claim lodged against it by a former service provider;

• Advised and acted as co-counsel / counsel for a petrol station operator in respect of a nuisance claim lodged against it by neighboring individuals;

• Advised and acted for an entity in a matter which involved acts of fraud  committed against it that in turn led to lands being unlawfully transferred to third parties;

• Advised and acted as counsel for a dredging company in a matter involving a ship collision resulting in damage to the claimant’s property;

• Advised and acted as counsel for an individual sued by a corporate entity on the basis of amongst others, breach of fiduciary and/or directors’ duties. The claim against the said individual was dismissed at the conclusion of trial;

• Advised and acted as counsel for a communications service provider in a claim lodged against it by an individual for mental distress;

• Advised and acted as co-counsel for a multinational company in a claim lodged against it by another entity to lift the veil of incorporation vis-a-vis the said multinational;

• Advised and acted as counsel for a multinational company in a land valuation suit against a local government authority; and

• Advised and acted as counsel for a trading conglomerate in a suit against its former solicitor for the latter’s acts of fraud and financial misappropriation.

She has conducted various talks for clients and external organisations regarding issues surrounding contractual and/or tortious disputes. In addition, she also assisted in the drafting of the Rules of Court 2012.

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Natalia Izra Dato’ Nasaruddin
Partner

Direct Line:
+603 2118 5024

Mobile Phone:
+ 6012 603 8000

E-mail:
natalia.izra@azmilaw.com

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Serina Abdul Samad

Serina Abdul Samad

Serina graduated in 1992 with an LL. B Business Law (Hons) from Coventry University, England. She became a member of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn in 1992 and was admitted to the English Bar in 1993. She read in the chambers of Philip Nainan in Johor Bahru and was admitted to the Malaysian Bar on 27 August 1994.

Early in her career she joined Messrs KM Chye & Partners in January 1995 and underwent training in Singapore with Messrs Khattar Wong & Partners, in the field of conveyancing and banking and later in 1996 in the field of shipping. She joined Messrs Hisham, Sobri & Kadir in 1999. Serina was involved in various corporate and commercial matters, in particular, due diligence work on companies applying for listing on the Main and Second Boards of the then Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.

Serina then became one of the founding partners of Azmi & Associates in 2000, and is responsible for the development of the Capital & Debt Markets Practice Group and Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group. Some of her most notable assignments include:

• Advised Pengurusan Aset Air Berhad on the restructuring of the water supply industry in Selangor Darul Ehsan, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya.

• Advising a Malaysian fund management company on the establishment of a Shariah-compliant wholesale fund under the Lodge and Launch Framework.

• Advised and provided legal services to Naza Group in relation to the share sale transaction with France’s Groupe PSA in relation to car assembly plant in Gurun.

• Advising Larkin Sentral Property Berhad in relation to the waqf shares offering of up to 850 million new ordinary shares in Larkin Sentral Property Berhad to institutions and individuals at a subscription price of RM0.10 per issue share to be subsequently endowed (via waqf) to Waqaf An-Nur Corporation Berhad.

• Acted for Social Security Organisation (Socso) on matters relating to the purchase of a commercial building in Precinct 2, Putrajaya.

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Serina Abdul Samad
Partner

Direct Line:
+603 2118 5003

Mobile Phone:
+6019-270 6196

E-mail:
serina@azmilaw.com

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Dato’ Azmi Mohd Ali

Dato’ Azmi Mohd Ali

Dato’ Azmi Mohd Ali (DJMK) is the Senior Partner of the Firm.  The firm, Azmi & Associates under his leadership is recognized as one of the largest law firms (by size) in Malaysia.

He holds LL.B (Hons.) from the University of Malaya (1984) and LLM in US & Global Business Law from the Suffolk University, Boston, U.S.A (2011). He has also attended a short program on Enterprise Innovation at Cambridge University Business School.

He is an experienced and is one of the leading corporate lawyers in Malaysia with expertise in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, cross-border transactions, project finance, privatisation, energy, oil and gas and foreign investments.

Prior to his venture in private practice, Dato’ Azmi spent 6 1⁄2 years as an in-house counsel of PETRONAS. He was involved in projects of national importance for Malaysia and negotiated and concluded the NGPSA, a major gas development project for Malaysia, in 1990.

His accomplishments as a corporate lawyer are well noted and have earned him numerous awards, and recognitions from reputed international legal publications. He won the prestigious Legal 500 Hall of Fame for M&A/corporate 2020, Distinguished M&A Practitioner for AsiaLaw 2020, International Law Office 2016 Clients Choice Award for Malaysia in Mergers & Acquisitions, and other international publications.

Currently, he is a Director of S P Setia Berhad, Maybank Islamic Berhad, Sapura Energy Berhad, Worldwide Holdings Berhad as well as Director of Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia. He has previously served as a Director of Sime Darby Berhad, Chemical Company of Malaysia Berhad, CCM Biotech Duopharma Berhad, Perbadanan Nasional Berhad and Metacorp Berhad.

He was a Director of Financial Reporting Foundation, a Government-backed foundation to facilitate the advancement of Malaysian accounting standard, and was also the Chairman of Malaysia International Franchise Sdn Bhd (“MyFranchise”).

On the legal industry front, he is a Director of Terralex, a Florida-based world-wide network of 155 law firms with 19,000 lawyers within its member firms spanning across 100 jurisdictions world-wide.

On the academic front, he was a Director of a public university, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan and has also served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the International Islamic University of Malaysia for more than 3 years and Adjunct Professor at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s Law Faculty. He is also a Director of Yayasan Putra Business School, a UPM-related private university.

He is also a member of ICC Malaysia (International Chamber of Commerce Malaysia) and member of the Panel of Conciliators and Panel of Arbitrators, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).

Farhah Hayati Mamat

Farhah Hayati Mamat

Farhah Hayati graduated from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) with Second Class Upper LL.B (Hons) in September 2002.

During her undergraduate studies, she also joined a programme in the Law Centre of Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws at IIUM and obtained a certificate in Company’s administration (“CICA”) in 2003.

After graduation, she was attached to Messrs. Azmi & Associates and was mainly exposed to corporate matters under the supervision of associates of the firm. She started her pupilage in October 2002 with Messrs. Hasnan Hamzah, whereby she was exposed to litigation matter under the supervision of En. Hasnan himself. Subsequently, in November 2002, she continued her term of pupilage with this Firm under the supervision of our Senior Partner, En. Azmi Mohd Ali, whereby she assisted in conducting corporate due diligence exercises for the purpose of submission to the Securities Commission and other various corporate works.

In addition, she also assisted in drafting and preparing the financing documents in Islamic Banking, registry works related to intellectual property protection specifically in trademarks registration, probate and administration in Islamic Law, drafting and preparing the agreements in relation to the acquisition of shares in public listed company, cross border transactions, opinions and also assisted in conducting researches for litigation matters, contracts, as well as corporate matters.

She completed her term of pupilage on 18 July 2003 and called to the Malaysian Bar on 4 September 2003. She is currently attached to Financial Services Practice Group.

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Farhah Hayati Mamat
Partner

Direct Line:
+603 2118 5012

Mobile Phone:
+6019-325 3358

E-mail:
farhah@azmilaw.com

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