Our People

Marina graduated from Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) with a Second Class (Upper Division) LL.B (Hons) in 2021.

She was attached to Mahkamah Tinggi Shah Alam in January 2020 as a legal intern, in which she was exposed to managing the relevant cause papers and documents filed by litigants as well as having the opportunities in closely observing civil and criminal hearings and trials conducted by the Registrars and Judges.

During her final year, she completed the 10 sessions of “Anatomy of Advanced Civil Practice Protocol & Advocacy”, a special 30 hours course conducted by YM Dato’ Raja Ahmad Mohzanuddin Shah. This course had developed her interest in civil litigation.

She was called to the Malaysian Bar and admitted to the roll of Advocates and Solicitors in April 2023. She is currently part of our Litigation & Arbitration Practice Group 6 under the supervision of our Partner, Mohd Wafiy Azman.

To date, some of Marina’s significant assignments, include:

• Assisted in representing a state-owned company from Perak at the Court of Appeal, succesfully overturning a High Court decision involving damages amounting to RM14.5million.
• Assisted in recovering an Islamic Financing Facility exceeding RM100 million on behalf of a local financial institution.
• Assisted in preparing legal advice for a government agency to terminate Sale and Purchase Agreements with over 100 Purchasers and to explore the option of a Scheme of Arrangement for claims for Liquidates Ascertained Damages (LAD) exceeding RM104 million.
• Assisted in providing comprehensive legal advice on a range of issues, including statutory interpretation, contract terms, land matters, scheme of arrangement, and execution and enforcement proceedings.
• Assisted in representing a wholly owned subsidiary of the Kelantan State Economic Development Corporation in obtaining a Fortuna Injunction to prevent the presentation of a winding-up petition pending the disposal of a Judicial Review Application at the Federal Court.

Tengku Nazmi Tengku Anuar graduated from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) with a LL.B (Hons) in 2020 with an LLB Hons degree Class 2 (Upper).

He has previously worked as a Part-Time Research Assistant for Professor Ida Madieha Bt. Abdul Ghani Azmi from 2019 to 2020 where he assisted in research primarily on intellectual property and international trade. Furthermore, he also assisted in the preparation of research proposals and conference presentations on topics related to trademark and patent issues. Beyond that, he also undertook an internship with RamRais & Partners (now known as Ram Caroline Sha & Syah) in 2019 where he was exposed to litigation and conveyancing work and assisted in the drafting and preparation of court documents.

In his university days, he was primarily active in the IIUM student-run law journal, Law Majalla, in which he was part of the revival committee in 2018 and subsequently served as its Editor-in-Chief in 2019. During this time, he assisted students in editing their journal submissions and subsequently ensuring that they were up to the high standards of an academic journal while also helping to organize the running of the journal.

Tengku Nazmi joined the Firm in January 2021 and is currently part of Litigation & Arbitration practice group under the supervision of our partner, Natalia Izra Dato’ Nasaruddin.

Wardah Yumna Yunus graduated from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) with LL.B (Hons) in 2021.

In July 2019, she interned at the High Court of Malaya in Shah Alam, where she reviewed cases for the Insolvency Department and wrote summaries on criminal and civil trials. Apart from receiving the Dean’s List Award for three semesters, she had actively participated in various moot competitions. She won first runner-up in the Jessup Intercontinental Friendly Moot rounds on 8 March 2021, going against teams from Portugal, Latvia, France and other European countries. In August 2018, she was a quarterfinalist in the Asia Pacific Rounds of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Arbitration Moot held at Seoul National University. In November 2018, she mooted at University of Stockholm, Sweden for the global rounds of FDI Arbitration Moot.

At the national level, she won first runner-up in the Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Competition 2019, and received the Best Oralist and “Promising Speaker” awards for the same tournament in 2019 and 2020. She also won first place in the Novice Arbitration Mooting Competition (NAMCO) 2018 held at Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC). In 2019, she was a semi-finalist and top 10 oralists for the LawAsia Moot Competition.

Besides that, she has a profound interest for researching and writing. She is also passionate about civil litigation and was a student of YM Raja Dato’ Ahmad Mohzanuddin Shah Raja Mohzan under the special program called “Beyond the Classroom: Anatomy of Advanced Civil Practice Protocol & Advocacy” organized by UiTM. Her passion for advocacy also drives her interest to be involved in civil litigation.

She is currently part of our Litigation & Arbitration Practice Group 6 under the supervision of our Partner, Mohd Wafiy Azman.