Our People

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.

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 in our Senior Partner’s Office, under the supervision of our Senior Partner, Dato’ Azmi Mohd Ali.

Umar Izat Nubli graduated from Universiti Teknologi MARA with a LL.B (Hons) in 2019.

He then commenced his pupillage in November 2019 at Wong & Partners and was called to the Malaysian Bar and admitted to the roll of Advocates and Solicitors of the High Court of Malaya in December 2020.

He joined Azmi & Associates in May 2021 to join our Mergers and Acquisitions practice area.

Some of his notable assignments include:

⊕ assisted in the renewal and added value application of licensed manufacturing warehouse by A.Schulman Thermoplastic Compounds Sdn. Bhd.;

⊕ assisted in conducting due diligence for the acquisition of AXA Affin Life Insurance and AXA Affin General Insurance by Generali Asia N.V.;

⊕ assisted in drafting Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing Policy for Louis Vuitton (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.;

⊕ assisted in preparing legal opinions for Airbnb on issues regarding the operation of Short Term Rental Accommodation in Malaysia pre-COVID-19 and during COVID-19;

⊕ assisted in preparing legal opinion in connection with the provision of regulatory advice in respect of the provision of mobile phone repair and replacement services by Amtrust Mobile Solutions Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. to the customers of Samsung Malaysia Electronics Sdn. Bhd. for Samsumg Care+;

⊕ assisted in conducting due diligence for the Islamic Medium Term Notes Facility of up to RM535.0 million in aggregate nominal value to be established by AZRB Capital Sdn. Bhd.;

⊕ advising in the acquisition of shares in a State-linked waste management company;

⊕ advising MARA Corporation Sdn Bhd in relation to the restructuring of Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA)’s subsidiaries; and

⊕ advising Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority (RISDA), for restructuring of RISDA’s subsidiary companies.

He is currently attached to the Mergers & Acquisitions, and Corporate Practice Group under the supervision of our Partner, Sharizan Sarif.