Azmi & Associates

Azmi & Associates has a solid reputation in Islamic finance. “They are known in the Islamic banking practice and have a good turnaround time for any task requested,” says a client. “Knowledgeable and accountable” Ahmad Lutfi Abdull Mutalip, a market-leading lawyer, “committed, responsive and resourceful” Farhah Haryati Mamat and Ahmad Syahir Yahya advised an issuer on updating a $3 billion multicurrency medium term note programme.

Market-leading lawyer Serina Abdul Samad, the practice head, and Moo Eng Thing of Azmi & Associates assisted clients in transactions for a proposed RM2.3 billion selective capital reduction and RM65 million asset-backed securitisation.

Market-leading lawyer Azmi Mohd Ali, the team leader of Azmi & Associates, advised a digital agency when it was acquired by Septeni, a Japanese internet specialist, from private equity firm Nova Founders. Norhisham Abd Bahrin assisted a noodle restaurant chain on selling 40% equity worth $6.7 million to a Japanese udon noodle company.

Azmi & Associates’s tightly knit practice is a reputable adviser in maritime and shipping. Practice leader Philip Teoh handled a referred matter by the Shanghai office of HFW, an international law firm, about a ship arrest to gain security for enforcement of an arbitration in London. Teoh has also been advising Orwell Offshore, a British engineering consultant, on a dispute about the conversion of a floating production, storage and offloading vessel.