Fahri, Azzat & Co

The Team

OUR CHAMBERS

Datuk Azzat Kamaludin

Consultant

Fahri Azzat

Head of Chambers

Wong Guo Bin

Partner

Syahrul Syazwan

Partner

Asim Ng

Civil Majordomo

IQBAL HARITH LIANG

Associate

Tang Choon Hao

Associate

Abdul Azeem Ambalam

Associate

Ruzaini binti Md Nor

Associate

Ang Carlreen

Associate

Muhammad Firdaus

Associate

Khalidah Syahirah

Associate

Zaralisa Iffah Zaruddin

Syar’ie Lawyer

Fauzan Ziman Hassan

Syar’ie Lawyer

Siti Na Mardiana

Account Executive

Puteri Yusoff

Office & HR Manager

Mohd Azmil

Litigation Clerk

Shazrina

Litigation Clerk

Muhamad Zuhairi

Process Server

Nor Aini

Conveyancing Clerk

SABRINA AMEEN

Associate

Siti Na Mardiana

Account & HR Executive

Shazrina

Attestation Clerk

Syahira

Front Desk

Datuk Azzat bin Kamaludin | Consultant

Datuk Azzat bin Kamaludin

Consultant

Datuk Azzat was awarded his Bachelor of Laws (LLB) in 1968 and a Masters (LLM) in 1969 from Cambridge University. He was admitted as a Barrister-at-Law of the Middle Temple, London in 1970. He first served as an administrative and diplomatic officer with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia from 1970 to 1979. He was called to the Malaysian Bar in 1979 and immediately commenced practice in Chua Brothers, Azzat & Xavier. The firm eventually changed its name to Azzat & Izzat. He left the firm in February 2021 to join Fahri & Co., after which the firm was restyled as Fahri, Azzat & Co. He has been a Notary Public since 2021.
Between March 1993 and March 1999, he served as a member of the Securities Commission. After that, Datuk Azzat held directorships in publicly listed companies such as Axiata Group Companies, Technology Resources Industries Berhad, Affin Holdings Berhad, Boustead Holdings Berhad, Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation Berhad, KPJ Healthcare Berhad, Pulai Springs Resort Berhad, Visdynamics Holdings Berhad and Malaysian Directors Academy. He retired from his publicly listed directorships in 2018.
Datuk Azzat has vast corporate practice experience both in practice and at the board and regulatory levels. He advises on corporate matters, exercises and acquisitions.

Fahri Azzat | Managing Partner

Fahri Azzat

Managing Partner

Fahri obtained his Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Bristol University in 1997 and was called to the Malaysian Bar in 1999. He received a Diploma in Syariah Law and Practice from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) in 2010 and was called to the Wilayah Persekutuan Syarie Bar in June 2018. He has been a Notary Public since 2016 and a Commissioner for Oaths since 2017. He was a legal assistant with Messrs Azzat & Izzat for almost 17 years before founding Messrs Fahri, Azzat & Co. in 2016.
Fahri is an experienced litigator who commonly conducts civil, criminal, corporate, administrative, industrial, and family litigation. He conducts cases primarily in the superior courts for trials and appeals as solicitors or counsel. He appears regularly in the High Court of Appeal and Federal Court. He also conducts domestic arbitration cases at the Asian International Arbitration Centre located in Kuala Lumpur.
He has appeared in many instances across a diversity of legal areas, such as reported in Saiman Umar v Lembaga Pertubuhan Peladang [2015] 9 CLJ 153, Funk David Paul v Asia General Asset Berhad [2013] 1 LNS 1327, Zaitun Marketing Sdn Bhd v Boustead Eldred Sdn Bhd [2010] 3 CLJ 785, Viran Nagapan v Deepa Subramaniam & Other Appeals [2016] 3 CLJ 505, State Government of Negeri Sembilan & Ors v Muhammad Juzaili Mohd Khamis & Ors [2015] 8 CLJ 975, Subashini Rajasingam v Saravanan Thangathoray & Other Appeals [2008] 2 CLJ 1, and SIS Forum (Malaysia) v Kerajaan Negeri Selangor, Majlis Agama Islam Selangor (Intervener) [20220] 3 CLJ 339.
Fahri regularly trains young lawyers on legal advocacy and authored the Malaysian Guide to Advocacy, Malaysia’s first book dedicated to legal advocacy. He also regularly contributes to the practitioner’s texts on Bullen & Leake & Jacob’s Malaysian Precedent and Pleadings, the Malaysian Civil Procedure, and Judicial Review in Malaysia. He was elected to the Bar Council in March 2022. Since then, he has served as Bar Councilor and chaired the Constitutional Law Committee, the Digital and Communications Committee, The Law & Art Committee, the Syariah Law Committee and the Syariah Law Reform Committee during his tenure.

Wong Guo Bin | Partner

Wong Guo Bin

Partner

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Guo Bin graduated from the University of Sheffield in 1997 prior to being admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 1999.
Guo Bin commenced legal practice with Messrs. Cheang & Ariff upon his call to the Bar in 1999. Guo Bin then joined Messrs. Logan Sabapathy & Co. in 2001 where he was appointed as a partner in 2007. In 2008, Guo Bin co-founded the firm of Messrs. Izral Partnership, where he remained in active practice until August 2022.
Guo Bin joined Messrs. Fahri, Azzat & Co. as a partner in September of 2022.
Guo Bin’s client portfolio includes well-known property developers, investment holding corporations, news & media groups, and multi-national corporations (both local and foreign).
Guo Bin’s practice involves general civil and commercial litigation with focus on corporate disputes, employment disputes (with emphasis on asset preservation and asset recovery for corporate employers), construction disputes, land disputes (including compulsory acquisition) and strata management disputes.
He is known for his willingness to go the extra mile for his clients – to sit with them and help build a case from the ground up. His focus on solution-oriented methods is reinforced by his innate disposition for scrutiny and inquiry, which manifests itself in the high standards of client-care and effective advocacy that he sets for himself.
His intuition and resolve for problem solving has served him particularly well, especially in matters involving discreet and concealed evidence. One such instance was in a cross-border matter where he successfully acted for an internet domain name vendor involving issues of fraud, conspiracy, and misappropriation of company properties by its former employees. Despite the cross-border jurisdictional issues involved in the asset recovery and digital evidence collection process from China, Guo Bin had successfully obtained an Anton Piller Order and a Mareva Injunction for the client.
Guo Bin also has a holistic experience in dealing with construction disputes in court, arbitration, and adjudication. Such disputes range from claims concerning variation orders and claims for additional payment, extension of time applications/claims as well as a claim by a subsidiary of a public listed developer against a concrete supplier for supply of non-compliant concrete affecting the entire development. In particular, Guo Bin has successfully acted for a leading public listed company from the High Court all the way to the Federal Court to enforce the call of a RM 50 million bank guarantee in the face of numerous attempts by the contractor to restrain the call and receipt of the bank guarantee on grounds that the contractual completion period to deliver the building had been extended by virtue of alleged variation orders.
As for compulsory land acquisition matters, Guo Bin has successfully increased compensation for injurious affection for a client from nothing to RM 8.3 million. Previously, he had also successfully moved the Court of Appeal to declare an acquisition of a client’s land by the Government to be null and void altogether on grounds of illegality. He then went on to successfully defend this declaration before the Federal Court.
On strata management disputes, Guo Bin acts for both parcel owners asserting claims against errant developers/joint management bodies (JMB)/corporations as well as for developers in defending such claims. He is currently involved in 2 large and complex disputes on both sides of the divide with issues ranging from charging of different rates of maintenance charges for different parcels, misuse of maintenance and sinking funds, fraudulent non billing of maintenance charges and sinking fund involving developer’s related parties, defending claims by a JMB attempting to claim parts of development as common property as well as attempting to set aside past utility charges by the developer and seeking to impose past maintenance charges and sinking fund on the developer which are alleged not to have been billed in the past.
On corporate disputes, Guo Bin is experienced in handling corporate shareholder disputes (in particular private family companies) and is presently acting and advising in a shareholder’s dispute of one of the largest private property developers in Malaysia.
On employment matters, Guo Bin regularly acts for employers on matters concerning on employee misconduct in particular that involving stealing/misappropriation of funds and recovery of such stolen funds, domestic inquiry proceedings and has been appointed to chair domestic inquiry proceedings. He is also regularly appointed by private companies as Chairman of Domestic Inquiry panels in dealing with misconduct hearings involving high level management personnel.
On defamation matters, Guo Bin regularly acts for a leading news and media group in fielding demands as well as defence work against defamation claims.
Owing to all the above, Guo Bin has been a ‘Recommended Lawyer’ in The Legal 500 (Asia Pacific) 2022 – which has recognized him to be a “key partners” of Izral Partnership with client testimonial in the following terms:
“Wong Guo Bin has the ability to provide clear and concise advice that is to the point. He is able to grasp the issues quickly and is a steady hand even in the heat of battle. Will jump into the trenches with you until the war is won.”
— The Legal 500 (Client Testimonial)
Outside of the courts, Guo Bin is also regularly appointed onto the Disciplinary Committee by the Advocates & Solicitors Disciplinary Board to investigate into disciplinary complaint made against lawyers.
Besides frequently conducting civil, corporate and construction cases at the High Court, Guo Bin has also been appointed as counsel for various legal areas at Court of Appeal and Federal Court level in his 24 years of practice. He was involved with a diversity of contentious and non-contentious matters. Some of his notable reported cases are as follows:
(a) Civil Procedure: Bukit Melita Sdn Bhd v Revolusi Rancak Sdn Bhd [2020] 2 CLJ 199, CA, Mann Holdings Pte Ltd & Anor v Ung Yoke Hong [2019] 6 CLJ 475, CA, Yoong Sze Fatt v Pengkalen Securities Sdn Bhd [2010] 1 CLJ 484, CA, Ali Tan Sri Abdul Kadir & Ors v Simpang Empat Plantation Sdn Bhd [2008] 5 CLJ 305, FC.
(b) Banking: Public Bank Bhd v New Ace Digital Print Sdn Bhd & Anor [2019] 5 CLJ 1, FC.
(c) Land Fraud: Zaharah A Kadir v Ramunia Bauxite Pte Ltd & Anor [2011] 1 LNS 1015, CA.

Syahrul Syazwan Salehin | Partner

Syahrul Syazwan Salehin

Partner

Syahrul Syazwan obtained his Bachelor of Legal Studies (BLS Hons) in 2007 and his Bachelor of Law (LLB Hons) in 2008 from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). He was admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 2009 and subsequently earned a Diploma in Syariah Law and Practice from UiTM in 2010. In 2021, he was called to the Wilayah Persekutuan Syarie Bar. Syahrul began his legal career as a pupil at Messrs Azzat & Izzat under the tutelage of Fahri Azzat. His career kicked off in 2009 as a Legal Assistant at Messrs V. Samy & Co., and he co-founded Messrs Syahrul & Hamidi in 2013, where he practiced until November 2019. He then joined Messrs Fahri, Azzat & Co. as a partner in January 2024.
Besides legal practice, Syahrul is actively involved in serving the Bar Council and Selangor Bar. He currently serves as a committee member of the National Legal Aid and Yayasan Bantuan Guaman Kebangsaan (YBGK) Committee for the 2024/25 term and chairs the Legal Aid Center & YBGK of Selangor Bar. He also holds an appointment on the Disciplinary Committee of the Advocates & Solicitors Disciplinary Board until 2025.
His expertise spans both criminal and civil litigation, with a strong focus on White-Collar crime, including cases under the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act and the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing, and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities (AMLA) Act. Syahrul has also appeared before the Federal Court to argue for the revision of death sentences and natural life imprisonment under the Abolition of the Mandatory Death Penalty Act 2023. In addition to his criminal law practice, he is involved in Election Law cases.
Syahrul has appeared in many instances across a diversity of legal areas, such as reported in Pendakwa Raya lwn Badan Perhubungan UMNO Negeri Johor dan lain-lain [2021] 10 MLJ 8, PP v. Barisan Nasional Bahagian Johor Bahru [2020] 10 CLJ 222, Pendakwa Raya lwn Sharil @ Shahrir bin Ab Samad, Sharil @ Shahrir bin Ab Samad v Tommy Thomas @ Mohan a/l K. Thomas & Ors [2024] MLJU 1951, Teo Yew Chuan v. Haji Aminolhudda Hassan [2013] 1 LNS 1159.

Asim Ng | Civil Majordomo

Asim Ng

Civil Majordomo

Asim obtained his Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of the West of England in Bristol in 2013, passed his Certificate of Legal Practice in 2014, and was called to the Malaysian Bar in 2015. He completed his pupilage with Messrs. Azzat & Izzat under Fahri Azzat’s tutelage.
Asim advises and litigates mainly civil matters related to employment, construction, contractual disputes, injunctions, debt claims, tenancies, land disputes, consumer protection, contested winding up, insolvency, estate disputes, defamation, torts, goods sold and delivered, banking, enforcement and executions, running down matters and medical laws.
Asim also conducts criminal procedures, trials and appeals, which include drug possession and trafficking, murder, corruption and bribery, defamation, harassment, theft, sexual offences, traffic offences and immigration offences.

Iqbal Harith Liang | Associate

Iqbal Harith Liang

Associate

Iqbal graduated with a Bachelor of Law with honours (LLB Hons.) from the University of Malaya. He was called to the Malaysian Bar in October 2021.
Iqbal is a member of the Bar Council’s Publication Committee. He was also formerly a judicial clerk with the Federal Court of Malaysia, where he primarily assisted apex court judges in legal research.
Iqbal primarily handles litigation matters related to public law and constitutional issues, with a focus on religious rights disputes. He also routinely handles applications for judicial review, defamation claims, tortious claims, and contractual disputes. He also has experience with domestic conflict of laws and criminal defence cases.
During his time as a law student, Iqbal was President of the UM Law Society. He was also an active mooter, having participated in, among others, both the regional and international rounds of the Monroe E Price Media Law Moot Court Competition organised by the University of Oxford.

Tang Choon Hao | Associate

Tang Choon Hao

Associate

Choon Hao graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) with honours from the Multimedia University in June 2020. He was subsequently admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in August 2021.
His forte lies in the realm of civil and commercial litigation where he primarily handles litigation matters related to shareholder disputes, contractual disputes, civil disputes, insolvency, enforcement proceedings as well as arbitration.
His notable reported/unreported cases include:
(a) Padda Gurtaj Singh v Tune Talk Sdn Bhd [2024] MLJU 708 (HC).
(b) Tune Group Sdn Bhd & Ors v Padda Gurtaj Singh and another appeal [2023] 6 MLJ 345 (COA).
(c) Tune Group Sdn Bhd v Tune Talk Sdn Bhd & Ors [2023] MLJU 1998 (HC).
(d) Eco Hijau Semula Sdn Bhd & Anor v Mohd Najeib bin Ahmad Walat [2023] 11 MLJ 65 (HC).

Abdul Azeem Ambalam | Associate

Abdul Azeem Ambalam

Associate

Azeem graduated with a Bachelor of Jurisprudence with Honours from the University of Malaya in June 2017 and was called to the Malaysian Bar in October 2019.
Prior to his foray into the law, Azeem worked in business development and corporate communications at a biotechnological company. He also holds a Bachelor of Accounting degree from Multimedia University, Cyberjaya.
Azeem underwent his pupillage and spent his first 3 years of legal practice in a Kuala Lumpur law firm renowned for its work in medical negligence litigation on behalf of patients and their families. He has assisted senior counsel in medical negligence claims on behalf of patients who have suffered brain damage and other catastrophic and life altering injuries (and family members of deceased patients) at the trial and appellate levels.
He has also conducted medical negligence trials independently at the High Court and even led an appeal hearing at the Court of Appeal concerning a dispute over the calculation of a military veteran’s disability pension.
In addition to medical negligence matters, Azeem undertakes work in strata management disputes, contractual disputes and tortious claims. An overarching area of interest to him, Azeem also undertakes a wide range of criminal defence work.
In addition to English and Bahasa Malaysia, Azeem is also able to communicate in fluent Tamil and conversational German.

Ruzaini binti Md Nor | Associate

Ruzaini binti Md Nor

Associate

Ruzaini graduated with Bachelor of Legal Studies (BLS Hons) in 2007 and Bachelor of Law (LLB Hons) in 2008 from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). She was called to the Malaysian Bar in 2010. Recently, she has been appointed as a Commissioner for Oath for the term 01.08.2024 to 31.12.2026.
Ruzaini is the firm’s conveyancing lawyer. Her practice focuses on residential and commercial conveyancing, loan and financing documentation. She also advises on estate planning, administration and the preparation of wills and trusts. In serving the firm’s clientele, Ruzaini deals directly with Land Offices, the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia, the Jabatan Ketua Pengarah Tanah dan Galian Persekutuan, the Malaysian Department of Insolvency, and Companies Commission of Malaysia.

Ang Carlreen | Associate

Ang Carlreen

Associate

Carlreen obtained her Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the Queen’s University Belfast in 2020, completed her Barrister Training Course at BPP University, Manchester in 2022, and was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2022. She completed her pupillage with Messrs Fahri, Azzat & Co. under Wong Guo Bin’s tutelage, and was called to the Malaysian Bar in February 2024.
Carlreen primarily assists in civil litigation matters related to employment, construction, contractual disputes, obtaining or resisting injunctions, debt claims, tenancies, and goods sold and delivered. She also assists in criminal matters, which include sexual and traffic offences.

Muhammad Firdaus | Paralegal

Muhammad Firdaus

Paralegal

Muhammad Firdaus graduated with First Class Honours in his Bachelor of Law (Honours) from University Teknologi MARA (UiTM) in 2023.
Firdaus has a profound passion for the law in general. He underwent his pupillage at the firm under the tutelage of Datuk Azzat Kamaludin where he had the opportunity to work alongside partners and associates in a wide array of legal disciplines. During that time, he gained hands-on experience in assisting the partners and associates in conducting trials and hearings at all court levels in both criminal and civil litigation.
A former avid mooter during his undergraduate, Firdaus demonstrated exceptional advocacy skills where he was awarded the Best Oralist in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in 2023.
Firdaus is able to accept instructions in all areas of the firm’s practice.

Khalidah Syahirah | Paralegal

Khalidah Syahirah

Paralegal

Khalidah obtained her Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) in 2023. She completed her pupillage with Messrs Fahri, Azzat & Co. under Fahri Azzat’s tutelage.
Khalidah primarily assists in litigating matters related to corporate disputes, injunctions, debt recovery, tortious claims and constitutional matters, as well as Arbitration proceedings concerning contractual and commercial disputes.
Khalidah also has a keen interest in criminal litigation, and currently assists in criminal matters involving sexual and drug trafficking offences.

Zaralisa Iffah Zaruddin | Syar’ie Lawyer

Zaralisa Iffah Zaruddin

Syar’ie Lawyer

Zaralisa Iffah graduated with a Bachelor of Syariah & Law with Honours from the International Islamic University of Selangor in 2018. She also achieved a Postgraduate Diploma in Judicial Administration and Islamic Practice from the National University of Malaysia in 2021.
She has practised Shariah Lawyer since 2019 and holds a practising license for the Federal Territories and Malacca state. Zaralisa handles cases involving Sharia issues such as Islamic family matters, marriage, inheritance, hibah etc.

Fauzan Ziman bin Hassan | Syar’ie Lawyer

Fauzan Ziman bin Hassan

Syar’ie Lawyer

Fauzan Ziman Hassan’s legal journey began with a Diploma in Law from Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) in 2012. He obtained his Bachelor of Shariah with Honours from the Malaysia Islamic Science University (USIM) in 2016. Fauzan then furthered his studies at the same university, earning a Diploma in Islamic Judicial and Advocacy Practice (DIJAP) in 2017.
Fauzan started his career as an Assistant Shariah Advisor at the Perak Shariah Welfare and Management Department in 2017 before being commissioned as a Shariah Counsel for Perak, Melaka, and Negeri Sembilan in 2018. He was also commissioned as Shariah Counsel for the state of Selangor in 2022. He has extensive experience handling cases involving Islamic inheritance matters such as faraid, wasiat, hibah, and harta pusaka. He is frequently sought after for advice on property inheritance planning and is often invited to give talks on Islamic financial management in various government departments and private offices.
He is also experienced in handling Islamic matrimonial disputes and family matters, including divorce, child custody disputes, matrimonial property disputes, and engagement damages. In addition to representing a wide range of clients, Fauzan has represented several famous celebrities and well-known figures in family disputes.
Fauzan also actively handles Shariah criminal cases, representing clients accused of various Shariah offences. Following the Nik Elin Zurina Nik Abdul Rashid & Anor v. Kerajaan Negeri Kelantan case, Fauzan was invited by the Majlis Agama Islam Selangor (MAIS) to discuss and identify conflicts between state and federal law provisions.

Sabrina Mohamed Ameen | Associate

Sabrina Mohamed Ameen

Associate

Sabrina graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) with honours from the International Islamic University Malaysia in June 2021. She was called to the Malaysian Bar in April 2022. She is also a master’s degree holder in Criminal Justice (MCJ) from University Malaya, 2024.
She handles civil, criminal, probate, estate and administrative law matters, but most of all, she finds passion in family matters.