About the firm

Syed Ibrahim & Co was founded by Syed Ibrahim bin Syed Abdul Rahman in 1975 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The firm began as general practice and evolved into practice that focus on corporate and business laws.

Our Services

Dispute Resolution

Syed Ibrahim & Co represents clients in civil and commercial disputes at all stages starting from pre-action negotiations to court proceedings and closing of settlement arrangements.

We are often engaged by corporations and individuals that are involved in complicated disputes relating to contractual arrangements, corporations, shareholders and business partnership, boardroom control, and directors’ roles, duties and obligations. We are also engaged to uncover elaborate schemes involving fraud, forgery and embezzlement of corporations’ funds.

We understand how prolonged dispute can affect your business. So, we work hard towards achieving an early acceptable resolution but we will always be prepared to take cases to trial.

Corporate Commercial

Syed Ibrahim & Co advises clients on a wide range of corporate commercial transactions including fund-raising, inward investment, mergers and acquisitions, joint-ventures, and corporate restructuring and insolvency. Where required, we achieve your business objectives through capital reduction, scheme of arrangement, judicial management and voluntary arrangement.

Our clients, both domestic and foreign, range from public listed corporations to successful start-ups and entrepreneurs that seek to invest in or welcoming new investment.

We understand that structuring a commercial arrangement can be a complex process. By working with us from the onset, our corporate commercial team can help identify value-add opportunities and offer legal perspective that helps achieve your commercial objectives. We work with our clients on all stages from structuring, negotiating, drafting transaction documents to closing.

How We Work

We pride ourselves on developing solutions where there are tricky issues and substantial sums of money involved.

We look at all aspects of your business and legal issues with a creative perspective and we find leverage points that we can use to meet your objectives. We aim to help you cut through complexity, get to the heart of the problem and achieve that which matters most.

We understand that time and costs are precious. We are very open to structuring arrangements that will ensure the time and costs you spend in your managing your matters with us are used in the most efficient and effective way.

The Team

Datuk Wira Syed Amir Syakib Arsalan bin Syed Ibrahim

Managing Partner

Syed Amir Syakib Arsalan bin Syed Ibrahim

Mak Lin Kum

Senior Partner

Mak Lin Kum

Mohamed Izzul Faris Mohd Ghani

Partner

Mohamed Izzul Faris Mohd Ghani

Associates

Mohd Zulkhairi Bin Ab Aziz

  • Associate
  • Dispute Resolution

Qualification

  • Bachelor of Laws (LLB Hons.)
  • LL.B (Hons), National University of Malaysia (UKM)
  • Admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 2003

Tan Xue Qi

  • Associate
  • Dispute Resolution

Qualification

  • Bachelor of Laws (Hons.), CLP
  • University of Liverpool
  • Admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 2018

Layyin Teh Binti Hassan

  • Associate
  • Dispute Resolution

Qualification

  • Bachelor of Laws (Hons.), CLP
  • National University of Northumbria at Newcastle
  • Admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 2019

Wong Kwok Hoe

  • Associate
  • Corporate Commercial

Qualification

  • Bachelor of Laws (Hons.), CLP
  • University of London
  • Admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 2023

Farah Zuleika Binti Mohamed Amir Abas

  • Associate
  • Dispute Resolution

Qualification

  • Bachelor of Laws (Hons.), CLP
  • Aberystwyth University
  • Admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 2023

Muhammad Nabil Nafis bin R Mustafa

  • Associate
  • Dispute Resolution

Qualification

  • Bachelor of Laws (Hons.)
  • Mara University of Technology (UITM)
  • Admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 2023

Becoming A Client

Step 1 (Contact Us)

Contact us and provide a snapshot of the legal services you are seeking for.

Step 2 (Initial Consultation)

Fix a meeting for initial consultation services.

During the initial consultation, we will discuss your objectives and desired outcome. We will also describe our proposed plans and help you determine if our services are right for you.

Step 3 (Engage Us)

If you decide to engage us, we will meet to outline the parameters of our working relationship with you. This meeting will kick off a sequence of onboarding meetings in order to gather the necessary information to achieve your objectives.

Contact Us

Head Office:

No. 21, Lorong Bukit Pantai 4, Taman Bukit Pantai, 59100 Kuala Lumpur.

Branch:

201, Tingkat 2, Bangunan Loke Yew, No. 4 Jalan Mahkamah Persekutuan, 50050 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Contact

Head Office

T: +603 2282 5777
F: +603 2282 5775

Branch

T: +603-2692 7797
F: +603-2962 0678

Email

E-mail: enquiry@my.syedibrahimco.com

  • Syed Amir Syakib Arsalan bin Syed Ibrahim

    Managing Partner

    Qualification

    • International Islamic University Malaysia with an LL.B (Hons.)
    • Admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 2001

    E-mail: amir@my.syedibrahimco.com

    Amir is the managing partner of the firm. He graduated from the International Islamic University Malaysia with an LL.B (Hons.). He read in the Chambers of Zul Rafique & Partners under the guidance of Mr. Shahul Hameed Amiruddin, a senior partner of Zul Rafique & Partners and was admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 2001. He started his practice at Zul Rafique & Partners before joining Syed Ibrahim & Co as a partner in 2004. Amir had advised on numerous prominent industry players on corporate exercises ranging from mergers & acquisitions, joint-ventures, corporate commercial advisory and corporate conveyancing in various industries including energy and power, oil and gas, telecommunication and construction

  • Mak Lin Kum

    Senior Partner

    Qualification

    • LL.B (Hons.) / B.Com (Hons.) University of Monash
    • Admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 1999

    E-mail: lkmak@my.syedibrahimco.com

    Mak was admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 1999. He was practising at several leading legal firms in Malaysia including Zul Rafique & Partners and Kadir, Andri & Partners before joining Syed Ibrahim & Co as a partner of the firm in 2015. Mak has in-depth expertise in the areas of corporate insolvency, corporate restructuring, and corporate and commercial litigation. Mak was also involved in and advised on schemes of arrangement and capital reduction exercise which were required to complete several high-profile take-overs, mergers and acquisitions and restructuring exercises in Malaysia.

  • Mohamed Izzul Faris Mohd Ghani

    Partner

    Qualification

    • LL.B (Hons) (London), CLP
    • Admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 2012

    E-mail: izzul@my.syedibrahimco.com

    Izzul read in the Chambers of Messrs Bhadarul Baharain & Partners and was called to the Malaysian Bar in 2012. He then joined Messrs Jeevaretnam & Co in 2013 before leaving the firm in 2016 to join Syed Ibrahim & Co as an Associate and subsequently as a Senior Associate in 2017. He was appointed as a partner of the firm in 2020. Izzul has expertise in the areas of corporate insolvency, corporate restructuring, and corporate and commercial litigation.