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

Datuk Wira Syed Amir Syakib Arsalan bin Syed Ibrahim

Abbas Bin Hasan (AMP, PCM)

Partner

Abbas bin Hasan

Shahrulazwad bin Ismail

Senior Associate

Shahrulazwad bin Ismail

Associates

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

Office Address: 

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

Contact

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

Email

E-mail: enquiry@my.syedibrahimco.com

  • Datuk Wira 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

    Datuk Wira Syed Amir is the managing partner of the firm. He graduated from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) 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. Datuk Wira Syed 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. Datuk Wira Syed Amir is also a Notary Public appointed by the Attorney General of Malaysia.

  • Abbas bin Hasan (AMP, PCM)

    Partner

    Qualification

    • International Islamic University Malaysia with an LL.B-IIUM
    • Admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 2012

    E-mail: abbas@my.syedibrahimco.com

    Abbas was admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 2012. He then joined Messrs Syed Ibrahim & Co in 2012. He was appointed as a partner of the firm in 2024. He was formerly a professor in the law faculty of International Islamic University.

  • Shahrulazwad bin Ismail

    Senior Associate

    Qualification

    • Mara University of Technology with an LL.B (Hons.)
    • Admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 2005

    E-mail: shahrul.azwad@my.syedibrahimco.com

    Shahrulazwad bin Ismail was admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 2005. He graduated from Mara University of Technology with an LL.B (Hons.). He was a sole proprietor at his own practice, Shahrulazwad & Co. and built his expertise in defamation, entertainment, commercial, civil, employment and banking litigation. He also acted as a co-counsel for criminal cases. He is a member of the Disciplinary Committee for the Advocates & Solicitors Disciplinary Board since October 2021. He then joined Messrs Syed Ibrahim & Co in 2024 as senior associate.