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Qualifications & associations:
- LL.B (Hons.), University of Liverpool, U.K.
- Barrister-at-Law, Lincoln's Inn, U.K.
- Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya, Malaysia
- Committee Member of the Malaysian Bar Council Constitutional Law Committee 2021/2022
- Committee Member of the Malaysian Bar Council Law Reform and Special Areas Committee 2021/2022
Malaya (2020)
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“He is sharp, meticulous and pays attention to the client’s interests and case explanation. He did his homework, which made the discussions easier.” - asialaw
Ahmad Iyas Husni is a Principal Associate in the firm's Civil Litigation department. He holds an LL.B. (Hons) from the University of Liverpool, U.K., and was admitted as a Barrister-at-Law (Lincoln's Inn, UK) in 2019 and as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2020.
Iyas maintains a multi-disciplinary dispute resolution practice and has wide experience in all areas of commercial, corporate and property law. He is able to draw upon the knowledge from his extensive experience in complex litigation cases in order to provide novel, practical and holistic solutions for his clients.
Iyas routinely collaborates with experts in property valuation and forensic document examination, including signature experts and fingerprint experts. He has also given evidence in Singaporean court proceedings in respect of the application of Malaysian law.
Iyas regularly appears as lead counsel or co-counsel in the Federal Court of Malaysia, the Court of Appeal of Malaysia and the High Court of Malaya. He has represented a wide range of clients including multinational corporations, domestic companies and their shareholders and directors, private individuals as well as group litigation parties
Areas of Practice
- Commercial and Contractual Disputes
- Company Shareholders and Directors Disputes
- Complex Fraud Litigation
- Estate and Probate Claims
- Land and Trusts Disputes
- General Civil Litigation
- Public Interest Litigation
Team Members
- Represented a sole director and a shareholder in a Kuala Lumpur based group of companies who had entered into an agreement to acquire the interests of a controlling shareholder of a group of companies. This agreement was subjected to a legal challenge for being made in breach of section 228 of the Companies Act 2016. The Kuala Lumpur High Court determined that the agreement did not breach section 228 of the Companies Act 2016 and dismissed the claim. The Kuala Lumpur High Court's decision was later upheld by the Court of Appeal of Malaysia.
- Represented a group of more than 20 individual landowners of an undivided piece of land in Johor in a highly contested dispute involving an attempt to seize the land through the use of a fraudulently obtained Grant of Probate. The Grant of Probate was subjected to impeachment proceedings where cross-border evidence of fraudulent activities was obtained from the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority of Singapore, the Royal Malaysian Police and the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia. The Johor Bahru High Court ultimately revoked and set aside the Grant of Probate.
- Represented a company based in Selangor who was contracted to train student pilots for the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency. Successfully resisted an injunction application in a shareholders' oppression claim that was commenced to restrain the enforcement of the company’s members written resolution that appointed a new director and approved the usage of company funds to pay the debts and liabilities of the company arising out of its contract to train student pilots. The Shah Alam High Court found that the members’ written resolution was validly passed.
- Successfully negotiated and recorded a multi-million Ringgit settlement between the shareholders of a Malaysian subsidiary company that was part of an international oil and gas group of companies.
- Successfully negotiated and obtained a settlement of a claim made by a retired pensioner against the Malaysian Ministry of Health.
- Liaised extensively with several forensic document examiners from the Royal Malaysian Police, the Malaysian Department of Chemistry and from private examiners in various High Court proceedings in order to determine the authenticity of signatures and the identification of fingerprints in several questioned documents.
- Kam Thai Eng Linda & Anor v Tan Sri Dato’ Kam Woon Wah & Ors [2023] 1 MLJ 765
- Wahbunga Realty Sdn Bhd & Ors v Dato’ Sri Andrew Kam Tai Yeow and other appeals [2023] 2 MLJ 799; [2023] 2 CLJ 731
- Raub Mining & Development Company Sdn Bhd & Anor v Kam Lee Ching & Anor [2021] 1 LNS 2590