Mr Fariz Abdul Aziz > Skrine > Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia > Lawyer Profile
Skrine Offices
Level 8, Wisma UOA Damansara
50 JALAN DUNGUN, DAMANSARA HEIGHTS
50490 KUALA LUMPUR
Malaysia
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Mr Fariz Abdul Aziz
Work Department
- Oil & Gas, and Energy
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Maritime and Shipping Advisory
- Projects Infrastructure
Position
Partner
Career
Fariz is a corporate transactional partner, focusing on domestic and cross border mergers & acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures, privatisations, foreign investment, private equity investments and advisory services. Key industries which Fariz is active in include oil & gas, petrochemicals, power, shipping and insurance.
He regularly represents leading foreign multinationals on their inward bound transactions, divestments as well as domestic operations. Fariz also advises Malaysian entities on their outward investment.
Fariz previously served as a Facilitator for the Prime Minister’s Department’s Performance Management & Delivery Unit’s (PEMANDU) Corridors & Cities Lab, covering the Manufacturing and Oil, Gas & Petrochemical Entry Point Projects in the East Coast Economic Region.
Languages
English and Malay
Memberships
- Member, Honourable Society of Lincolns Inn
- Member, Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN)
- Adjunct Lecturer for Universiti Teknologi Petronas
Education
- Advocate and Solicitor, High Court of Malaya (2008)
- Barrister-at-Law (Lincoln’s Inn) (2007)
- LL.B (Hons), King’s College London (2006)
Lawyer Rankings
Malaysia > Projects and energy
(Leading individuals)Projects and infrastructure specialist Richard Khoo Boo Hin, ‘well-known for his expertise and experience in the field’, and Fariz Abdul Aziz, who advises on oil and gas, and energy-related transactional work, jointly lead the ‘dedicated’ practice at Skrine. The team’s workload varies from advising key energy clients on M&A, financing and transactions, to acting for clients on the key elements of large-scale developments and due diligence aspects therein. Its client roster includes well-known national companies from sectors including aviation and construction. Senior associate Rachel Chiah is another key contact in the group.
Malaysia > Corporate and M&A
(Leading individuals)Skrine advises its roster of clients on the full scope of domestic and cross-border transactions, ranging from M&A and takeovers to corporate governance, regulatory and compliance matters, in addition to foreign investments and joint ventures. To’ Puan Janet Looi leads the team and has demonstrable experience in M&A and takeovers, joint ventures and corporate governance mandates, while ‘exceptional’ Fariz Abdul Aziz focuses on private equity transactions, as well as M&A arising out of the oil and gas, and renewable energy arenas. Sheba Gumis advises on foreign direct investments and Tan Wei Xian is a ‘dedicated and hardworking‘ senior associate in the group.
Lawyer Rankings
- Corporate and M&A Malaysia
- Leading individuals Malaysia > Corporate and M&A
- Leading individuals Malaysia > Projects and energy
- Projects and energy Malaysia
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Intellectual property
- Labour and employment
- TMT (including Fintech)