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Malik Imtiaz Sarwar
No. 4, Dalaman Tunku,
Bukit Tunku
Kuala Lumpur 50480
Malaysia

Position

Founding Partner

Career

With more than 29 years experience as a litigator and reported decisions in a diverse range of practice areas to his credit, he has firmly established himself as a point of reference in dispute resolution. Regularly consulted and briefed as counsel in high value and complex litigation in civil, commercial, administrative and constitutional law matters, he is a familiar presence in the appellate courts, the High Court and the arbitration circuit (for a cross-section of reported decisions of note, click here). His expertise was acknowledged by the Kuching High Court in Re Malik Imtiaz Ahmed bin Ghulam Sarwar [2020] 8 MLJ 413.

He was the recipient of the 2009 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Award for Law and Campaigning. He has served as a member of the Bar Council, Malaysia and has been a member of the Penang Pardons Board since 2009.

Languages

English
Bahasa Malaysia

Education

Dato’ Malik holds a Master of Laws (LL.M) in Commercial Law with Distinction from the University of Hong Kong and a Master of Studies (M.St) in International Human Rights Law from Oxford University with Distinction for which he read as a Chevening Scholar. He was called to the Malaysian Bar in 1994, after having read law at the International Islamic University, Malaysia

Lawyer Rankings

Malaysia > Dispute resolution

(Leading individuals)

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Specialist dispute resolution practice Malik Imtiaz Sarwar is regularly consulted in civil, commercial, administrative and constitutional law mandates, with particular expertise in competition law litigation, communications cases and commercial fraud disputes. Key contacts include founding partner Malik Imtiaz Sarwar and Lim Yvonne, who frequently collaborate with one another in commercial disputes.