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Mr Zhulkarnain Rahim

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Work Department

Arbitration, Islamic Finance, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Maritime, Transportation Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Position

Zhul A Rahim is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Arbitration practice groups. He is Co-Head of the Islamic Finance practice and the Family/Matrimonial practice.

He handles civil and commercial disputes, and corporate and regulatory advisory matters with a focus on banking and financial services, energy, shipping and international trade. He has appeared before the Singapore courts and arbitral tribunals in Singapore and London under the SIAC, SCMA, ICC and LCIA rules.

Zhul also handles a wide array of commercial matters ranging from intellectual technology litigation, insurance-related claims, employment disputes, family law disputes and Syariah Court matters.

He has advised a number of government statutory bodies on various advisory and regulatory matters. Zhul is also the panel solicitor for the Singapore Islamic Religious Council or Majlis Ugama Islam Singapore (MUIS), the Islamic religious authority in Singapore. In addition, he acts for and advises Islamic banks and financial institutions on Islamic financing products and related disputes. In terms of estate and wealth planning, he advises Muslim individuals or Syariah-compliant trusts on Syariah-compliant mechanisms.

Amongst his accolades, he was named in the ALB 40 under 40 2016 List of the brightest young legal minds in the region and a shortlisted finalist in the 2017 Young Lawyer of the Year category of the ALB South East Asia Law Awards. In 2017, he won the JCI Singapore: Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World Award in the category of Political, Legal and Government Affairs.

Zhul is a member of the Maritime Law Association of Singapore and a member of the Muslim Law Practice Committee of the Law Society. As part of his pro bono work, Zhul is an assigned solicitor with the Legal Aid Scheme and volunteers in monthly legal clinics.

Zhul is a Member of the Singapore Parliament, representing the Keat Hong ward of Chua Chu Kang GRC. Zhul is also the Vice-Chairman of the South West Community Development Council and Chua Chu Kang Town Council and an advisor of the grassroots organisation. He sits on several boards of directors of VWOs in Singapore.

Career

Senior Partner, Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP, 2022 – present
Partner, Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP (formerly Rodyk & Davidson LLP), 2006 – 2021

Memberships

Board Member, Yellow Ribbon Singapore formerly Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises
Member, Maritime Law Association of Singapore
Council Member, National Council Against Drug Abuse
Director, Malay Heritage Foundation
Honorary Secretary, Casa Raudha Women Home
Vice-Chairman, Association of Muslim Professionals, 2015-2019
Director, Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce & Industry, 2013-2017
Member, National Wages Council of Singapore, 2014-2016
Member, Muslim Law Practice Committee of the Law Society, 2015-2019
Council Member, REACH Supervisory Panel, 2017-2020
Board Member, Sport SG, Singapore Sports Council, 2017-2020

Education

Singapore Management University, 2013, LL.M., Islamic Law & Finance, Dean’s list
National University of Singapore, 2005, LLB, Hons