Amirul is a senior associate in the firm’s employment litigation and advisory practice group. He has more than a decade’s worth of field experience in a diverse set of practice areas, including civil and corporate litigation, labour and employment law, arbitration, judicial reviews, media and entertainment law, debt recovery and bankruptcy/insolvency laws.
Having specialized in labour and employment related matters, he has in-depth knowledge and experience in both employment advisory and litigation by representing both employers and employees in numerous claims in the Malaysian labour court system.
Key Practice Areas
- Employment Advisory & Compliance
- Civil Litigation
- Acted in various employment litigation cases in the Malaysian Industrial Court on a variety of cases (Unfair Dismissals, Constructive Dismissals, Forced Resignation & Retrenchments) for both Claimant and Company.
- Advised a wide variety of clients ranging from individuals to multinational companies on various employment related matters (e.g. employment contracts, employment related benefits, misconduct, poor performance, handling sexual harassment complaints, retrenchments, restructuring, reorganizations, internal HR investigations).
- Represented a Multinational Chain of Retail Convenience Store over several unfair dismissal suits.
- Represented and assisted in a successful unfair dismissal suit against one of the major banks in Malaysia wherein the Claimant was unlawfully terminated for medical reasons.
- Represented and assisted in a cross-jurisdiction action (UK) for breach of contract in relation to the production of electric cars for TNB worth RM50 million in damages.
- Acted as lead Counsel for a case involving a local celebrity over a breach of a Talent Agreement.
- Represented and assisted in 11 Judicial Review cases against the State Government pertaining to various plots of lands on compensation.
- Represented and assisted in pursuing a RM10 million lawsuit against several companies on behalf of Malaysia’s Largest Electricity Provider, TNB for losses incurred due to a massive blackout.
- Acted as Junior Counsel in an arbitration pertaining to the financing and production of an internationally distributed animated TV program.
- Acted as Junior Counsel in an arbitration dispute pertaining to the construction of a multi-million-ringgit sports store for a popular sports retail store.
- Advocate and Solicitor, High Court of Malaya (2012)
- LL.B (Hons), Multimedia University
- Guest speaker on Sexual Harassment at the Workplace (2023).
- Guest speaker on Engagement contracts with Social Media influencers & Talents (2021).
- Guest speaker on Basic Employment Law 101 (2021).
- Speaker on FAQ on retrenchments especially during a pandemic (2020).
- Moderator for Employment and Corporate Playbook: Navigating Covid-19 (2020).