The Lawyer

Azhier Farhan, Esq.

Azhier Farhan bin Arisin is the Founding Partner of Messrs. Azhier Arisin & Co. and a law graduate with double law degrees from Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam (UiTM). He completed his Bachelor of Law (Honours) and Bachelor of Legal Studies (Honours) in second class upper. Azhier started his pupillage under Datuk Adnan Puteh Esq., the senior member of the Bar and the Managing Partner of Messrs. Adnan Puteh & Saleh. Upon successful completion of his pupillage, He was called to the Bar as Advocate and Solicitor of High Court in Sabah and Sarawak and joined Messrs. Adnan Puteh & Saleh as Associate.

Within his short stint, Azhier Farhan had the privilege of appearing in the Federal Court and Court of Appeal as counsel. He has gained extensive litigation and investigative experience in a wide range of civil and criminal cases. Azhier Farhan also handles disputes with regard to infrastructure and energy, specific recovery of moveable and immoveable property, matrimonial affairs, probate and letters of administration.

Although his area of responsibilities largely focuses in conducting civil and criminal litigation, Azhier Farhan has relative experience in handling corporate, infrastructure and energy assignments.

Azhier is regularly consulted in election laws and had appeared as advocate for former Sabah Chief Minister Tan Sri Musa Aman, Members of Parliament (MPs) and state assemblymen from Sabah namely YB Yamani Hafez Musa and YB Datuk Zakaria in election petitions at the High Court and Federal Court. All the petitions were successfully defended and struck out by the Federal Court, the apex court in Malaysia. The case of Tan Sri Musa Aman and Datuk Zakaria were reported in Malayan Law Journal (MLJ).

Azhier formerly served as the EXCO member for the Sabah Law Society, a professional statutory body established pursuant to Advocates Ordinance (Sabah Cap. 2) which governs and regulates the law profession in the state of Sabah.

Presently, Azhier sits as Non-Executive Director at Smart Sabah Corporation, a wholly-owned company of the State Government of Sabah and Executive Secretary of UMNO Sabah.