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 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 had also appeared in numerous times as advocate for former Sabah Chief Minister Tan Sri Musa Aman and several Members of Parliament (MPs) and state assemblyman 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 of Malaysia.

Azhier was previously 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.