About
Nik Norzrul Thani is Executive Chairman at Zaid Ibrahim & Co in Malaysia, advising on Islamic finance, banking, offshore finance, debt and corporate restructuring, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and regulatory and compliance matters. He was previously with Baker & McKenzie (International Lawyers) in Singapore, served as a Visiting Fulbright Scholar at Harvard Law School (1996–1997), was a Chevening Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (2004–2005) and formerly served as Acting/Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Laws at the International Islamic University Malaysia.
Practice areas
Banking & FinanceIslamic FinanceCorporate / M&ACapital MarketsRestructuring & InsolvencyRegulatory & ComplianceOffshore FinanceCross-Border / International
Office
Expertise
Islamic Financial InstrumentsPrivate Debt SecuritiesDebt RestructuringCorporate RestructuringMergers & AcquisitionsRegulatory ComplianceOffshore FinanceBanking
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy in Law, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, United Kingdom
- LL.M, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
- Bachelor of Law, University of Buckingham, United Kingdom
- Post-graduate Diploma in Shariah Law and Practice (with Distinction), International Islamic University, Malaysia
- Advocate and Solicitor, High Court of Malaya
- Barrister-at-Law, Lincoln's Inn
Admissions
- Advocate and Solicitor, High Court of Malaya
- Barrister-at-Law, Lincoln's Inn
- Notary Public, Malaysia
- Fellow, Financial Services Institute of Australia (FINSIA)
- Practising Member, Chartered Institute of Islamic Finance Professionals Malaysia (CIIF)
Languages
EnglishBahasa Malaysia