Malaysian law firm LAW Partnership has hired corporate investigations specialist Ariff Firman as a partner from local firm Shahrul Hamidi & Haziq.

Ariff, who had been a partner at Shahrul Hamidi & Haziq since 2021, joins LAW Partnership’s white-collar crime and corporate investigations, and dispute resolution practice groups. He has experience prosecuting financial and white-collar crimes under acts such as the Banking and Financial Institutions Act, Financial Services Act, and Money Services Business Act, as well as compliance requirements in matters involving anti-money laundering, licensing, anti-bribery, and anti-corruption.

Having started his career in 2008 as a deputy public prosecutor with the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) in Putrajaya, Ariff later held in-house roles at Malaysia’s central bank and the Federation of Investment Managers Malaysia. His subsequent employers include financial institutions BOS Wealth Management Malaysia and BIMB Investment.

With Ariff’s hire, LAW Partnership now has six partners. The firm also recently welcomed as a consultant Dato' Fredrick Nicholas, a former head of the prosecution unit in Malacca, chairman of the Industrial Court of Malaysia, and judicial commissioner at the High Court of Malaya at Johor Bahru. Nicholas is expected to assist clients on contentious and non-contentious employment issues.