Wibawa Law
Wibawa Law offices

About the Firm

The Practice, Its History, and What It Stands For

Wibawa Law is a solicitor practice in Petaling Jaya conducting advisory work in corporate transactions, family succession, and structured senior conferences.

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The Firm

How Wibawa Law Was Established


Wibawa Law was established with one purpose in view: to provide Malaysian businesses and their principals with considered legal advice in areas where precision matters and the consequences of error are serious. The name reflects a disposition toward dignity and authority in practice — qualities the founders believed the legal profession demands but does not always exhibit.

The chambers are located on Persiaran Tropicana in Petaling Jaya, a deliberate choice of setting. The location is accessible to clients across the Klang Valley without the formality of a city-centre address, and the chambers are arranged to permit private, unhurried consultation. The physical space reflects the firm's view that the quality of a legal engagement depends in part on the conditions in which it takes place.

The practice is intentionally narrow. Three areas of instruction are accepted: corporate advisory and transactions for established Malaysian businesses; family wealth and succession work, including hibah arrangements where appropriate under Malaysian law; and the Half-Day Advisory Conference format, which allows a client or referring professional to bring a specific legal question to senior attention without commissioning a full engagement. This narrowness is not a limitation but a considered choice: it permits the depth of preparation that each area requires.

The firm's engagements are conducted on a fixed-fee or capped-time-cost basis wherever the scope permits. Clients are told the cost before work begins. This is not a commercial concession but a professional standard: it reflects the firm's view that a legal engagement should be entered with clear mutual understanding of its terms.

The People

Members of the Firm


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Ahmad Razif bin Sulaiman

Founding Partner, Advocate & Solicitor

Called to the Malaysian Bar in 2004 and practising in corporate and commercial law since. Ahmad Razif leads the firm's corporate advisory and transactional work, with particular experience in family-held business structures and generational transfer.

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Norzaharah Fadzillah

Partner, Succession & Family Law

Admitted in 2008, Norzaharah leads the firm's succession and family-office practice, including the preparation of substantive wills, hibah instruments, and family-governance documentation. She conducts her work with a care for both the legal and relational dimensions of succession.

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Lee Chun Wei

Senior Associate

Admitted in 2016, Chun Wei supports both the corporate and succession practices. He is the primary point of contact for new enquiries, conflict-checking, and the coordination of the Half-Day Advisory Conference format.

Professional Standards

How the Practice Is Conducted


Malaysian Bar Membership

All advocates at the firm are admitted to the Malaysian Bar and hold current practising certificates. Professional conduct is governed by the Legal Profession Act 1976 and the Bar Council's standards.

Client Confidentiality

All client communications and documents are held in strict confidence. The solicitor-client privilege applies to all instructions received, and data is handled in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act 2010.

Fee Transparency

Fee arrangements are agreed in writing at the outset of each engagement. Transactional work is conducted on a fixed-fee or capped basis. There are no open-ended hourly retainers without prior written agreement.

Conflict Checking

A conflict-of-interest check is conducted before any engagement is confirmed. The firm does not act for parties with adverse interests in the same matter.

Engagement Letters

Every matter begins with a written engagement letter setting out the scope, the applicable fee, and the terms on which the firm acts. Clients are not expected to proceed without a clear written record.

PDPA Compliance

Personal data submitted through the firm's website or provided in correspondence is processed under the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (Malaysia). The firm does not share personal data with third parties except where required by law or with the client's written consent.

Corporate and Succession Legal Advisory in Petaling Jaya

The firm's location on Persiaran Tropicana places it within straightforward reach of Subang Jaya, Shah Alam, Kuala Lumpur, and the surrounding Klang Valley commercial districts. Many of the firm's clients are businesses registered in Selangor or operating across multiple Malaysian states.

Corporate advisory work at the firm covers the range of legal questions that arise when a Malaysian business changes hands, restructures, or arranges its governance for the generation that will follow. The firm has worked with private limited companies, partnerships, and the principals of family-held enterprises who have reached the point at which informal arrangements no longer adequately serve the interests of the business or its stakeholders.

Succession and family-office work is engaged at the intersection of Malaysian civil law and, where appropriate, Islamic succession principles. The firm prepares wills that meet the formal requirements of the Wills Act 1959, and has experience with hibah arrangements as a complement to testamentary planning for Muslim principals. Family governance documentation — outlining how decisions will be made within a family holding structure — is prepared with attention to the specific composition and relationships of the family concerned.

The Half-Day Advisory Conference format was developed in response to a practical need: business owners and their advisers often identify a specific legal question that does not yet justify a full engagement but warrants more than a general telephone conversation. The conference format provides structured attention at a defined cost, with a written record issued afterwards.

Contact the Firm

Direct enquiries are welcomed.

If you wish to discuss whether your matter falls within the firm's practice, the appropriate step is a brief initial call or a written enquiry through the contact form on the homepage.

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