Employment Law, Industrial Relations

Aisyah, a member of the Employment and Industrial Relations Practice Group, holds a law degree from the University of Exeter. She was called to the Bar of England and Wales at the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn in 2015 and later admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2017. Additionally, apart from earning a Master’s in Litigation and Dispute Resolution from University College London (UCL), she is also a member of the Malaysia Lincoln’s Inn Alumni Association.

Aisyah regularly represents employers in industrial and civil court disputes, focusing on unfair dismissal claims and breaches of employment contracts.  A significant part of Aisyah's practice involves advising employers on the nuanced exercise of managerial prerogatives, effectively managing grievances and constructive dismissal claims, implementing performance management strategies, overseeing employee transfers and migrations following mergers and acquisitions, navigating the intricacies of employee retrenchment, and carefully handling cases of employee misconduct.

As a niche, she often advises and represents financial institutions and statutory bodies on complex cases that interact with other investigations and audits, providing a step-by-step guidance to ensure compliance with their internal procedures.

As one of the Partners heading the firm’s ESG Practice Group, Aisyah also provides advice to clients on compliance with ESG considerations, such as discrimination, providing a safe and healthy working environment, guidance on whistleblower protection and managing sexual harassment claims.

Aisyah is one of the contributing editors to the Annotated Statutes of Malaysia – Industrial Relations Act 1967 [Act 177] (LexisNexis Issue 189) and the Annotated Statutes of Malaysia – Trade Unions Act 1959 [Act 262] (LexisNexis Issue 191). She also co-authors various articles published by the firm.

Aisyah was seen as a recommended lawyer in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024 rankings and described as “communicative and efficient”. Additionally, Benchmark Litigation 2024 describes Aisyah as “transparent”, “shares knowledge” and displays “professional manners”.

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LLB Law (Hons), University of Exeter Barrister-at-law (Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn) LLM in Litigation & Dispute Resolution, University College London