Azim, Tunku Farik & Wong

Insurance ; Reinsurance (including Islamic), Dispute Resolution & Arbitration.

Senior Partner specialising in Insurance & Reinsurance (including Islamic), Dispute Resolution & Arbitration.

Tunku Farik, LL.B(Bristol), LL.M (Cambridge) is a Barrister of Gray's Inn. He is an advocate and solicitor of both the Malayan and Singapore Bar, and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He has been specialising in Insurance/Reinsurance and Takaful/Retakaful Law both in advisory and litigation/arbitration for over 36 years. He was the Chair of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) Insurance Committee in 2016-2017, and previously a vice-chair from 2007-2011 and 2014-2016. He was the Jurisdictional Council Member for Malaysia at the IPBA from 2018-2023. He has also spoken at the International Insurance Fraud Conference and World Takaful Conference in Kuala Lumpur in 2010 and 2013 respectively, the 3rd Malaysia Insurance Summit 2013, the Asian Captive Conference 2017, as well as at IPBA, Lexis Nexis, Bank Negara and NICS Seminars. He is listed in Who's Who Legal Insurance & Reinsurance. He has appeared in many landmark insurance cases in both the Court Appeal and Federal Court of Malaysia. He has been admitted ad hoc to the Sarawak Bar to argue a complicated insurance case and involved in an international arbitration involving a dispute with a foreign reinsurer. He is currently the Malaysian Convener of ARIAS Asia [ARIAS stands for AIDA (Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances) Reinsurance and Insurance Arbitration Association] and a Panel Arbitrator for ARIAS Asia. He was recently lead counsel in a large Competition dispute before the Competition Appeal Tribunal who ruled in favour of the insurers that he was representing. He is currently the Vice-President of the Gray's Inn Alumni, Malaysia. He was elected to the Malaysian Bar Council for the 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 terms and is the current Chair of the Professional Indemnity and Arbitration committees of the Bar. He is also recognized as a Notable Practitioner in Asialaw 2023 Lawyers Ratings.

Malay & English.

Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Member of the International Bar Association Member of the InterPacific Bar Association

LL.B(Hons) - Bristol, LL.M - St Catharine's College, Cambridge, Barrister - Gray's Inn, Advocate & Solicitor - Malaya, Advocate & Solicitor - Singapore.

Golf, Tennis, Swimming and Travelling.