PROFILE

SHAHRUL AZWAN graduated with Bachelor of Law (LLB Hons.) from University of Malaya in 2016. He was admitted and enrolled as an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in October 2017.

Shahrul has had extensive experience in handling landlord-tenant disputes, contract and commercial disputes and company law matters including but not limited to the winding-up of companies. He also has experience in dealing with injunction matters particularly in respect of freezing and mandatory orders. Shahrul was also appointed as junior counsel in a substantial land dispute matter with the Kedah State Government and on a pro-bono basis is also involved in drafting and preparatory work in respect of an Orang Asli native title land claim. 

Shahrul is actively involved in various committees under the Malaysian Bar Council. He is an active member of the National Young Lawyers and Pupils Committee, the Constitutional Law Committee, the Human Rights Committee and the Special Areas and Law Reform Committee. Shahrul has been involved in among others, drafting and preparing working proposals for amendments and introduction of several key legislations, namely the Arbitration Act 2005, the Defamation Act 1957 and the Political Funding Law. He had also represented the Bar Council to attend the Workshop on Institutional Reform and the Workshop on the Whistleblowers Act 2010, both organized by the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform).

Shahrul is a debater and has in the past joined many debate competitions. He along with his teammates were the champion for the Royal Debate Cup competition in 2015. He also help trained the University Malaya Debate Team and occasionally judges debate competitions. Shahrul had participated in several international forums and conferences. Shahrul has also written several articles which were published in academia.edu and in Vox Magazine, University of Malaya.

Shahrul practiced at Abdul Raman Saad & Associates from 2017 until 2022, before leaving to start his own practice in November 2022.