Ariff Rozhan

Practice Areas

General Litigation and General Dispute Resolution

Corporate, Contractual, and Commercial Disputes

Arbitration

Banking and Financial Disputes

Insurance and Reinsurance

Energy

Forensic Investigation

Construction

Career

Ariff is an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya and a practising Barrister-at-Law in England & Wales, and an Arbitrator.

Ariff has practiced law for more than 30 years. He began his career in 1989 at an international city law firm in London. From 1991 to 2003 he practised as a Barrister in Temple, London, England, where he was instructed as Counsel at various levels of the Judicial System in England and Wales. He returned to Malaysia in 2004 and joined Zaid Ibrahim & Co as a Partner. Ariff founded Ariff Rozhan & Co in April 2015 and is its Managing Partner. In November 2015, Ariff set up the Chambers of Ariff Rozhan in London, England, from where he practises as a Barrister. Ariff has also been authorised by the Bar Council of England & Wales to “Conduct Litigation” and is registered for Direct Access.

Ariff has advised and acted as Counsel in a wide range of cases, including corporate and commercial disputes, administrative, insolvency, construction and energy related matters and insurance and reinsurance, banking disputes. He also has extensive experience in forensic investigation, forensic due diligence, and cases involving issues of regulatory and statutory compliance. His clients include Malaysian and international banks, Malaysian and international corporations, statutory bodies, local authorities as well as Malaysian and international conglomerates in various industries.

Ariff has been recommended by peers as a “top litigation expert”. He has been ranked as a Leading Litigation and Dispute Resolution practitioner in Malaysia and was named as a “Dispute Resolution Star”. He is recognized as one of Malaysia’s Leading Lawyers.

Ariff is also a multiple recipient of the International Client Choice Award, a winner of the Asialaw Asia Pacific Disputes Resolution Award in Hong Kong, and he has also been consecutively named as one of Malaysia top 100 Lawyers in recent years.

Publications

Contributor to An Introductory Guide Arbitration in Asia (Morgan Lewis) Second Edition 2018.

Co-Author: Legal 500 Comparative Legal Guide 4th Edition International Arbitration 2019.