Staff profile

Asni graduated with Bachelor of Laws (First Class Hons) in 2005 from the International Islamic University Malaysia and thereafter obtained her Postgraduate Diploma In Syariah and Legal Practice in 2007 and Master of Laws (Business) from the same institution in 2010, respectively. She later graduated with Master of Laws from The London School of Economics and Political Science in 2016. She was called to the Malaysian BAR and admitted as an advocate & solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2006. She was recently admitted as Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales in 2025. She has approximately 20 years PQE with a broad range of experiences as an in-house legal counsel in multiple industries, ranging from telecommunication, broadcast and media, information & communication technology, tech-hub enabler, airport management industry to oil and gas. Additionally, her professional credentials also include her experience as a corporate practicing lawyer with a reputable corporate commercial legal firm in Malaysia and a brief stint with a frontline regulator of the Malaysian capital market, Bursa Malaysia Berhad.

Asni joined the Law School as a PhD candidate in January 2023.

Current Research

Supervised by Professor Bruce Wardhaugh and Dr. Clara Martins Pereira, Asni’s research explores the intersections of corporate governance, sustainability, and legal reform through a comparative and theoretical lens.