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Tiara Katrina Fuad spearheads our White Collar Crime Practice with extensive experience in defending both individuals and companies against charges of corruption, abuse of power, criminal breach of trust, money laundering, tax and customs related offences as well as offences under the Capital Markets and Services Act 2007, amongst others.

Our team has represented numerous high-profile individuals, including a former Prime Minister and several Members of Parliament, in cases involving complex financial transactions and novel legal arguments.

We provide comprehensive legal advice and representation services to ensure the highest protection of our clients’ rights during criminal investigations, prosecutions, appeals, forfeiture proceedings and miscellaneous criminal applications.

By combining our substantial knowledge of the criminal justice system with an intricate understanding of our clients’ business interests, our primary aim is to prevent the preferring of a criminal charge and to equip our clients, at the earliest opportunity, with the best defence strategies against all possible outcomes.

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Key Experience

Procedural Challenges

Represented a former Prime Minister in a highly publicised public interest criminal case, with a view to challenging the legality of the charges preferred by the Attorney General of Malaysia.

White Collar Crime Trials

Represented numerous Members of Parliament against charges of corruption, abuse of power and money laundering in trials prosecuted by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.

Forfeiture Proceedings

Successfully resisted forfeiture proceedings on behalf of a multimillion-dollar conglomerate in a case involving the national 1MDB scandal.

Insider Trading

Successfully represented a former Managing Director of one of the largest property developers of a State against criminal charges of insider trading under the Capital Markets and Services Act 2007, which led to an acquittal and discharge after the withdrawal of all charges pursuant to a settlement agreement with the Securities Commission of Malaysia.

Striking Out of Criminal Charge

Successfully represented the CEO of an aircraft fuel supplying company against charges of criminal breach of trust, which led to all charges being struck out for abuse of power.

Withdrawal of Charges

Successfully represented an individual in a landmark Federal Court case, which has now become the leading case law on the withdrawal of charges under Section 254 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

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