Naqiz & Partners

What Naqiz & Partners does

Naqiz & Partners is a Kuala Lumpur-headquartered boutique Malaysian law firm founded in 2016 (per company timeline and website copyright), operating from two KL offices — Wisma E&C in Damansara Heights and a branch at Menara 1, KL Eco City. The firm delivers legal advisory services across six core practice areas: Corporate & Commercial, Banking & Finance, Technology Media & Telecommunications, Intellectual Property, Projects & Infrastructure, and Real Estate & Property. It serves enterprise clients including major Malaysian and foreign banks, construction industry companies, and corporate entities engaged in M&A, concessions, project financing, and commercial transactions, with stated regional ambitions across Southeast Asia through its "S.E.A. through us" positioning.

The firm's revenue model is traditional professional services billing, with quote-based fees tailored to the complexity of each matter, partner-attended client engagement, and selective horizontal segmentation across practice areas. In October 2018, Naqiz & Partners deployed Luminance's AI platform to support legal document review and contract analysis, representing an early legal-tech adoption for due diligence work. The firm maintains inbound marketing through LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, and a legal alerts blog, and is recognized by Legal 500, Asialaw, IFLR, and Asia Profiles for banking, finance, corporate M&A, and projects/infrastructure work.

In February 2024, HMS Law merged with Naqiz & Partners, expanding the firm's combined Malaysian platform. With a reported employee base of 1–10 and no disclosed revenue, funding history, or external institutional investment, Naqiz & Partners operates as an independently held, partner-led boutique competing against larger Malaysian and international firms in targeted practice areas.

Name

Naqiz & Partners

Legal name

Naqiz & Partners

Website

https://naqiz.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Naqiz & Partners is a Kuala Lumpur-based Malaysian boutique law firm founded in 2016, providing legal advisory across corporate, banking, TMT, IP, projects/infrastructure, and real estate practices to enterprise clients in Malaysia and Southeast Asia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411), All Other Legal Services (541199)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) & Securities Law (BPAHAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Real Estate & Construction Law (BPAHAAAE), Real Estate M&A / Joint Venture Advisory (Platform Deals, Partnerships) (BPAJANAF), Strategic Partnerships, Alliances & JVs Advisory (BPAHADAI)

Keywords

• Legal advisory services
• Corporate commercial law
• Banking finance law
• Project infrastructure law
• Intellectual property law

Headquarters

HQ city

Kuala Lumpur

HQ country

Malaysia

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Professional Services: Naqiz & Partners generates revenue through providing legal advisory and representation services to corporate and commercial clients across various practice areas including corporate M&A, banking, projects, infrastructure, real estate, and intellectual property.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Naqiz & Partners is a Malaysian law firm that provides legal advisory and representation services to corporate and commercial clients across six core practice areas: Corporate & Commercial, Banking & Finance, Technology Media & Telecommunications, Intellectual Property, Projects & Infrastructure, and Real Estate & Property. Services span mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate restructuring, loan facilities, project finance, debt restructuring, regulatory compliance, IP registration and enforcement, concessions, and property transactions. The firm has adopted Luminance AI to support legal document review and due diligence workflows.

Product overview

Naqiz & Partners is a Malaysian law firm offering comprehensive legal solutions across six core practice areas: Corporate & Commercial, Banking & Finance, Technology Media & Telecommunications, Intellectual Property, Projects & Infrastructure, and Real Estate & Property. The firm provides legal advisory services to clients including major Malaysian and foreign banks, construction companies, and corporations across various industries. They have adopted AI technology through Luminance for enhanced document review capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Corporate & Commercial

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability2 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• HMS LawcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2024HMS Law merged with Naqiz & Partners in February 2024, creating a stronger combined presence in Malaysia. This merger expanded the firm's capabilities and market reach within the Malaysian legal services market.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Wong & Partners: Member firm of Baker McKenzie International in Malaysia; provides full-service corporate, banking, and infrastructure legal advice, competing for the larger end of the same mandates Naqiz & Partners targets but with significantly greater global reach.
• Allen & Gledhill: Singapore-headquartered regional law firm with a significant Malaysian practice through its affiliated entity; a broad incumbent that competes for cross-border banking, M&A, and infrastructure work in Malaysia with deeper regional bench.
• K&L Gates: Global law firm with active Asia-Pacific and Malaysia-focused practices in corporate, finance, and infrastructure; competes for larger cross-border mandates where clients value international network breadth that Naqiz & Partners lacks.

Direct peers

• Tay & Partners: Malaysian law firm with established banking & finance, corporate, and project finance practices — directly comparable to Naqiz & Partners in terms of size, recognition tier, and target clientele.
• Shearn Delamore & Co. Long-established Malaysian full-service firm with strong banking, corporate M&A, real estate, and dispute resolution practices; competes for similar enterprise and mid-cap mandates and shares Legal 500/Asialaw recognition.
• Raja, Darryl & Loh: Malaysian law firm with overlapping banking & finance, corporate, real estate, and technology practices, serving similar enterprise clients in Malaysia and competing in the same Legal 500/Asialaw rankings.
• Adnan Sundra & Low: Established Malaysian law firm with deep banking & finance, corporate, real estate, and project finance practices; competes for similar Malaysian banking, M&A, and infrastructure mandates and shares the same Legal 500/Asialaw recognition ecosystem as Naqiz & Partners.
• Skrine: One of Malaysia's largest independent full-service law firms, with strong practices in corporate M&A, banking & finance, real estate, and infrastructure — directly overlapping Naqiz & Partners' core practice areas and competing for the same Malaysian mid-cap and enterprise mandates.
• Zaid Ibrahim & Co: Malaysian full-service firm historically known for banking, finance, project finance, and Islamic finance work — a direct peer in the financial services and infrastructure legal market where Naqiz & Partners is also recognised.
• Christopher & Lee Ong: Malaysian law firm with comparable banking & finance, corporate, real estate, and dispute resolution practices, recognised in the same Legal 500/Asialaw tiers as Naqiz & Partners and competing for similar Malaysian corporate mandates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@naqizpartnerskl/featured
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/naqiz-partners
• Instagraminstagram.com/naqizpartners

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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