Mariza Azen Mat Rasip

Mariza Azen Mat Rasip is a senior partner in the Real Estate and Banking department. She joined the Firm in 1995 and has been a partner with the firm since 2003.

She advises on real estate matters involving the sale, purchase, tenancies, leasing and sub-leasing of property including estate lands, industrial lands, data centres, retail malls, hotels and resorts, hypermarkets, hospitals and other commercial property. She also advises on joint venture transactions and property development transactions and is often involved in large or complex corporate and commercial transactions where real estate or financing expertise is required.

Her considerable experience in Real Estate and Banking have led to clients remarking that she has “excellent advisory, negotiation and drafting skills to meet clients’ objectives and expectations” (Asialaw), and that she is “highly skilled in undertaking intricate and complex one-of-a-kind transactions” (Chambers Asia-Pacific).

• A Statutory body: Advised on the sub-leasing of a ten storey commercial complex (which includes a department store and supermarket) cum three storey basement car park and reviewing and negotiating the draft sub-lease agreement and bank guarantee.
• Confidential client: Advising on the disposal of a twenty one storey office building with a two storey basement car park in Kuala Lumpur with a purchase price of RM141 million.
• Confidential client: Advising on the disposal of an eighteen storey purpose built office building in Kuala Lumpur housing data centre operations of an established data centre operator in Asia with a purchase price of RM92 million.
• Employees Provident Fund: Advised on a proposed development, construction and leasing on federal government land of a premier international school by The International School of Kuala Lumpur. The school is said to be the first Malaysian school designed to achieve platinum Green Building Index status with environmentally sustainable concepts. Project value was at a minimum of RM100 million and up to RM350 million.
• Employees Provident Fund: Advised on the purchase and leaseback of Quill City Mall in Kuala Lumpur with a transaction value of up to approximately RM1.192 billion. The transaction was the first forward purchase of a retail mall and featured a unique payment and returns structure.