Naseem has been involved in a range of corporate and commercial transactions with emphasis on corporate mergers, disposal and acquisitions and establishment at joint ventures and general corporate and commercial advice.

Her experience includes advising corporations both public listed and government-linked on transaction including mergers and acquisition, disposal of companies and business, establishment of Unit Trust funds and Real Estate investment Trust (REITs). She is also experienced in advising on issues involving capital markets and securities law. Apart from her experience in corporate and commercial transactions.

In addition, she handles general conveyancing matters and has a growing practice in Syariah-compliant wealth and estate planning, where she advises high-net-worth individuals on the structuring, preservation, and intergenerational transfer of wealth in accordance with Shariah principles.

Her practice in private wealth includes advising on the formation of family trusts, foundations, and charitable vehicles, with tailored solutions for succession planning and asset protection. She regularly assists clients in navigating the legal and regulatory frameworks that govern both conventional and Syariah-compliant wealth management structures, providing holistic and strategic counsel to families and individuals with cross-border assets and business interests.

Naseem has also been involved in advising various banks on matters related to both Islamic and conventional banking and finance, including with regards to the financing structure and documentation. Her vast experiences in other practice areas allow her to be able to advice clients in banking transactions with different subject matters.

Some of her notable transactions include:

• A first ever structured Commodity Murabaha Islamic real estate financing transaction in Australia undertaken via an Australian incorporated trust.
• Issuance of Redeemable Convertible Islamic Debt (“RCD-i”) by a Malaysian public company listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. The issuance of the RCD-i towards settlement of outstanding principal due to its financier forms part of a debt restructuring exercise under the purview of the Corporate Debt Restructuring Committee of Bank Negara Malaysia. The issuance of the RCD-i is based on the Shariah concept of Murabahah via Tawarruq arrangement while the conversion of the RCD-i into new shares is based on the Shariah principle of Musyarakah.
• A national supply chain finance platform which was initiated by the Ministry of Finance to assist the financial position of small and medium enterprises (who are suppliers to the government or government-linked companies) by providing financing via purchase of invoices through a digital platform.
• A conversion of the existing syndicated facility from a conventional Ringgit Malaysia facility to a United States Dollar term financing facility under the Shariah principle of Commodity Murabahah (Tawarruq). Together with the counterpart law firm (Clifford Chance in Dubai), drafted and advised on inter alia the Murabahah Facility Agreement and the amended and restated Common Terms Agreement and Intercreditor Agreement pertaining to the transaction, with each document having a different governing law.