Azmi & Associates Strengthens Corporate and Commercial Team with Addition of Senior Counsel

Azmi & Associates has added Airene Ho as Senior Counsel in its Corporate & Commercial Practice Group, effective January 15, 2026.

Airene was admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 1997, and brings more than 25 years of legal experience spanning private practice and in-house leadership roles. She began her career as an Advocate & Solicitor, practising for seven years before spending more than two decades in the corporate sector as General Counsel and Head of Legal for leading organisations. She has since returned to legal practice.

During her private practice, Airene advised and represented a diverse clientele on complex corporate, commercial, intellectual property and litigation matters.

She has acted for a leading US software company and secured a landmark software piracy decision against copyright infringers. She has also successfully defended an appeal on the assignment of debt (Arab-Malaysian Bank v Teamsystems Interior [2004] 6 CLJ (Supp) 232). Moreover, she has led a team advising Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Berhad, Malaysia’s national asset management company, on the recovery of non-performing loans during the 1997–2000 financial crisis.

As an in-house counsel, Airene has advised on complex and high-value matters across multiple jurisdictions, including acquisitions, investments and divestments, joint ventures, strategic collaborations, and complex cross-border disputes.

Her experience spans the real estate and life sciences / biotechnology sectors, where she served as a strategic adviser to Boards and senior leadership teams, delivering commercially aligned legal solutions to support organisational growth and resilience. She has also gained exposure to sustainability-related initiatives involving the voluntary carbon market.

Drawing on her complementary experience in both private practice and in-house leadership, Airene is particularly passionate about transactions at the intersection of corporate, commercial and intellectual property law, especially where business objectives align with environmental and sustainability priorities.

Airene holds an LLB (Hons) from the University of East London and an MBA. She has passed the Patent Agent Examination, and is an MIM Certified Professional in Intellectual Property Management (MIM-CPIPM).