Murni is recognised as a highly regarded lawyer in Malaysia by IFLR 1000.

Murni has advised principal advisers and lead arrangers on the issuances of various Additional Tier 1 and Tier 2 capital securities as well as senior programmes undertaken by several financial institutions and insurance companies in Malaysia, both conventional as well as Sukuk programmes including Maybank Islamic’s Additional Tier 1 RM10.0 billion Sukuk programme based on the Shariah principle of Wakalah Bi Al-Istithmar, MBSB Bank’s RM10.0 billion Sukuk programme based on the Shariah principle of Wakalah Bi Al-Istithmar for Senior, Tier 2 and Additional Tier 1 capital and RHB Bank’s multi-currency Sukuk Murabahah programme equivalent to RM10.0 billion in nominal value. She has also acted for the principal advisers and lead arrangers in respect of a few transactions involving special purpose vehicles wholly-owned by the State Financial Secretary, Sarawak. Murni occasionally acts for the issuers, including acting for Petronas Dagangan Berhad on their 2013 RM2.0 billion Sukuk programme.

Murni has been involved in numerous cross border financing transactions where the financing structure involved parties (including offshore entities, foreign banks and EPF) and assets from various jurisdictions and financing transactions undertaken by Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) funds. She has also advised on the issuance of non-cumulative perpetual capital securities stapled to subordinated notes and the issue of convertible bonds by a listed company. Murni has also acted in respect of the acquisition of several expressway concession companies in Malaysia.

Murni’s experience in project financing work includes the following projects: Sukuk financing for Phase 1 of Samalaju Port in Sarawak by Samalaju Industrial Port (as subsidiary of Bintulu Port Holdings), SPR Energy’s Islamic term financing for its 100 MW combined cycle gas power plant in Sabah, TNB Prai’s Sukuk financing for its 2 x 535.715MW combined cycle gas-fired power plant in Prai, Pulau Pinang, Jimah Energy Ventures’ Sukuk financing for its 1,400MW coal-fired power plant, Sukuk financing for MRCB Southern Link & MRCB Lingkaran Selatan (subsidiaries of MRCB) for the Eastern Dispersal Link expressway, Johor Bahru, as well as various Sukuk programmes at different stages of projects by Projek Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan Berhad (PLUS) and companies related to it.