
Immediate Past President, KLBL
Mastura Ma’sud
Civil Litigation Lawyer
Experience, preparation and a clear point of view.
Explore the profileLitigation · Governance · Land law
The person behind the role
A legal career built over three decades.
Mastura Ma’sud is a civil litigation lawyer and Immediate Past President of KL Business Leaders Toastmasters Club. Arifin & Partners identifies her as its Managing Partner, with a practice encompassing commercial and general litigation.
She graduated from the University of Warwick in 1988, was called to the Malaysian Bar in September 1990 and became a partner of the firm in 1995. Her published areas of interest include banking litigation, land law and compulsory acquisition.
Her professional biography also records teaching land law at the International Islamic University Malaysia from 2016 to 2021. Her KLBL programme topics bring legal questions into everyday leadership: directors’ duties, property rights and the administration of estates.
Professional perspective
Areas of focus.
Commercial & civil litigation
Experience in commercial and general litigation, banking and consumer credit.
Land & property
Professional interests include land law, mortgage lending and compulsory acquisition.
Governance & legacy
KLBL topics include directors’ responsibilities and estate administration.
Experience & service
The background.
1988
University of Warwick
Bachelor of Laws, LLB (Hons); her firm’s biography also lists CLP.
1990
Called to the Malaysian Bar
7 September 1990, according to the firm biography.
1995
Partnership at Arifin & Partners
Became a partner; the firm’s current biography identifies her as Managing Partner.
2016–2021
Land law teaching, IIUM
Part-time lecturing at the Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design.
Expert Sharing
Ideas brought
to the room.
Selected topics featured in KLBL’s programme announcements.
Social media & reputation
Think Before You Click: Social Media & Defamation: When Does a Post Go Too Far?
Responsibility at board level
Corporate Governance: Directors’ Duties Unveiled
Property and legal rights
Compulsory Land Acquisition: An Interference to Your Rights to Property
Estate administration
3 Ways to Administer a Deceased’s Estate in Order to Carry On His/Her Legacy Effectively
Rights and relationships
When Law Meets Love: Registrable vs. Equitable Rights
Club service & recognition
A contribution worth recognising.
- Immediate Past PresidentExecutive Committee · KLBL · 2026/2027
- Past PresidentKLBL · 2025/2026
- Expert Sharing contributorFeatured in the club’s programme announcements; selected topics appear on this profile.
Part of KLBL
Different backgrounds.
A shared room to grow.
Immediate Past President · Executive Committee 2026/2027
KL Business Leaders Toastmasters Club brings business owners and leaders together to practise public speaking, persuasion and leadership.
Reserve a guest seatProfile references
Prepared from approved club records, programme announcements and the professional sources listed below. Programme topics describe advertised sessions.
- KLBL member records and approved profile titles
- Arifin & Partners · professional biography ↗
- KLBL Expert Sharing programme archive
- KLBL membership and officer register, 2026/2027 and 2025/2026. Professional recognition fields only.
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