Band 5
Provided by Sharon Chong
- International Arbitration
- Oil & Gas, and Commodity Disputes
- Aviation Disputes
- Commercial Litigation and Arbitration
- Company Law and Shareholders’ Disputes
- Restructuring and Insolvency
- Regulatory Enforcement
- Fraud and Asset Recovery
- Director-At-Large, International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) International Board of Directors (2024-2025).
- Co-Chair, International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) Malaysia Network (2022-2023).
- Council member, YSIAC Council of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (2023).
-Committee member, YSIAC of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (2019-2022).
- Committee member, Steering Committee of Maxwell Chambers Singapore (2021-present).
- President, Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators (2019-2021).
- Secretary, International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) Malaysia Network (2019-2021).
Founding member and Director, International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) Malaysia Network (2017-present).
- Faculty Member, Malaysian Bar Council Advocacy Training Course.
-Panel Arbitrator, Asian International Arbitration Centre.
- Panel Arbitrator, Singapore International Arbitration Centre.
-List of Arbitrator, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre.
- Panel Arbitrator, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board.
- Panel Arbitrator, Thai Arbitration Center.
- Sports Arbitrator.
- Member, SIAC Users Council (2017-2024).
- Member, Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG) of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA).
- Member, ICC Young Arbitrators Forum.
- Co-author, the Malaysian Chapter on Dispute Resolution 2020-2022 published on Lexology Getting The Deal Through.
- Contributor, Malaysian Civil Procedure 2021 and 2022 - a practitioner’s guide.
- Co-author, the Malaysian Chapter in the Arbitration Post-Award Interest “Guidebook”.
- Co-author, AirAsia X – One step closer to flying again.
- Co-author, Malaysian regulators urged to prohibit surcharges for seats next to minors and persons with disabilities or reduced mobility, Lexology/ILO/Mondaq.
- Co-author, Court of Appeal sets aside financial penalties imposed by MyCC on MAS and AirAsia, Lexology/ILO/Mondaq.
- Co-author, Cape Town Convention: court rules that AirAsia X restructuring scheme is insolvency-related event, Lexology/ILO/Mondaq.
- Co-author, Landmark decision on first airline debt restructuring scheme due to COVID-19, Lexology/ILO/Mondaq.
- Co-author, Cape Town Convention: Malaysian Court Rules That Airasia X Restructuring Scheme Is an ‘Insolvency Related Event’, Lexology/ILO/Mondaq.
- Co-author, Landmark Decision on the First Airline Debt Restructuring Scheme in Malaysia due to Covid-19 Fallout, Lexology/ILO/Mondaq
- Author, “Staying Aflight in the Time of Covid-19”, Mondaq
- Author, “Staying airborne during COVID-19 pandemic”, ILO Aviation Newsletter.
- Author, the Malaysian law section of the NRF Global E-Signatures Guide.
- Author, “ICC Guidance Note on Mitigating the Effects of COVID-19 in Arbitral Proceedings”, Mondaq.
- Co-author, Malaysia Country Update, Asian Dispute Review journal 2018 edition, April 2018.
- Author, “The Cape Town Convention and Aircraft Protocol”, Mondaq.
- Co-author, the Malaysian Chapter on “Directors in the Twilight Zone Project IV”, INSOL International.
- Co-author, the Malaysian Chapter on “Directors in the Twilight Zone Project Zone III”, INSOL International.
- Co-author, chapter on “Corporate Dispute Resolution”, “Arbitration in Malaysia: A Practical Guide”.
Sharon Chong is a dispute resolution partner and her portfolio includes aviation, international arbitration, joint venture and shareholders’ disputes, commodity disputes, fraud & asset recovery and insolvency & restructuring.
She acts as an advocate in a wide array of cross-border disputes and has appeared at all tiers of the Malaysian courts and in international arbitrations in Asia and Europe.
Sharon is the Past President of the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators and a member of the Maxwell Chambers Steering Committee and the YSIAC Council. In addition to her work as counsel, Sharon sits as arbitrator and has served as sole arbitrator in AIAC, SIAC and ad hoc arbitrations. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators (FMIArb). She is also on the panel of arbitrators of AIAC, SIAC, HKIAC, KCAB and THAC.
Sharon is a member of INSOL International and a founding member and immediate past Co-Chair of the Malaysia Network of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC). She has recently been elected as a Director-At-Large of IWIRC International for 2024-2025. She is part of the faculty for the Bar Council of Malaysia’s Advocacy Training Course and Delos’s Remote Oral Advocacy Programme (ROAP) Asia 2023-2024 edition.
Sharon has been recognised by various legal publications including Chambers Asia-Pacific, The Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific, asialaw, Global Arbitration Review and Global Restructuring Review. Sharon’s clients have commented that she is “patient and thorough, but more than that, she is supportive and explains the legal position clearly at the outset”, “very good at addressing the subject matter and really easy to work with” and is “clear-thinking and decisive” (Chambers Asia-Pacific 2023-2024). She has also been described to be “efficient, has an in-depth legal knowledge of the subject matter, and is quick in responding” and “stands out for her enthusiasm, incisive analysis of issues, and incredible commitment to the client”, “always a pleasure to work with’, “particularly impressive in terms of her enthusiasm and being available to clients”, her “skillset, integrity, intelligence and dedication to the case and client surprises all the time”, is “extremely responsive and savvy”, “gives practical and clear advice”, has “impressed” with “both her round-the-clock availability and her ability to get up to speed with sometimes complex matters” and also “very willing to roll up her sleeves and get the work done. Meticulous, with a strong work ethic and very easy to get along with” (The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2020-2024).
Sharon was recognised in The Legal 500 Arbitration Powerlist 2022 and 2023 for South East Asia and ALB Asia’s Top 15 Rising Lawyers 2021. She has been ranked Band 5 for Dispute Resolution by Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024, “Next Generation Partner” for Dispute Resolution in The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2020-2024 and listed as “Litigation Star” in Commercial Disputes, Dispute Resolution and International Arbitration in Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific. She is also recognised in the Global Arbitration Review 100 (GAR 100) as a “name to know”.
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Sharon Chong covers commercial dispute resolution mandates. She regularly takes on shareholder and contract disputes, and is well placed to represent clients in the TMT space.
