Sharon Chong

Practice Areas

- 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

Professional Memberships

- Co-Chair, International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) Malaysia Network (2022-2023).

- Committee member, YSIAC of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (2019-2023).

- Committee member, Steering Committee of Maxwell Chambers Singapore.

- President, Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators (2019-2021).

- Secretary, IWIRC Malaysia Network (2019-2021).

- 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.

Publications

- 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”.

Personal

Sharon Chong is a dispute resolution partner and her portfolio includes aviation, international arbitration, joint venture and shareholders’ disputes, commodity and oil and gas disputes, and insolvency and 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 (including ad-hoc arbitrations and those conducted pursuant to ICC, AIAC, SIAC and TAI Rules).

Her other areas of practice include asset recovery and regulatory enforcement. Sharon is experienced in a broad range of corporate and commercial disputes and provides strategic input in advising corporate clients on fraud matters from the pre-dispute forensic investigation stage, to dispute resolution strategy.

Sharon’s clients have commented that her “skillset, integrity, intelligence and dedication to the case and client surprises all the time” (Legal 500 2022) and she been described as “extremely responsive and savvy”, “gives practical and clear advice” and has “impressed” with “both her round-the-clock availability and her ability to get up to speed with sometimes complex matters” (The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2021). She is 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).

Sharon is the Immediate Past President of the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators (MIArb) and a Fellow of the CIArb (UK) and the MIArb. She is a member of the YSIAC Committee and Maxwell Chambers Steering Committee. She also sits as an arbitrator and is on the panel of arbitrators of AIAC, SIAC, HKIAC, KCAB and THAC.

Sharon is a member of INSOL International and founding member and current Co-Chair of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (Malaysia Network). She is also a faculty member of the Bar Council of Malaysia’s Advocacy Training Course.

Sharon was recognised in The Legal 500 Arbitration Powerlist 2022 for South East Asia and ALB’s Asia’s Top 15 Rising Lawyers 2021. She was awarded Young Lawyer of the Year (Law Firm) at ALB Malaysia Law Awards 2020. She is ranked “Next Generation Partner” for Dispute Resolution in The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2020-2022 and listed “Future Star” in Commercial Disputes, Dispute Resolution and International Arbitration in Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific (2018-2022). She is also recognised in the Global Arbitration Review 100 (GAR 100) as a “name to know”.