Our Lawyers
Experienced. Results Driven. Client Focused
TAY CHOON HOWE
Partner
Background
Choon Howe is focused on corporate and commercial matters, particularly in banking and taxation advisory where he advises several large corporate clients. At the same time, he has appeared on corporate and commercial matters at both the High Court and Court of Appeal as counsel.
Qualifications
- LL.B (Hons) (Cardiff) [First Class]
- LL.M (Commercial Law) (Cambridge)
- Barrister-at-Law (Lincoln’s Inn)
- Advocate & Solicitor (High Court of Malaya)
- Advocate & Solicitor (High Court of Sabah & Sarawak)
JAMES DING TSE WEN
Partner
Background
James has extensive experience in construction, engineering and infrastructure dispute resolution with a keen interest in corporate and commercial litigation. He has advised clients in major construction and building projects in Malaysia and represented parties in adjudication, arbitration and appearing as counsel at both the High Court and Court of Appeal.
He speaks regularly in seminars and conferences on areas involving construction law, adjudication and arbitration.
Qualifications
- LL.B (Hons) (Sheffield)
- LL.M (Malaya)
- MS.c (Construction Contract Management) [UTM]
- Barrister-at-Law (Lincoln’s Inn)
- Advocate & Solicitor (High Court of Malaya)
- Fellow | Singapore Institute of Arbitrators | FSIArb
- Fellow | Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution | FAiADR
- Member | Malaysian Society of Adjudicators | MMSAdj
- Associate | Chartered Institute of Arbitrators | ACIArb
Other Experience / Membership
- Arbitrator | Asian International Arbitration Centre
- Adjudicator | Asian International Arbitration Centre
- Speaker | Roles of Arbitral Institutions and Recent Changes to Rules & Laws | AIAC – APJA Conference on Arbitration | 2018
- Speaker | Construction Adjudication – Developments in the Law & Practice | Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Singapore) | 2018
- Arbitrator | FDI Moot International Arbitration (Seoul, South Korea) | 2017
- Speaker | Adjudication in Practice | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia | 2017
- Panellist | Construction Law Review | Construction Law Review and Launch of the SCL Delay & Disruption Protocol (Malaysia Supplement) | 2017
- Panellist, Oxford-style debate “This House believes that international arbitration is now facing an Asian Haze and no longer an Asian Craze” | Young Arbitrators’ Forum – Asia Chapter Regional Conference (Seoul, South Korea) | 2016
- Part-time lecturer | Construction Law | Faculty of Engineering and Science, University Tunku Abdul Rahman | 2009 – 2011
Publication
ASA Bulletin (Vol. 35, No. 4, 2017), “2017 KLRCA Arbitration Rules” [Kluwer Law International]; co-author
Our Kuching (Sarawak, Malaysia) Connection:-
DOM SILANG
Partner, Kuching office
Background
Dom primarily handles real estate matters at the Kuching office of C. H. Tay & Partners Advocates, having worked in the banking sector previously. He has a keen interest in natives’ rights and matters and has advised on matters relating to development of lands and acquisition involving native customary rights.
Qualifications
- LL.B (Hons) (London)
- C.L.P
EMERIC TEO YAW JEEN
Partner, Kuching office
Background
Emeric has vast experiences in handling highly contentious civil and commercial litigation matters, appearing on many occasions at the High Court and Court of Appeal in Sarawak. Based at the Kuching office of C. H. Tay & Partners Advocates,he also advises many corporate clients in Sarawak.
Qualifications
- LL.B (Hons) (London)
- C.L.P
