Datuk Ben Chan Chong Choon is an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya and a member of the Malaysian Bar. Prior to setting up his own practice in 2017, Datuk Ben Chan was a litigation partner in established Kuala Lumpur-based law firms. He graduated from the University of London with a LLB degree in 1990 and then obtained his Certificate in Legal Practice from the Qualification Board of Malaysia. He obtained a Master of Laws from the University of Malaya in 1995. Earlier, he had completed his professional qualification with the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrator (ICSA) and admitted as an associate member.
Datuk Ben Chan regularly undertakes and conducts litigation cases in the Appellate Courts, High Court, Subordinate Courts and Arbitral Tribunals. He is an Arbitrator, Adjudicator and a Mediator in the panel of the Asian International Arbitration Centre. Presently, he also sits as a panel member in the Disciplinary Committee established under the Legal Profession Act 1976.
He has acted in various high-profile litigation matters involving commercial disputes and important arbitration cases relating to construction contracts and oil & gas. Datuk Ben Chan also provides banking, finance, insolvency and regulatory advice to financial institutions and investment intermediaries, insolvency practitioners, borrowers and investors and advises on construction law disputes. He had lectured on business law and company law at talks, seminars as well as various institutions. He is main author of the book, “Chan & Koh – on Malaysian Company Law” Sweet & Maxwell, Asia.
