Ms Lai Wai Fong > Shearn Delamore & Co > Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia > Lawyer Profile

Ms Lai Wai Fong

+603 20272845 waifong@shearndelamore.com

Work Department

Dispute Resolution

Position

Partner since 2010

Career

Wai Fong has rich experience in corporate and commercial disputes, insurance disputes, tort, aviation disputes and land litigation.  She appears regularly in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Federal Court as Counsel for trials and appeals and is involved regularly in some complex and high profile matters. 

Wai Fong graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Law (LL.B) from University of London in 1998 and obtained a Second Class Upper Honours.  She was awarded the Book Prize for Constitutional Law and for outstanding performance.  She completed the Certificate of Legal Practice (CLP) in 1999 and was awarded the Book Prize for the Law of Evidence. 

She was admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 2000 as an Advocate & Solicitor. She has been a Partner of the Firm since 2010. 

She has been an Advocacy Trainer since 2016.  She is a member of the Advocacy Training Committee of the Malaysian Bar. 

Languages

English, Malay, Chinese

Memberships

• Member, Malaysian Bar
• Member, Advocacy Training Committee of the Malaysian Bar
• Member, Corporate and Commercial Law Committee of the Malaysian Bar
• Member, Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)
• Member, Aviation and Aerospace Committee of the IPBA
• Member, International Bar Association (IBA)

Education

• LL.B (Hons), University of London
• Certificate in Legal Practice
• Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya

Leisure

Publications:

• Wai Fong is the author of the Malaysian chapter on Lexology Getting The Deal Through – Air Transport 2020
• Wai Fong is one of the authors on LexisNexis Practical Guidance
• Wai Fong co-authored the Doing Business 2020 Report in respect of the Malaysian Chapter published by The World Bank Group
• Wai Fong co-authored the Doing Business 2019 Report in respect of the Malaysian Chapter published by The World Bank Group