Cheah Teh Su

Litigation

Managing Partner  

Teh Meng Teck is the Managing Partner of CTS, a firm he co-founded in 1989 and has been in practice for more than 35 years. Within that time, he has appeared regularly in all tiers of the Malaysian courts and has built a formidable reputation as a leading litigator in the realm of commercial dispute resolution.

Teh Meng Teck specialises in commercial and corporate litigation and shareholders’ disputes. He regularly acts for public listed companies, private entities and ultra-high net-worth individuals in Malaysia and abroad in complex, high-value corporate and shareholders’ disputes.

Notably, he is the lead instructing solicitor and strategist in a multi-jurisdiction shareholders’ dispute which has spawned more than 60 separate suits and appeals to the Federal Court, the Privy Council, the Singapore Court of Appeal, and the Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.

Teh Meng Teck has extensive experience in banking and finance litigation, with an emphasis on the recovery of conventional and Islamic debt facilities, guarantees and loan recall disputes. His portfolio of dispute resolution work includes corporate and individual insolvency practice and contentious probate matters involving inheritance disputes.

Teh Meng Teck has been consistently named amongst Malaysia’s Top 100 Lawyers - The A List by Asia Business Law Journal’s A-List Report (2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, and 2025), a testament to his continued excellence in the legal profession.

Areas of Expertise:

• Corporate Litigation and Shareholders' Disputes;

• Banking and Finance Litigation;

• Commercial Litigation;

• Contractual Disputes;

• Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy.

English, Malay

LL.M., London School of Economics & Political Science, University of London, United Kingdom (1984)

Barrister-at-Law (Gray’s Inn) (1983)

BA (Hons) Law, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom (1982)