Ms Janet Chai > Chooi & Company > Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia > Lawyer Profile
Chooi & Company Offices
LEVEL 5, MENARA BRDB
285 JALAN MAAROF, BUKIT BANDARAYA
59000 KUALA LUMPUR
Malaysia
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Ms Janet Chai
Work Department
Dispute Resolution
Position
Janet’s key area of practice is in commercial disputes, dealing with a wide range of issues ranging from contractual disputes involving conspiracy and fraud issues, enforcement of securities and company law related issues to land disputes.
Janet also deals with energy, construction and engineering disputes, and has been an accredited adjudicator with the Asian International Arbitration Centre since 2014.
Career
Janet is identified by The Asia Pacific Legal 500 as a Leading Individual in the field of Dispute Resolution in its 2017 and 2016 editions, as a Next Generation Lawyer in its 2018 edition, and as a Recommended Lawyer in its 2014 edition. Janet is also named as a Recognised Practitioner in Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide in its 2018 and 2017 editions, as a Future Star in the Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2018, as a Leading Lawyer in the field of Dispute Resolution by Asialaw Leading Lawyers in its 2012 edition and as a Rising Star in its 2014 edition and as a Recommended Individual by Asialaw Profiles in its 2015 and 2014 editions.
Janet has served the Bar Council’s Advocacy Training Committee as an advocacy trainer since 2016. She also served as a member of the Bar Council’s Legal Profession Committee from 2015 to 2016, Publications Committee from 2010 to 2014, Professional Standards and Development Committee from 2010 to 2012, Organising Committees of the International Malaysia Law Conference in 2007, 2012 and 2014, and the Annual Malaysia/Singapore Bench & Bar Games & Quadrangular Games in 2014.
For the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee (KLBC), Janet served as a co-opted committee member and chaired the KLBC’s Social Arts & Culture Committee in 2009, as a member of the KLBC’s National Young Lawyers Committee from 2008 to 2010 and the KLBC’s Sports and Recreation Committee from 2013 to 2014.
Languages
English, Bahasa Malaysia, Cantonese and Mandarin
Memberships
Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya
Education
Janet graduated from University of Sheffield, England with a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) in 2003. She was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2004 and was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2006. In 2014, Janet qualified as a panel adjudicator of the Asian International Arbitration Centre.
Lawyer Rankings
Malaysia > Dispute resolution
The disputes team at Chooi & Company specialises in commercial and corporate litigation and is regularly instructed by multinational companies, accounting firms, and local corporations. Much of the work centres on shareholder disputes and boardroom takeovers in public and private listed companies, and the firm frequently acts as lead counsel in matters at the appellate stage or before the apex court. Christopher Leong
is recognised for his expertise in banking and securities litigation, while Ira Biswas is well-versed in insolvency law and fraud cases. Nicole Fiona Wee Sue-Ren and Janet Chai are key members of the group, focusing on cross-border financial and energy disputes, respectively.