Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill

Construction, Energy, Infrastructure & Projects

Partner (Energy, Projects, Infrastructure & International Arbitration)

Crystal Wong Wai Chin is a Partner at Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill (LHAG) and one of Malaysia’s leading practitioners in International Arbitration, with a specialist focus on energy, utilities, construction, and infrastructure sectors. She acts as both counsel and arbitrator across Malaysia, Singapore, and the broader ASEAN region. She is a trusted advisor to utility companies, independent power producers, government-linked companies, and multinational corporations. As Co-Head of LHAG’s China Desk, Crystal has built one of the most distinctive Chinese client practices in the Malaysian legal market, personally advising more than 10 Chinese state-owned enterprises on dispute resolution, construction, and infrastructure matters in Malaysia. She brings a unique combination of legal expertise and cultural fluency, having received specialist Chinese legal training at Southwest University of Political Science and Law in Chongqing, and is fluent in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Hokkien. In 2025, Crystal was specially invited by the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Malaysia to participate in a training programme at the China National Judges College – a prestigious institution under the Supreme People’s Court of China. Crystal has a strong and growing interest in mediation as a complementary dispute resolution tool. She has conducted mediation proceedings both locally and abroad. She is a vocal advocate for mediation as a strategic option for clients in cross-border and complex multi-party disputes. Crystal is equally active as a thought leader, having authored “The Malaysian Arbitration Handbook: Authoritative Guidance on Dispute Resolution” (LexisNexis Malaysia, 2025), a landmark Chinese-language practitioner reference on arbitration in Malaysia.

English, Malay, Chinese (Mandarin)

Chairperson (2024 – 2026) & Director, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), Malaysia Branch

Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)

Panel Arbitrator, Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC)

Panel Arbitrator, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC)

Arbitrator, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) List of Arbitrators

Panel Arbitrator, Chinese Arbitration Association, Taipei

Panel Arbitrator, Chongqing Arbitration Commission

Director of Interlaw & Regional Leader, Asia Pacific, Interlaw Special Business Team (Arbitration & ADR)

Commissioner, National Executive Board, Girl Guides Association Malaysia (pro bono)

Member, TrustLaw, Thomson Reuters Foundation

LLM, International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, National University of Singapore

LLB (Hons), Cardiff University

Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya

Called to the Bar of England and Wales (Lincoln’s Inn)