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Christopher & Lee Ong
LEVEL 22, AXIATA TOWER NO. 9, JALAN STESEN SENTRAL 5
KUALA LUMPUR SENTRAL, 50470
KUALA LUMPUR
Malaysia

Position

Partner, Christopher & Lee Ong, Malaysia

  • Restructuring & Insolvency
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • General Corporate
  • Commercial
  • Banking
  • Capital Markets

Career

See Hua co-heads Christopher & Lee Ong’s Restructuring & Insolvency Practice Group, and has been in legal practice for over 30 years.

See Hua has led a number of notable restructuring and insolvency deals, from the Asian financial crisis to the 2008 financial crisis, where she advised and worked with borrowers, lenders and administrators on the corporate debt restructuring of huge portfolios of Malaysian public listed groups.

Her practice extends to advising major corporations on transactions involving acquisitions and divestments of companies (both public and private), banking, property-related issues, private equity investments, and capital markets.

She has also acted for numerous property developers particularly in relation to major acquisitions of land banks, joint ventures for mixed developments with private and state governmental landowners and joint infrastructure works for water and sewage.

See Hua is a member of the Insolvency Practice Committee of the Malaysian Association of Certified Public Accountants, and sits on the board of Petron Malaysia Refining & Marketing Berhad as an independent director.

Memberships

  • Member of the Insolvency Practice Committee of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“MICPA”)
  • Member of the Disciplinary Committee of MICPA
  • Independent Director of Petron Malaysia Refining & Marketing Berhad and Matrix Concept Holdings Berhad

Education

  • Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya
  • Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong
  • Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore
  • Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales

Lawyer Rankings

Malaysia > Corporate and M&A

The practice at Christopher & Lee Ong harnesses an ‘in-depth understanding of market practices’ in the corporate and M&A arena. The team’s workload includes a variety of matters, spanning the full lifecycle of transactions on behalf of its industry-spanning domestic and multinational client roster, while providing support on regulatory approvals and compliance mandates, in addition to competition and antitrust issues, and industry-specific concerns. The practice also sees high-stakes M&A bidding and structuring matters through to execution. The team is collectively led by Yon See Ting, Kuok Yew Chen and Yau Yee Ming, who bring a wealth of experience in cross-border transactions, Christopher Lee, Por Chuei Ying, See Hua Chua, and Anette Soh. Other key contacts in the group include Kelvin Kho and consultant Lee Hock Chye.