Ariff Rozhan & Co

Dispute Resolution

Partner

Ezane is an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya and a Barrister-at-Law (England & Wales) and has over 23 years of post-qualifying experience. Before she joined Ariff Rozhan & Co (ARC) in 2016, she was a partner at Skrine, one of Malaysia’s largest law firms, where she trained as a pupil and practiced for 14 years.

Ezane focuses largely on family law and private client work, though she also has extensive experience in civil and commercial litigation. She has represented clients in a variety of industries at all levels of the judicial process and has accumulated a number of reported cases in the Malaysian and English law journals.

Ezane is one of only three family lawyers from Malaysia to be elected as a Fellow of the prestigious International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL), a worldwide association of practicing lawyers who are recognised by their peers as the most experienced and skilled family law specialists in their respective countries.

She has given evidence as an expert on Malaysian Family law for English, US and Australian courts on a number of occasions and is often sought after by foreign law firms and clients to advise on Malaysian Family law in cross-border disputes.

Ezane was the exclusive (Malaysian) recipient of an International Client Choice Award for Litigation in Malaysia (2015). Client Choice recognises lawyers from around the world who stand apart for the excellent client care they provide and the quality of their service. She has been consecutively named by Benchmark Litigation Asia as a “Rising Star” / “Dispute Resolution Star” (2018 – 2024). In 2019, ARC won the Asian Legal Business Matrimonial and Family Law Firm of the Year Award (Malaysia) and was shortlisted for the same award in 2020 and 2023. She is also recognised as a Recommended Lawyer in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025 Edition.

Ezane has authored numerous articles on family law and is a contributor to the Malaysia chapters for international legal publications, including Chambers and Partners’ Global Practice Guides: Child Relocation Guide 2023 and the International Comparative Legal Guide to: Family Law 2020 & 2021. She is a qualified advocacy trainer, having been trained and selected by the Advocacy Training Council of England and Wales to teach advocacy to pupils and young lawyers.

She also provides legal advice and representation, pro-bono, to those who qualify for legal aid, through the Bar Council Legal Aid Centre.

Examples of a few quotes from clients about Ezane are set out below:

“Ezane Chong is excellent. She is intelligent, approachable and pragmatic in her advice. She is excellent at handling clients and is the person you want on your team.”

“Ezane handles cases with the principles of rigorous thinking, professionalism, practical work, and full protection of the interests of her clients.”

“Ezane Chong is an excellent lawyer. There is no one better than her at handling clients and delivering on the required services. She is very intelligent and has the ability to digest large amounts of information at speed and cut through it to identify the key issues that need to be dealt with.”

“Ezane is one of the best lawyers I have ever dealt with. She is highly professional, empathic, accountable, ethical and a subject matter expert.”

“Ezane Chong is absolutely brilliant. Her clients adore her, and she provides sound, sensible and pragmatic advice.”

“Ezane Chong - She is incredibly bright. She knows how to best utilise the strengths of her team to get the best out of them and deliver for the client.”

“Ezane Chong provided expert advice on the applicability of the adoption law in Malaysia to assist my High Court proceedings in the High Court of England & Wales. Ezane was swift to provide responses to any queries, and the quality of her expert evidence was crucial to the case.”

“We were highly impressed with the professional expertise she showed by handling the matter successfully within a short period of time.”

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Honourable Society of the Inner Temple Advocate and Solicitor, High Court of Malaya Fellow, The International Academy of Family Lawyers Association of Women Lawyers, Malaysia Malaysian Inner Temple Alumni Association

LLB (Hons), University of Leeds, United Kingdom Barrister-at-Law, the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple