Kwong Chiew Ee

Partner at Rahmat Lim & Partners | FCIArb | INSOL Fellow | Dispute Resolution | Restructuring & Insolvency | ESG & BHR

Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

About

Chiew Ee is a Partner at Rahmat Lim & Partners. Her areas of practice include corporate and commercial disputes, restructuring & insolvency, and ESG. Her disputes experience includes acting in corporate disputes, claims for breach of fiduciary and directors’ duties, fraud litigation and asset tracing proceedings, and in litigation matters with private international law aspects. In the area of restructuring and insolvency, Chiew Ee has acted for creditors, debtors, financial institutions, and insolvency officeholders in a broad range of contentious and non-contentious matters. She has experience advising foreign clients on the implications of their restructuring processes—such as the US Chapter 11 process and the UK Part 26A restructuring plans—in Malaysia, including how their Malaysian entities may participate in or be affected by the wider foreign restructuring processes. Chiew Ee also has experience coordinating recognition of Malaysian restructuring and insolvency proceedings and orders in foreign jurisdictions. Chiew Ee has been recognised as a Recommended Lawyer in Dispute Resolution for The Legal 500 Asia Pacific where she was noted for being “very knowledgeable about the law, particularly on insolvency issues” and as being “detail-oriented and possesses an impressive commercial sense”. Client has also commended her as their “preferred go-to as counsel for Malaysian disputes.” In 2022, Chiew Ee was named in Asian Legal Business’ Asia 40 Under 40 list, which recognises the most accomplished lawyers in Asia under the age of 40. Her professional interests extend to policy work. She currently serves as the Co-Deputy Chairperson of the Bar Council Environment & Climate Change and ESG Committee and Co-Deputy Chairperson of the Women's Rights Committee. In 2022, Chiew Ee was selected as a Professional Fellow for the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (Sustainable Development & Environment Institute), a highly competitive exchange programme sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.

Experience

  • Rahmat Lim & Partners (13 yrs 2 mos)
    • Partner
      Jan 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 7 mos

    • Principal
      Jan 2019 - Dec 2020 · 2 yrs

    • Senior Associate
      Sep 2016 - Dec 2018 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • National Rapporteur for Climate Change Litigation in Malaysia, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University in the City of New York
    Jan 2022 - Jan 2026 · 4 yrs 1 mo

  • Adjunct Lecturer (International Dispute Resolution) at Taylor's University
    2021 - 2022 · 1 yr

    Adjunct Lecturer with Taylor's Law School for the International Dispute Resolution module for the Master of Laws (International Business and Trade Laws) programme

  • Advance Tertiary College (3 yrs 11 mos)
    • Director of the Moot Programme
      Jun 2013 - May 2014 · 1 yr

    • Adjunct Law Lecturer (Civil Procedure & Evidence)
      Jun 2013 - May 2014 · 1 yr

    • Moot Coach
      Jul 2010 - May 2013 · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • Associate and Pupil-in-Chambers at Shearn Delamore & Co
    Oct 2011 - Jun 2013 · 1 yr 9 mos

    Dispute Resolution & Litigation