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Chia Oh Sheng

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Banking & Insolvency

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Chia Oh Sheng

Partner

Banking & Insolvency

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"Chia Oh Sheng is very involved, very responsive and fun to work with."

The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, 2025

"Responsive and able to provide sound advice."

asialaw, 2024

Oh Sheng’s main practice areas are banking and insolvency litigations. He is also active in civil and commercial dispute resolution and matters involving capital markets and securities law. He regularly advises and represents banks in recovery, bankruptcy and winding-up proceedings, as well as cross-border letter of credit and bank guarantee matters. He has also been involved in a number of complicated corporate and general litigations.

He is a regular contributor to Malaysian Civil Procedure (White Book) (Thomson Reuters, 2013, 2015, 2018, and 2021 editions) and Bullen & Leake & Jacob’s Malaysian Precedents of Pleadings (Thomson Reuters).

Oh Sheng was recently acknowledged as a “Next Generation Partner” for Dispute Resolution by The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2025. He is also recognised as a “Rising Star” for Dispute Resolution and Restructuring and Insolvency by asialaw 2024.

He graduated from University of Melbourne, Australia. He was admitted to practice as an Australian lawyer in 2011 and as an Advocate & Solicitor of High Court of Malaya in 2013.

Oh Sheng’s main practice areas are banking and insolvency litigations. He is also active in civil and commercial dispute resolution and matters involving capital markets and securities law. He regularly advises and represents banks in recovery, bankruptcy and winding-up proceedings, as well as cross-border letter of credit and bank guarantee matters. He has also been involved in a number of complicated corporate and general litigations.

He is a regular contributor to Malaysian Civil Procedure (White Book) (Thomson Reuters, 2013, 2015, 2018, and 2021 editions) and Bullen & Leake & Jacob’s Malaysian Precedents of Pleadings (Thomson Reuters).

Oh Sheng was recently acknowledged as a “Next Generation Partner” for Dispute Resolution by The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2025. He is also recognised as a “Rising Star” for Dispute Resolution and Restructuring and Insolvency by asialaw 2024.

He graduated from University of Melbourne, Australia. He was admitted to practice as an Australian lawyer in 2011 and as an Advocate & Solicitor of High Court of Malaya in 2013.

  • Debt Recovery
  • Corporate Insolvency
  • Banking Litigation
  • Corporate & Commercial Disputes
  • Letter of Credit & Bank Guarantee Disputes
  • Capital Markets & Securities Law
  • LLB, University of Melbourne
  • Certificate of Legal Practice
  • Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (Leo Cussen Institute, Australia)
  • Advised and represented numerous clients on matters concerning contractual rights and obligations, and interpretation of contracts.
  • Advised a financial institution on a dispute in relation to a high-profile bond programme. The dispute concerns amongst others contractual rights and obligations of the bondholders, trustee, lead arranger, facility agent and security agent in the bond programme.
  • Advising and acting for the Government in a contractual claim against a landowner.
  • Advised and represented various financial institutions in respect of claims for recovery of loans from their customers.
  • Represented a company in a dispute relating to a private vehicle leasing and management agreement.
  • Advised financial institutions in relation to cross-border letters of credit transactions, bank guarantees, counter guarantees and standby letters of credit.

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