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Nicole Fiona Wee Sue-Ren

Nicole Fiona Wee Sue-Ren

Chooi & Company, Malaysia

Work Department

Dispute Resolution

Position

Nicole Wee was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1995 and she was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 1996. Nicole joined the firm as a legal assistant in 1996, and was made senior associate in 2000. In 2003, she was made a partner of the firm.

Nicole leads the firm’s family and probate practice, and advises on family and matrimonial disputes including all aspects of contested divorces jurisdictional and cross-border financial issues and resolution by mediation. She also advises on succession planning and wealth management including wills and trusts, and handles contentious probate and trust matters, and disputes regarding the administration of estates as well as estate and trust assets situated locally and abroad.

Nicole is also an experienced commercial litigator, with particular emphasis on banking litigation, commercial debt recovery and insolvency. Her experience in this area has led to her being retained to advise on the acquisition of distressed-debt and non-performing loan portfolios.

Education

Nicole graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London, England in 1994. She was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1995 and was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 1996. Nicole is accredited as a Mediator with the Malaysian Mediation Center (Bar Council) since 2007.

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