Partner, Christopher & Lee Ong, Malaysia

Competition & Antitrust Corporate Commercial Consumer Protection Sustainability

Jane is a Partner with the Competition & Corporate Practice Group of Christopher & Lee Ong. 

Jane was called to the Malaysian Bar in 2012. Prior to joining the firm, she was a dispute resolution associate in a reputable firm handling civil and corporate litigation matters. She made a transition to competition and corporate practice when she joined Christopher & Lee Ong in 2015.

She now primarily advises on the Competition Act 2010 and her expertise covers all aspects of competition laws – cartels, vertical restraints, abusive conduct and merger controls.

She has assisted and defended companies against investigations by the Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC). She has also represented clients in negotiating settlements with MyCC and assisted a client in its merger filing in a sector with merger control.

She has advised clients who come from diverse sectors and has also advised on competition law aspects of various M&A transactions including acting as competition law co-counsel in an M&A exercise of a listed company by providing advice and assistance on every aspect of Malaysia competition law from advising on the setting up of clean teams, to attending competitor companies’ pre-integration meetings. She also regularly conducts competition law trainings and has acted for various companies in their compliance programs.

Aside from competition law practice, Jane is part of the sustainability practice, which encompasses the ESG factors (Environment, Social and Governance) and is involved in competition and crisis management, working closely with clients to manage and limit reputational and institutional risks and offering appropriate counter-measures to be undertaken. Jane is also regularly involved in M&A corporate exercises and she also advises and assists clients in the regulatory areas including on consumer protection, employment and restrictive practices.

Member, Malaysian Bar Member, Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn

LLB (Hons), Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom Bar Vocational Course, Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom Postgraduate Diploma in EU Competition Law, King’s College London, United Kingdom