Christopher & Lee Ong

Partner, Christopher & Lee Ong, Malaysia

Corporate & Commercial Employment & Benefits Technology, Media & Telecommunications

Yee Ming is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group in Christopher & Lee Ong, and has been in legal practice for over 20 years with deep industry knowledge across multiple sectors including telecommunications, information technology, logistics engineering, oil and gas services, and retail businesses.

With over 10 years of experience in strategy, commercial and general management roles within various multinational corporations across multiple industries, Yee Ming’s forte is managing complex negotiations, especially in a technical environment, and drawing upon his ability to provide sound legal advice with significant commercial and industry insights.

Clients leverage Yee Ming’s industry experience by engaging him to lead their in-house M&A teams in advising on project-managing, negotiating and closing transactions.

He has been engaged in projects involving the engineering, procurement and construction of monorail lines, wireless telecoms networks and information technology systems. He has also been involved in undertaking due diligence and advising on acquisitions and disposals of IT businesses, oil country tubular goods (OCTG) and waste treatment and disposal businesses, logistics businesses, mining concessions, commercial real estate projects and franchised retail businesses in the region, particularly in Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam. Yee Ming has also consulted on and developed templates incorporating best practices for use in large-scale procurements.

Clients of the firm have lauded Yee Ming as “a good negotiator who provides strong advice” and a very “attentive” lawyer.

LLB University of Melbourne B.A. University of Melbourne Barrister & Solicitor, Australia Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya