39 Essex Chambers

Swee is a Chartered Arbitrator based in our Kuala Lumpur office as well as in the USA.  Swee focuses on the construction, infrastructure and energy sectors and has extensive experience ranging from early procurement strategy stage, to contract drafting, advisory during the project life, through to dispute resolution. Swee spent more than 30 years in these sectors in counsel and advisory roles, including having been seconded to the KL International Airport and Malaysia-Singapore Second Crossing projects, been an in-house counsel and having founded a boutique legal firm in 1999. Swee now only undertakes third party neutral roles including as arbitrator, adjudicator and dispute board member.

Called in 1987.

Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) Fellow of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA) Fellow of the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators (FMIArb) Fellow of the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (FAIADR) Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building (FCIOB) Fellow of the Malaysian Society of Adjudicators (FMSAdj) Member of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF) Member of the International Bar Association Member of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association Member of the Society of Construction Law, Malaysia

1986 - LLB (Hons) (London School of Economics, University of London) 1987 - Barrister-at-Law (Middle Temple) 1988 - Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya 2011 - Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration