Sharon Chong is a dispute resolution partner and her portfolio includes aviation, international arbitration, joint venture and shareholders’ disputes, commodity disputes, fraud & asset recovery and insolvency & restructuring. She acts as an advocate in a wide array of cross-border disputes and has appeared at all tiers of the Malaysian courts and in international arbitrations in Asia and Europe.   Sharon is the Immediate Past President of the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators and a member of the Maxwell Chambers Steering Committee and the YSIAC Council. In addition to her work as counsel, Sharon sits as arbitrator and has served as sole arbitrator in AIAC, SIAC and ad hoc arbitrations. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators (FMIArb). She is also on the panel of arbitrators of AIAC, SIAC, HKIAC, KCAB and THAC.   Sharon is a member of INSOL International and a founding member and current Co-Chair of the Malaysia Network of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation. She is part of the faculty for the Bar Council of Malaysia’s Advocacy Training Course and Delos’s Remote Oral Advocacy Programme (ROAP) Asia 2023 edition.   Sharon has been recognised by various legal publications including Chambers Asia-Pacific, The Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific and Global Arbitration Review. Sharon’s clients have commented that she is “very good at addressing the subject matter and really easy to work with” and is “clear-thinking and decisive” (Chambers Asia-Pacific 2023). She has also been described to provide “timely and practical advice”, is “particularly impressive in terms of her enthusiasm and being available to clients”, her “skillset, integrity, intelligence and dedication to the case and client surprises all the time”, is “extremely responsive and savvy”, “gives practical and clear advice”, has “impressed” with “both her round-the-clock availability and her ability to get up to speed with sometimes complex matters” and also “very willing to roll up her sleeves and get the work done. Meticulous, with a strong work ethic and very easy to get along with” (The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2020-2023).   Sharon was recognised in The Legal 500 Arbitration Powerlist 2022 for South East Asia and ALB Asia’s Top 15 Rising Lawyers 2021. She has been ranked “Up and Coming” for Dispute Resolution by Chambers Asia-Pacific 2023, “Next Generation Partner” for Dispute Resolution in The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2020-2023 and listed as “Future Star” in Commercial Disputes, Dispute Resolution and International Arbitration in Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific (2018-2023). She is also recognised in the Global Arbitration Review 100 (GAR 100) as a “name to know”.