Jason Cheong Kah Lok

Jason graduated top of his class from the National University of Malaysia (UKM) with a Bachelor of Laws with Honours (Distinction) and was the recipient of the Royal Education Award by the Council of Rulers. Jason was admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 2019. He also obtained his Postgraduate Diploma in Administration of Islamic Judiciary and Legal Practice (DAIJ) from UKM and Associate Qualification in Islamic Finance (AQIF) from IBFIM. Jason has also obtained his Professional Diploma in International Arbitration and is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators (MIarb).

Jason practices in a wide array of general civil litigation, focusing primarily on the area of commercial and corporate disputes, contractual disputes, debt recovery, construction, engineering, infrastructure, projects, energy, and utilities. He has represented a broad range of clients in all tiers of the Malaysian court as well as in arbitration and in adjudication.

Driven and dynamic, Jason also takes on criminal litigation cases where he has handled matters relating to, amongst others, offences under the Penal Code, Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, Moneylenders Act 1951, Immigration Act 1959/63, Road Transport Act 1987, Food Act 1983 and Electricity Supply Act 1990.


Notable experience:-

• Represented a subsidiary of a Hong Kong public listed company against a subsidiary of a Malaysian public listed company and obtained an injunction in restraining the latter from encashing the monies under 2 bank guarantees amounting to approximately RM26 million. This matter went to the Court of Appeal which allowed for the injunction to subsist.

• Acted for a subsidiary of a Hong Kong public listed company in a construction arbitration involving a sum of approximately RM132 million.

• Representing creditors with a total debt of RM50 million in a judicial management proceedings.

• Represented a Hong Kong public listed company, its subsidiaries, directors and other stakeholders against a foreign company and a foreign national in a complex corporate dispute of approximately RM180 million in respect of a large energy infrastructure project in Malaysia.

• Represented a US citizen in claiming against a Malaysian company, it's directors and also the holding company for fraud relating to "gloves scam" during the COVID period amounting to RM10 million.

• Representing a co-operative societies in claiming against a Malaysian company, the directors and the holding company for fraud and/or misrepresentation in investment agreements amounting to RM40 million in which a Mareva injunction (freezing order) was obtained against the company and the directors.