Tan Chee Khoon, Hayden

Tan Chee Khoon, Hayden is a foreign lawyer in our firm’s Cross-Border Litigation, Arbitration & Dispute Resolution Practice. He was called to the Bar of England & Wales in 2017, and admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court in Malaya in 2018. The current focus of his practice is corporate and commercial advisory and dispute resolution.

Prior to joining Quahe Woo & Palmer LLC, Hayden was practising law in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, until 2023. He had a broad practice which included defamation, administrative and public law, employment, intellectual property, tax, and commercial law. In 2023, Hayden was named by The Legal 500 as Rising Star for Dispute Resolution (Malaysia). He was also featured in The Legal 500 Powerlist for Arbitration (Southeast Asia, 2022 & 2023). He had advised and acted in various high-profile commercial disputes. A few matters of note include:

• Acting for the corporate plaintiff against a successful regional budget airline regarding a licensing arrangement.
• Acting for a share purchaser against MYSJ Sdn Bhd, the operator of the mobile application ‘MySejahtera’ used by the Government of Malaysia to combat Covid-19.
• Acting as co-counsel for a Russian entity in a complex civil litigation, involving claims of defamation, breach of contract, copyright infringement and breach of confidential information.
• Defending a Johor based developer in the Kuala Lumpur commercial court against allegations of fraud made by the Inland Revenue Board.
• Acting for a real estate investment trust in an assessment of damages proceeding relating to a multi-million ringgit claim based on conversion of hotel properties.
• Acting for a former prime minister in a defamation claim.

Hayden authored / co-authored a number of publications. Some of his publications include “The Defence of ‘Good Faith’ in Malaysia Tax Cases” (Malayan Law Journal), “Employment Trends and Developments in Malaysia 2021” (Chambers & Partners), and “The Judicial Thoughts of Dato’ Seri Hishamudin Yunus” (Chapter 5). He was also recently invited by the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) as a panellist in the AIAC Young Practitioners’ Group Conference 2024 to discuss about arbitral measures.

MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS

• Member of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple
• Member, Malaysian Bar

PRACTICE AREAS

• Banking, Finance & Security .
• Corporate & Commercial Law
• Litigation, Arbitration & Dispute Resolution