With over 30 years of continuous, active legal practice, Soo Chuan has built extensive experience in corporate and commercial advisory work, as well as dispute resolution. He has worked closely with multinational corporations across the Asia Pacific, Europe and North America regions, advising on a wide spectrum of practice areas including arbitration, asset recovery, aviation, banking, company law, construction, contract, insolvency, insurance and tort.
Soo Chuan leads the firm’s aviation practice, providing specialised counsel to airlines, carriers, private jet operators, financiers, lessors, insurers and other aviation service providers on both advisory and contentious matters. His work spans aircraft finance, aircraft leasing, and aviation-related commercial transactions, in addition to air accident claims, aircraft arrests, aircraft foreclosures and repossessions.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Law (LLB) from the University of Leicester. He was called to the Bar of England & Wales as a Barrister at Law of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn in 1995. He was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 1996. He also holds a degree in Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Nottingham.
Soo Chuan is a member of the Executive Committee overseeing the management and administration of the firm. He also acts as general counsel dealing with compliance and KYC issues for the firm.
He is the author for Malaysia chapters of Lexology In-Depth, Aviation Law, 14th Edition and Lexology In-Depth, Aviation Finance Law, 3rd Edition, to be published in 2026 by Law Business Research.
Memberships:
- Member of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, London.
- Barrister-at-Law to the Bar of England and Wales.
- Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya.
- Member of the Malaysia-China Chamber of Commerce.