Emily Cheah

Emily is a Partner in Christopher & Lee Ong’s Corporate Practice Group. She focusing on financial regulations and FinTech, whilst providing support on mergers & acquisitions, and corporate & commercial matters. · Christopher & Lee Ong

MalaysiaCorporate / M&A, Financial Services Regulation

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Partner in Christopher & Lee Ong’s Corporate Practice Group specializing in financial regulations and FinTech, and supporting mergers & acquisitions and corporate and commercial matters. She advises clients from start-ups to government bodies and multinationals on stablecoin projects, payment cards frameworks, token launches, licensing and regulatory engagement, and has experience in legislative drafting, public policy consultation and environmental regulatory compliance in M&A; she is listed as a Leading Associate in Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory practice in Asia Pacific Legal 500 2026 and as a Rising Star in M&A by IFLR100 (2025).

Practice areas

Corporate / M&AFinancial Services RegulationFinTechCorporate & Commercial

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Malaysia

Christopher & Lee Ong · Emily is a Partner in Christopher & Lee Ong’s Corporate Practice Group. She focusing on financial regulations and FinTech, whilst providing support on mergers & acquisitions, and corporate & commercial matters.

Malaysia

Expertise

StablecoinsPayment Cards FrameworksToken LaunchesE-commerce & Merchant Acquiring PlatformsRegulatory Engagement & LicensingLegislative Drafting & Public PolicyEnvironmental Regulatory Compliance in M&A

Education

LL.B (Hons), University College London
MSc in Law and Finance: Law and Financial Regulation, Queen Mary, University of London

Admissions

Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya
Member, Malaysian Bar