Dr. Benjamin Poh Chee Seng is an experienced advocate and solicitor, arbitrator and mediator specializing in tax, commercial, corporate finance, trust, insolvency, construction and intellectual property litigation with extensive experience appearing before courts and arbitral and adjudicating tribunals. He was initially trained as a chartered accountant and chartered financial analyst at Anderson and KPMG; as a private wealth adviser at Zurich Life Insurance Malaysia Bhd; and then as a litigation lawyer at a local reputable law firm.
His diverse range of skills and expertise from different professional fields, allowing him to provide clients with a unique perspective on strategic matters. His multidisciplinary background gives him the ability to draw on different approaches and methods to solve problems, and to think outside the box. This can be valuable for clients who are looking
for fresh insights and innovative solutions.
His clients describe him as a “strategic, creative and thoughtful legal and business counsel” always “thinks out of box” with creative legal and business solutions to assist them in resolving complex and challenging issues and disputes faced by their businesses and organizations.
Professional and Academic Credentials
• Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
• CIArb Oxford Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration
• Harvard Law School Advanced Mediation Certificate
• LL.M (Distinction-First Class Honours) Banking and Finance Law (University of London)
• M.B.A. (Merit) (Manchester University)
• Ph.D. Tax Law (Washington School of Law)
• Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Private Wealth Advising (with Merit) (STEP)
• LL. B (Hons) (University of London)
• Certificate In Legal Practice/Malaysian Bar Exam (Legal Profession Qualifying Board)
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA Institute)
• Chartered Accountant (Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants)
• Chartered Accountant (Malaysia Institute of Accountants)
• Trust & Estate Practitioner (STEP)
• Completed ACCA Professional Exam (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants)
• Fellow of Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia
