Cheok Advocates & Solicitors was established in 2009 is one of the law firms in Brunei Darussalam.
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ROBIN CHEOK VAN KEE ![]() |
Robin Cheok as the managing partner oversees work by all other lawyers and doesn't really do 'work' any more.
Robin obtained a II.i Honours Law Degree from the University of Essex in 1993. In 1994, Robin attended seminars on Advocacy conducted by Jonathan Goldberg, Q.C. covering Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility. In that year, he also attended a course on Alternative Dispute Resolution, Legal Negotiation, Techniques in Advocacy conducted by Professor John Warwick Montgomery M Phil In Law (Essex), Ph.D. (Chicago), Th.D. (Strasbourg), Barrister at Law of the Middle Temple and Lincoln's Inn, Member of the CA, WA, VA, DC and US Supreme Court Bars, Principle Lecturer in Law, Advocate (Angleterre, Pays de Galles Et Les E-u) Professor De Droit.He joined the Inner Temple and obtained his Barrister-at-Law, England and Wales in 1995. He was also called to the Brunei Bar in 1995. In 1996 he attended a seminar on Overview on Islamic Banking and Finance by Dato Ahmad Tajudin Abdul Rahman, Managing Director, Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad and Shariah Decision Making Process by Mohd. Bakir Hj. Mansor, Shariah Coordinator of BIMB Institute of Research and Training Sdn Bhd (BIMB).
Robin is also trained to be an international and national arbitration lawyer since July 2016, where he attended a Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) accredited course in International Commercial Arbitration conducted by the ASEAN Legal Alliance and Arbitration and the International Dispute Resolution Practice Group. |
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CHRISTINA LIM LI HUI |
Christina Lim is a partner at Cheok Advocates & Solicitors. Christina oversees work not supervised by Robin Cheok. She was called to the Bar (Gray's Inn), UK in 2002 and admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Brunei Darussalam in 2003. |
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LEE WAI YEE |
Lee Wai Yee is an associate at Cheok Advocates & Solicitors. Wai Yee is a University of London law graduate and was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaysia at Kuala Lumpur in August 2001. She was admitted to the Supreme Court of Brunei Darussalam in November 2009 and thereafter began her practice in Brunei. |
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CHAN CHING YEE |
Ms Chan Ching Yee was called to the Brunei Bar in February 2015. She served her pupillage under Mr Robin Cheok and Ms Christina Lim and thereafter took up the firm’s offer for her to stay with the firm, predominantly to assist the managing partner. Ms Chan obtained her Bachelor in Laws with Mathematics in University of Keele UK and ventured to Queensland Australia to do her practical legal training conducted by the Queensland University of Technology and obtain her Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice. Whilst having an all round knowledge then experience is a cornerstone for lawyers of this law firm, Ms Chan's interest lies with corporate work with preference for financial securities, numeric and accounting bias acquisitions and corporate regulation. However, Ms Chan also handles corporate litigation and is also trained since July 2016 to act as an international and national arbitration lawyer. |
Cheok Advocates & Solicitors have an extensive practice providing a full range of business legal services and expertise in all areas of practice: |
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Cheok Advocates & Solicitors
14, Level 1, Jaya Setia Square, Spg 13, Jln Komersial Jaya Setia, Berakas, Bandar Seri Begawan BB2713 Brunei Darussalam.
Tel: +673 2339119 (6 Lines)
Fax: +673 2339499, +673 2338194
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