Christine Lay Kei Een

Partner, Abang & Co

Christine Lay Kei Een is a Partner at Abang & Co, where her practice spans dispute resolution, advisory, and transactional mandates. She has acted as counsel in litigation and arbitration involving commercial and corporate disputes, insolvency and restructuring, construction, engineering, land-related and regulatory matters.

Her clientele includes public-listed companies, government-linked corporations, international clients, start-ups and founders. She advises businesses at different stages of their development and provides continuing advice on a range of corporate and commercial matters.

Christine serves as a General Director on the Board of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) Malaysia. She is an active contributor to the restructuring and insolvency community and to the development of alternative dispute resolution in the region. She is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Christine has been described by AsiaLaw as “very responsive and helpful” and was nominated for “Woman Lawyer of the Year” at the Thomson Reuters Asian Legal Business Malaysia Law Awards 2025.

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Asian International Arbitration Centre—Asian Sports Arbitration Rules 2026

Practice Notes

This Practice Note is intended as a brief practical guide on the Asian Sports Arbitration Rules 2026 administered by the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) in Malaysia. It covers the scope, framework and procedural operation of the Rules as well as its interaction with Malaysian sports-dispute mechanisms.What is AIAC?AIAC is an arbitral institution in Malaysia established under the auspices of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO), an intergovernmental body whose membership spans Asia and Africa. This origin reflects AIAC's identity as a regional dispute resolution institution rather than a purely domestic one.AIAC administers arbitrations under the Asian Sports Arbitration Rules 2026 (Rules), which took effect on 1 January 2026 and form part of AIAC's suite of rules for 2026. The institutional framework allocates functions among the President of the AIAC Court of Arbitration, the AIAC Court and the Registrar. The arbitral tribunal constituted under the Rules is called the ‘Asian Sports Tribunal’.For further information on

Arbitration

Practice Area

Arbitration

Panel

Contributing Author

Qualified Year

2016 (England & Wales) - 2017 (Malaysia)

Experience

Chooi & Company (2020 - 2024)
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill (2016 - 2019)

Membership

International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), Malaysia, Board Member (2025 – ongoing)
The Honourable Society of Middle Temple (since 2015)
Committee, Bar Council Arbitration & Construction Law Committee (2026 – ongoing)
Committee, Bar Council Corporate & Commercial Law Committee (2026 – ongoing)
Committee, Bar Council Women’s Rights Committee Committee (2024 – ongoing)

Qualifications

Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, United Kingdom (2025)
INSOL International, Foundation Certificate in International Insolvency Law (2021)
Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya (2017)
Barrister-at-Law, England & Wales (Middle Temple) (2016)