We don't do conventional.

Because your most complex legal matters deserve outside the box solutions and strategies.

For over 35 years,  Cheah Teh Su has helped our clients deal with complex disputes and high value transactions with clarity, practicality and unwavering focus on our clients’ objectives and best interests.

About Us

Overview of the Firm

Established in 1989, Cheah Teh Su is a leading Malaysian law firm recognised for dispute resolution, corporate and commercial matters, and high-stakes multi-jurisdictional cases. Our dispute resolution practice is ranked by The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific and Chambers & Partners, with partners who have contributed to leading Malaysian legal texts and represented clients in precedent-setting litigation and major transactions.

We are a firm that thinks outside the box and provides sound and practical advice to deliver the best possible solutions. We have led and provided strategies and solutions for numerous high-value, contentious multi-jurisdictional cases. We are dedicated, tenacious and committed to getting the best possible outcomes for our clients.

Our firm serves a diverse client base, ranging from ultra-high-net-worth individuals, multinational corporations and financial institutions to public and private-listed companies, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), emerging enterprises and private individuals. Our clientele extends across Southeast Asia and beyond, supported by strong collaborations with foreign advisers to ensure seamless, coordinated and commercially aligned cross-border legal services.Our longstanding clients look to us as trusted partners to help them navigate the legal challenges they face in the ever-changing economic and global environment.

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What Sets Us Apart

Three pillars that define how we work

Senior-Led on Every Matter

Every file at CTS is handled by a senior lawyer with a minimum of eight years of call. You are never handed off to a junior after the pitch. The partner who meets you is the partner who runs your matter — from day one to resolution.

No delegation without accountability

Commercially Practical Advice

Legal advice that cannot fit inside a business reality is not advice — it is commentary. Our counsel is grounded in your commercial objectives. We identify what is achievable, not just what is technically correct, and we help you weigh the trade-offs clearly.

Law in service of your business

Deep Dispute Resolution Expertise

Dispute resolution is in our DNA. Since 1989, we have litigated and arbitrated complex commercial disputes across industries — banking, construction, employment, property, and more. We know what it takes to win, and when to settle decisively on your terms.

35+ years of courtroom experience