Celia Cheah

Practice Areas

Celia is a Partner of Christopher & Lee Ong and Head of CLO’s Intellectual Property & Intangible Assets practice.

Over the past two decades, Celia has built a strong IP practice, drawing from her wealth of experience in assisting clients in the creation, protection, commercialisation and enforcement of intellectual property which includes trademarks, patents, industrial designs, copyrights, and more.

As an IP practitioner and registered trademarks and industrial designs agent, Celia’s depth of expertise includes advising on IP prosecution and commercial matters, with a focus on registration and transactional work such as licensing, franchising, and brand strategy.

She has represented clients from across a wide range of sectors, including F&B, consumer goods & services, luxury goods and pharmaceuticals, to name a few.

In addition to her legal practice, Celia has demonstrated her commitment to advancing intellectual property rights by serving as the President of Licensing Executives Society Malaysia (LESM). She is also fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese.

Celia is ranked by prestigious legal directories and guides such as Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific and World IP Review. Most recently, Celia was recommended as a Silver practitioner in Prosecution & Strategy (Malaysia) by the World Trademark Review.

Professional Memberships

- Member, Malaysian Bar

- Member, Kuala Lumpur Bar

- Licensing Executives Society Malaysia, Past President

- Member of the Trademarks Standing Committee of Asian Patent Attorneys Association

- Panellist of the Domain Name Disputes Resolution of AIAC