Ai Ting read law at the University of Leeds and later was admitted as a barrister at law at Lincoln’s Inn, London. She was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2011.

She has extensive experience in complex land disputes, compulsory land acquisitions and public law, breaking boundaries in compensation claims for land acquisition cases and mounting challenges against land authorities through judicial review proceedings. Her corporate litigation experience includes debt recovery. She also regularly advises on disputes involving landlord and tenant, housing, strata management, and town and country planning.

Ai Ting is fluent in English, Mandarin and Bahasa Malaysia, both written and spoken. She is also one of the liaison persons with the Firm’s China Desk.

Ai Ting has been described as ‘prompt and hardworking’, provides ‘detailed advice’ and ‘effective communication, helpful and gives responsive assistance and consistently performs to meet our needs’, and “excels in efficiency, knowledge, helpfulness, and friendliness, making her a valuable and reliable assistant for various tasks and inquiries. Ai Ting is consistently recommended in The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific rankings under the Real Estate & Construction Practice and was a finalist in the category of “Litigator of the Year, SE Asia” at the inaugural ALB Women in Law Awards 2021.

On publication, Ai Ting co-authored chapter 5 on Discovery and Documentary Evidence in the Law & Practice of Civil litigation in Malaysia, and updated the Subordinate Courts Act 1948 in Issue 201 of the Annotated Statutes of Malaysia, sections 221 to 240 of the National Land Code in Issue 80 of the Annotated Statutes of Malaysia, and Halsbury’s Laws of Malaysia – Distress. She is also a regular contributing editor of the chapter on Committal (Order 52) in the Malaysian Civil Procedure (White Book, 2021 and 2024 editions).

• Corporate and Commercial Disputes
• Land Disputes and Land Acquisitions

• LLB (Hons), University of Leeds
• Called to the Bar of England and Wales (Lincoln’s Inn)
• Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya

• Acted for the property developer landowner to reverse the compulsory acquisition of their land for a 26-acre mosque.
• Acted for the country’s largest financial institution in 19 connected compulsory land acquisitions involving an abandoned development project which was subsequently revived by a state government following a global settlement involving various interested parties.
• Acted for several renowned property developers in challenging compulsory land acquisitions involving the construction of the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (KVMRT) and Light Rail Transit Line 3 (LRT3).
• Acted for a township developer and worked with a state government in successfully defending the landowners’ claim for higher land compensation valued at RM45 million, arising from compulsory acquisition.
• Acted for the country’s largest financial institution in 19 connected land acquisition cases involving an abandoned development project which was subsequently revived by a state government following a global settlement involving various interested parties.
• Successfully obtained additional compensation of RM5million for the country’s largest telecommunications services provider for compulsory acquisition of their land for the construction of Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit Line 2 (KVMRT2).
• Acting for the concessionaire of West Coast Expressway in seeking reduction of land compensation made by the land administrator for compulsory acquisition of private lands for the construction of a section of the West Coast Expressway.
• Acting for a property developer and working alongside with a state government in implementing compulsory acquisition of approximately 200 private lands for a state-driven city transformation project.
• Acting for a township developer and joint management body/parcel owners in challenging a compulsory acquisition affecting the common property of their condominium for the benefit of the adjacent developer landowner.
• Advised a township developer in opposing the construction of an interchange by the adjacent township developer.
• Defended a township developer in a trespass claim brought by the adjacent township developer, which involved the construction of a highway linkage connecting both the townships.
• Acting for 2 renowned property developers in defending claims filed by purchasers of their housing development for alleged misrepresentation and breach of contract.