Quick take: Ng Jern-Fei, QC

Malaysian-born lawyer is the youngest Queen’s Counsel (QC) (equivalent of SAN) in history. He was elevated to the prestigious rank in 2018, after about 12 years in practice. He was 38 years.

Ng grew up in Petaling Jaya (PJ) in the state of Selangor. He attended SMK La Salle, PJ and left Malaysia at the age of 17 to pursue A-levels in the United Kingdom, which he did at Cambridge Tutors College in Croydon and studied Law at Trinity College, University of Cambridge. He was called to the English Bar (Lincoln Inn) in 2002 and has been practising at Essex Court Chambers, in London since 2004.

Now an experienced counsel, he specialises in commercial litigation and arbitration, with 18 years of experience appearing before courts and tribunals as well as sitting as an arbitrator in different jurisdictions, including England, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Cayman Islands and Luxembourg.

He said he started to think about the prospect of applying for QC when he noticed the number of cases in which he was acting as lead counsel was steadily increasing and his opponents were invariably QCs, adding, “The catalyst was when I had clients who candidly told me that I had lost out on an appointment as counsel, not because of my ability as advocate but because they felt the case needed someone with the magic letters behind their name.”

He applied and made history!

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