John Yong Jee Kong

    Previously attached to Multi-Purpose Finance Berhad (now known as Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad) as a Legal & Branch Operations Officer from 1995-1998 handling various portfolios including but not limited to vetting security documentation, overseeing branches nationwide in respect of compliance of company policies and relevant governing law, conducting impromptu inspection on branches nationwide (an independent department from the internal auditors), reporting directly to the Executive Director and preparing  monthly reports to Bank Negara Malaysia.

 

    Read in the chambers of Tunku Alina bt Raja Muhammad Alias of Messrs Wong Lu Peen & Tunku Alina who specializes in litigation with a particular slant towards banking, building contract and recovery work (for goods sold and delivered). Tunku Alina had experienced several triumphs at the appellate and high courts and is currently appointed as the legal consultant to a renowned leading bank and various statutory bodies. Mr. John Yong was very privileged to having obtained wide exposure and knowledge and spent considerable time in the appellate and high courts assisting Tunku Alina in her cases and researches.

 

     Having been called to the Malaysian Bar in 08 January 1999, Mr. John Yong joined Messrs Gana Muthusamy & Co., Johor Bahru as a legal assistant until 2001. Mr. John Yong was principally involved in litigation work - instituting actions against developers, banks and public listed companies. Mr. John Yong was also engaged as counsel for employment disputes, judicial review, criminal law and family law.

 

    In 2001, Mr. John Yong and his family relocated to Kuala Lumpur and he spent the next 4 years practising at Messrs Peter Goh & Nor Jaswa, Advocates and Solicitors as a legal assistant and subsequently as a partner until 2004 heading the litigation department. Mr. John Yong had handled matters pertaining to civil and banking litigation, including but not limited to foreclosure proceedings, hire-purchase matters for Hong Leong Bank Berhad, Public Bank Berhad, United Overseas Bank Malaysia Berhad and Affin Bank Berhad. Insofar as court matters are concerned, Mr John Yong has vast experiences from the subordinate courts right up to the Federal Court and some of his cases were reported in the Malayan Law Journal.

 

    He has also at the request of our banker clients conducted seminars and organized legal workshops for the bank on civil procedures, practical approach in the modes of enforcement of judgment and constantly updating the bank with the latest amendments and development in law.

 

   Currently, Mr. John Yong handles contested civil commercial, family and banking litigation while he and his team oversees the daily banking and debt recovery portfolio. The firm is emplaced in the panel solicitors of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad and several other key corporate companies in various industries, namely construction, logistics and manufacturing.