Wai Hong is the Head of the Dispute Resolution and Arbitration division of Skrine. A graduate of National University of Singapore, he has practised law for more than 29 years in Singapore and Malaysia.
He is described as a "sharp and confident" litigator by The Legal 500: Asia Pacific.  He is also recommended by clients to Chambers Asia-Pacific as "very practical and strategic, with tremendous patience”, “very smart and quick to grasp issues, very knowledgeable", and provides "solid and practical advice”. He is recognised as a “big name” in the litigation field by Who’s Who Legal 100, a “Dispute Star” by Benchmark Asia-Pacific, and “one of Asia’s leading figures in litigation and receives praise from peers and colleagues for his first-class abilities” by Who’s Who Legal Litigation. He is recently recognised in Asia Business Law Journal 2019 as one of ‘Malaysia Top 100 Lawyers – The A List’ and in Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2020 Edition as a ‘Distinguished practitioner’.
He has appeared in many landmark decisions on corporate and commercial litigation, cross-border, defamation, probate, banking, construction, shareholders, trusts and land acquisition disputes. He has given expert testimony on Malaysian law in the Singapore High Courts.
He also sat as a sole arbitrator and as President of three-man panels in arbitrations in Malaysia and overseas. He is a Fellow of the UK Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and a Fellow of the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators. He is also on the panel of arbitrators of ICC Malaysia, AIAC and SIAC.