Teng Kam Wah is an expert practitioner in construction law. He has been active in legal practice for 32 years, after his admission to the Bar in 1987. He presently focuses on construction law and dispute resolution as a counsel, an arbitrator as well as an adjudicator, practising under his own firm, Teng Kam Wah & Co. 

 

Teng Kam Wah holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc (Hons)) from the University of Malaya   where he was awarded the University of Malaya Book Prize in 1980. He then pursued his passion in law and attained his Bachelor of Laws (LLB (Hons)) and later Master of Laws (LLM) from the University of London. He has recently been conferred a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) by the Faculty of Built Environment, University of Malaya, his doctoral thesis focusing on construction defect claims. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), holds a Certificate in Adjudication from the Asian International Arbitration Centre and has attended a Mediator/Conciliator Training Programme organised by the same institution.

 

The author is a well-known speaker, having spoken in many seminars on various topics of construction law. He has also published law articles in various professional journals. In addition to that, he was the First Prize Winner in the Vincent Powell-Smith Competition in Construction Law organised by the Society of Construction Law in 2013.