Ashley often acts and appears before all levels of Malaysian courts in the areas of corporate and commercial disputes, land and property disputes, employment and industrial relations actions as well as insurance and reinsurance claims.

Having represented corporations and employers in various sectors, Ashley is highly skilled in employment and industrial relations matters. Ashley’s works include review and drafting of employment contract and employment handbook, providing advice on disciplinary actions, advising on termination of employment on different grounds including retrenchment and misconducts, advising on recognition of trade unions and collective agreement, and representing employers and senior employees in courts. Her labour and employment practice has received positive feedback from the clients where it is described in Benchmark Litigation as “timely, attentive and rigorous” and “commercially sound and effective, largely due to their strong understanding of what the clients’ priorities are”. Ashley has also co-authored a chapter in an employment textbook on strikes and picketing.

Ashley also advises commercial entities and corporations on corporate liabilities since the introduction of section 17A of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009 in June 2020, including drafting and reviewing the anti-bribery and anti-corruption policy for the companies. She has co-authored a series of articles and contributed substantially to a book chapter discussing corporate liabilities relating to bribery.

Ashley’s practice covers a variety of corporate, commercial, and contractual disputes. To date, she has acted for and advised major entities in different sectors including banking, insurance, construction, telecommunication, and education, as well as professionals such as architects.

Ashley’s exceptional performance as a young practitioner has won her tremendous compliments and praises, where the Legal 500 described her as “meticulous”, “plan ahead and provide sufficient and appropriate guidance”, “smart solicitors with great grasp of how to balance business and legal concern”, “advice is always on point”, “responsive”, “knowledgeable on employment law and are able to provide clear and accurate advice”, and “very efficient”. Benchmark Litigation described her as “easy to approach” and “commendable attention to, and commendable work on, analysis and use/application of, details, issues, client’s needs/parameters, as well as structure and presentation methodology”.

Ashley read law at the University of Adelaide, Australia under the Public Service Department scholarships awarded by the Government of Malaysia. She completed the Certificate in Legal Practice (CLP) examination and obtained second class upper. She was also the Book Prize recipient for Criminal Procedure in CLP. She was then admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya.