Johan is a senior partner of J. Lee & Associates.
He graduated with an LLB (Hons) degree from International Islamic University Malaysia. He also holds a Master of Comparative Laws degree, a post-graduate Diploma in Shariah and Legal Practice both of which from International Islamic University Malaysia, an MA in Economics for Competition Law from King’s College London and a Ph.D in Business and Commercial Law from Monash University Australia.
He lectures part-time in a few local universities. He is a trainer, speaker and lecturer for few governmental organisations and institutions worldwide. In 2006, he was a visiting scholar to the Asian Law Centre of the University of Washington.
Besides, he was a member of the Board of Studies of the Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance, International Islamic University Malaysia for the 2010-2012 tenure. He was also a member of the Board of Studies of the Faculty of Law of University Malaya for the 2015-2017 tenure.
He has authored a few textbooks and reference books and written a few articles on Islamic banking published globally.
He is now a member of the Shariah Advisory Council (SAC) of the Association of Islamic Banking and Financial Institutions Malaysia (AIBIM). Also, he is a consultant to a few law firms and practices in Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, and the UK. He has drafted and developed numerous Islamic banking legal documents and products in Malaysia and overseas. He was a director of the IIUM Shariah Advisory Services Sdn. Bhd.