Chin Gee graduated from Nanyang Technological University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical & Electronics) (Honours). His final year project investigated the effects of fiber optics splicing, which won an exhibit prize at the inter-faculty exhibition.
After graduating in 2004, he began his career in the field of patent law as a trainee at a local IP firm. In 2007, he took part in an overseas joint-internship involving a large semiconductor chip manufacturer and a leading IP firm in Silicon Valley California (US), where he learned about US patent law and successfully completed the US Patent Attorney/Agent Registration Examination. After completing the overseas internship, Chin Gee returned to Singapore and joined Amica Law LLC in early 2010.