About
Established in May 2018 as Messrs Steven Thiru & Sudhar Partnership, the Kuala Lumpur–based firm is led by senior partners Steven Thiru (31st President of the Malaysian Bar) and T. Sudhar (former President of the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators). The firm focuses on litigation, arbitration and advisory work across areas including competition/antitrust, data protection, employment, public and human rights law, judicial review, land acquisition, regulatory/compliance, tax and construction, and undertakes work nationwide and cross-border.
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Lawyers at this firm
David Mathew
Partner Practise Areas: General Litigation Corporate & Securities Litigation Public Interest Law, Human Rights Real Estate & Property Telecommunications/ Multimedia and Technology (TMT) Utilities, Infrastructure & Construction · Litigation
David Yew Kiat Ng
Partner Practise Areas: Employment Law & Industrial Relations Real Estate & Property · Employment Law & Industrial Relations
Dawn Wong Keng Jade
Position: Partner Practice Areas: General Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Corporate & Securities Litigation, Insolvency & Restructuring, Real Estate & Property, Utilities, Infrastructure & Construction. Dawn practises in the field of civil and commercial litigation, with a focus on construction-related disputes. She has acted for and advised major developers, contractors, architects, and engineers in litigation, arbitration, and adjudication proceedings and is familiar with all major standard forms of construction and consultancy contract, including PAM, PWD, CIDB, and IEM forms. Dawn is also experienced in contract administration and the drafting and negotiation of project documentation. Quite apart from construction-related matters, Dawn has also handled company and shareholder disputes, defamation claims, contentious probate disputes, restructuring and insolvency proceedings including judicial management, abuse of dominance claims in the aviation sector, and disciplinary proceedings held before the Investigation Committee of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. · Litigation
Hadi Mukhlis Khairulmani
Partner Areas of Practice: General Litigation (including appellate matters and judicial reviews) Real Estate & Property Utilities, Infrastructure & Construction · Litigation
Janice Anne Leo
Partner Practise Areas: Employment, Labour and Industrial Relations · Employment
Steven Thiruneelakandan
Managing Partner Practise Areas: General Litigation (including appellate matters and judicial reviews) Corporate & Securities Litigation Employment Law & Industrial Relations Insolvency & Restructuring Public Interest Law, Human Rights Regulatory and Compliance Real Estate & Property Utilities, Infrastructure & Construction · Litigation
Sudhar Thillainathan
Senior Partner Practice Area: Dispute Resolution (including arbitration, anti-competition and tax and revenue tribunal matters) Competition & Anti-Trust Law Corporate & Securities Litigation Insolvency & Restructuring Insurance & Reinsurance Regulatory and Compliance: Revenue and Tax Law Utilities, Infrastructure & Construction · Dispute Resolution
Tania Kat-Lin Edward
Partner · Administrative & Constitutional Law