Practice Expertise

  • Dispute Resolution
  • Environmental
  • Regulatory Compliance & Enforcement
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Areas of Practice

  • Dispute Resolution
  • Environmental
  • Regulatory Compliance & Enforcement
  • Arbitration & Mediation
  • Medico Legal
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Profile

Civil, commercial and corporate litigation; arbitration; product liability; medical malpractice law; insurance law; and environmental law. Dhinesh has represented clients in a wide array of cases at all levels of the Malaysian Courts and in arbitrations in Malaysia and Singapore under the ICC, SIAC and KLRCA Rules.

Bar Admissions
► England and Wales (1990)
► Malaya (1992)

Education
► LL.B (Hons, 1st Class), Polytechnic of Wales (1989)
► Barrister-at-Law, Gray's Inn (1990)
► LL.M (Hons, 1st Class), University of Cambridge (1991)
► Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya (1992)

Areas of Practice

  • Dispute Resolution
  • Environmental
  • Regulatory Compliance & Enforcement
  • Arbitration & Mediation
  • Medico Legal

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments
► Asia Business Law Journal (2019) - one of Malaysia'S Top 100 Lawyers
► Asialaw Leading Lawyers (2021) - "Notable practitioner" in Dispute Resolution
► Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific (2018 and 2019) - "Dispute Resolution Star" in Commercial and Transactions and International Arbitration
► Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific (2020) - "Litigation Star" in Commercial and Transactions, Dispute Resolution and International Arbitration
► Chambers Asia-Pacific (2015 - 2017) - "Band 4" Lawyer in Dispute Resolution
► Chambers Asia-Pacific (2018 - 2021) - "Band 3" Lawyer in Dispute Resolution
► The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific (2009, 2016, 2019 and 2020) - "Recommended Lawyer" in Dispute Resolution
► Who's Who Legal (2015) - "Leading Practitioner" in Litigation
► Who's Who Legal (2013 - 2019) - "Leading Practitioner" in Insurance and Reinsurance
► Who's Who Legal (2020) - "Global Leader" in Litigation
► Guide to the World's Leading Litigation Lawyers (2007) by The Legal Media Group - "Leading Litigation Lawyers" in Malaysia

Professional Associations
► Past President, Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)
► Past President, Medico-Legal Society of Malaysia (MLSM)
► Member, Professional Indemnity Insurance Committee and Task Force on Combined Rules and Rules of Court of the Bar Council of Malaysia
► Advocacy and Appellate Advocacy Trainer, Bar Council of Malaysia
► Member, Joint-Committee of the Research and Ethics Committee of the International Medical University, Malaysia




Professional Activities and Experience
► Acting for the Respondent in an Arbitration in a RM12 billion joint venture dispute involving the construction of a major public transportation system.

► Acting for the Malaysian Highway Authority in judicial review proceedings involving a challenge to the construction of a major RM4 billion urban highway and the related regulatory framework.

► Defending proceedings for the enforcement of a RM140 million Indonesian judgment debt, involving novel issues of law regarding defences which can be raised to resist the common law recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments.

► Successfully represented a renowned international Spanish professional motorcycle racing team in a claim against their main sponsor for breach of contract and defamation.

► Successfully represented a prominent corporate figure in the first Malaysian case where damages were awarded for defamation on Twitter.



Articles

Additional ArticlesArticles & Publications:

► The Malaysian Chapter in International Product Liability published by Juris Publishing Inc., USA (2012)
► The section on Malaysia in Freezing and Search Orders, 4th Edition, published by Informa Publishing Group Ltd., England (2006)
► The Malaysian Chapter in The International Comparative Legal Guide to Product Liability published by the Global Legal Group Ltd., England (2004 to 2006)
► Advisory Editor for the section on Limitation of Actions in Volume 17 of Halsbury's Laws of Malaysia (2003)

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