Maritime and Shipping Employment Commercial Litigation and Arbitration Fraud and Asset Recovery

Partner.

Kumar heads the Maritime and Shipping practice group in the firm. He has acted and advised local and international clients in ship arrests, charterparty disputes, oil pollution claims, vessel detentions, cargo claims, Incoterm contracts and enforcement of ship mortgages under conventional and Islamic facilities.

He also co-heads the Employment practice of which he has over 20 years’ experience.  He has acted as lead counsel in a full range of employment-related disputes.  He is also involved in general corporate/commercial litigation and has acted as counsel in both domestic and international arbitrations. Kumar is a regular contributor to law publications and is often invited to speak at law conferences. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

English, Malay and Tamil.

Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Member, Shipping & Admiralty Law Committee, Bar Council Member, Transport & Infrastructure Committee, Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry Member, Malaysian Institute of Taxation Panel member, Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) Life member of Ikhtisas Kelautan Malaysia (Association of Malaysia’s Maritime Professionals) Vice-Chair, Anti-Corruption and Rule of Law Committee, Inter-Pacific Bar Association

Diploma in International Arbitration, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (2012) Advocate and Solicitor, High Court of Malaya (1995) LL.B (Hons), Adelaide (1994) Bachelor of Commerce, Adelaide (1993)