Mr Sivabalah Nadarajah > Shearn Delamore & Co > Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia > Lawyer Profile
Shearn Delamore & Co Offices
7th Floor Wisma Hamzah-Kwong Hing
No. 1 Leboh Ampang
KUALA LUMPUR
50100
Malaysia
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Mr Sivabalah Nadarajah
Work Department
Employment & Administrative Law (Head)
Position
Partner since 1995
Career
Sivabalah has rich experience with trade disputes, collective bargaining, contracts of service, employment issues, industrial actions, judicial reviews, law on dismissals, mergers and acquisitions, minimum wage, occupational health and safety, reorganisations and retrenchment, statutory benefits, and union recognition. He has appeared extensively in the High Court, Court of Appeal, Federal Court and the then Supreme Court, principally for judicial review applications and appeals.
The Employment Law Alliance (ELA), the world’s largest network of labour, employment and immigration attorneys, honoured Sivabalah as its “Sheldon N. Sandler Award” recipient in 2020.
Languages
English, Malay
Memberships
- Member, Malaysian Bar
- Member, International Bar Association (IBA)
- Firm Representative, Employment Law Alliance (ELA)
- Former Board Member and Former Chairman of the ELA’s APAC Regional Committee
Education
- LL.B (Hons), University of Malaya
- Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya
Lawyer Rankings
Malaysia > Labour and employment
(Hall of Fame)Advising and representing corporate employers, as well as multinational and government-linked companies, the team at Shearn Delamore & Co handles a range of litigation covering dismissals, formation and recognition of trade unions, and trade disputes. Leading the practice is Vijayan Venugopal, who has extensive experience providing advice on labour issues, industrial relations, and collective bargaining among the rest of his vast expertise in this area. Venugopal has also conducted hearings at various levels of the employment judicial hierarchy. Another key member of this team is Sivabalah Nadarajah
, with vast experience across the area, particularly concerning trade unions, while Raymond Low is particularly notable for advocating in judicial reviews.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition
- Banking and Finance (including Islamic Finance)
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Intellectual property
- Labour and employment
- Real estate and construction
- Shipping
- Tax