Shearn Delamore & Co

Head, Arbitration & Mediation Head, Personal Data Protection & Privacy Laws Co-Head, Competition Law & Antitrust Dispute Resolution Regulatory Compliance & Enforcement Technology, Media & Telco

Partner since 2001

Shanti has 30 years of experience in a broad commercial practice, representing clients in commercial litigation and arbitration, both domestic and international. She acts as counsel and arbitrator She is Head of the Arbitration Practice and Personal Data Protection & Privacy Laws Practice and co-head of the Competition Law Practice. She is a Member of the Court of Arbitration (SIAC). She is a recognised and recommended dispute resolution lawyer. (Chambers, Legal 500, Asialaw).

Her experience covers a wide range of disputes including banking, commercial, corporate and technology related disputes.

Shanti regularly acts for banks, regulatory bodies and corporations in relation to consumer protection, data protection and privacy, defamation, entertainment, multimedia and communications dispute matters.

Shanti also has experience in the area of competition and antitrust laws, and offers advisory services, compliance audits and legal representation in competition law investigations and disputes. Specific industries she has represented in her competition practice include the pharmaceutical, insurance, energy, travel, banking, automotive, entertainment and retail sectors.

Shanti advises on regulatory compliance and activities coming under the purview of various authorities including the Securities Commission, the Anti-Corruption Commission and the Communications and Multimedia Commission.

English, Malay, Tamil

• Member, Malaysian Bar• Member, Court of Arbitration – Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC)• Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)• Fellow, Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators (MIArb)• Member, Arbitration Sub Committee – Malaysian Bar Council• Member, Arbitration Committee- International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) (Malaysia)• Member, Legal Affairs Committee – Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MICCI)• Member, International Bar Association (IBA)• Member, Inter Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)• Member, Panels of Arbitrators of AIAC, SIAC, ICC (Malaysia)

LL.B (Hons), University of Bristol LL.M (Hons), University of Malaya Barrister-at-Law, Gray’s Inn Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya

Publications:

Co-authored the Chapter on Law & Practice (Malaysia) in Chambers Global Practice Guide on International Arbitration [2019 – 2021] Contributor to the International Law Office’s Legal Newsletter on Arbitration [ 2019-2020] Contributor of the WLG Merger Control Guide 2020 Contributor to the Textbook ‘Law and Practice of Injunctions in Malaysia’