Shearn Delamore & Co

Employment & Administrative Law (Head)

Partner since 1995

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.

English, Malay

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

LL.B (Hons), University of Malaya Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya