Mohanadass Partnership

Dispute Resolution

Practice Areas

Contract and Commercial Disputes Construction Engineering Telecommunications Oil and Gas Disputes Company Law

Mohanadass Kanagasabai has three decades of dispute resolution experience having appeared as counsel in numerous disputes at all levels of the Courts, including the High Court, Court of Appeal and the Federal Court, as well as in domestic and international arbitration. He has also been granted special ad-hoc admission to appear at the High Court of Borneo.

He is ranked by the Asia Pacific Legal 500 in its “Hall of Fame” for dispute resolution in Malaysia and also recognized in Band 1 for his expertise in Dispute Resolution (Construction) by Chambers and Partners.

Described as an “arbitration specialist” with a “giant reputation”, Mohan is a former President of the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators and former Chair of the Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Committee of the Inter Pacific Bar Association. Mohan was also recognized by Asian Legal Business, a Thomson Reuters publication, in its inaugural list of Asia Super 50 Disputes Lawyers, recognizing the top 50 dispute lawyers based in Asia.

Mohan has served on the Advisory Council of the AIAC. He is empaneled as Arbitrator by several arbitral institutions including AIAC and SIAC.

He has extensive experience as arbitrator in construction, contract, commercial, energy and infrastructure disputes.

Appointed to the Maldives International Arbitration Centre (MIAC) primary panel of arbitrators (2020) Senior Fellow of the Bali International Arbitration and Mediation Center (2020) Appointed as Arbitrator to the AIAC-HIAC Joint Empanelment Scheme (2020) Appointed to the Advisory Council of AIAC (2019) Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman, Turiya Berhad (2018-2019) Appointed to the SIAC Panel of Arbitrators (2018) Fellow of the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (2018) Appointed to the SIAC Reserve Panel of Arbitrators (2012) Admitted to the Panel of Adjudicators, KLRCA (2012) Member, Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (2011) Fellow, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (2010) Chairman, Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Committee of the Inter Pacific Bar Association (2010) Managing Partner, Mohanadass Partnership (2010) President, Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators (2009) Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (2008) Appointed to the Panel of the KLRCA’s International Panel of Arbitrators (2006) Partner, Shook Lin & Bok (1999)

English, Bahasa Malaysia

Association of International Petroleum Negotiators Fellow, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators Fellow, Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Senior Fellow of the Bali International Arbitration and Mediation Center

LLB Honours (University of Buckingham) (1989) Certificate Of Legal Practice (University Malaya) (1990)