Steven Thiruneelakandan is a Malaysian attorney and former President of the

Malaysian Bar The Malaysian Bar (Malay: Badan Peguam Malaysia) is a professional body which regulates the profession of lawyers in peninsular Malaysia. In Malaysia, there is no distinction between a barrister and a solicitor, in that, it is a fused profes ...

. He is a senior partner of Messrs. Steven Thiru & Sudhar Partnership, a firm specializing solely in dispute resolution; and was a litigation partner of Messrs Shook Lin & Bok from 2000 to 2018. He has been in practice since 1992. His main areas of practice are administrative law, employment law, electricity supply law, native title law, and a variety of areas of civil litigation; and his new firm specializes solely in the different areas of dispute resolution. Steven was recognised by Chambers Asia Pacific 2016 in the area of dispute resolution as having “''a broad practice that encompasses employment, commercial and administrative litigation. He is considered a ‘very solid, very hard-working’ practitioner of impressively varied experience by market sources.''” Further, in the area of employment and industrial relations, he is described as having ''“a long-standing reputation in the market and is considered ‘a very good lawyer’ by his peers. His practice comprises varied employment law disputes as well as judicial review applications.”''

Education

Steven read law at the

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and graduated in 1990. He was called to the

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in 1991, and was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the

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in 1992. Steven holds a Masters in Laws (LL.M) degree from University Malaya (2000).

References

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