Employment & Industrial Relations
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024 : Malaysia
Band 1
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Provided by Shearn Delamore & Co
Our dedicated team of lawyers assist employers to effectively manage legal matters relating to Employment and Industrial Relations. As the first firm in the country to establish a focused-driven team catering exclusively to the practice of employment and administrative law, we have a rich and diversified experience in this area.
The firm’s early practitioners before the Industrial Court include prolific legal personalities such as Dato’ Mahadev Shankar and Dato’ V. L. Kandan, followed by V. T. Nathan in the early 1970s who became the firm’s first lawyer to undertake a fully specialised practice in Industrial Relations. Sivabalah Nadarajah who currently heads this pioneering Practice Group joined the team in 1984 and is renowned in the employment law landscape.
Today, our Employment & Administrative Law Practice Group continues to offer comprehensive representation and assistance to clients involved in various stages of employment-related dispute resolution. We have been engaged in cases that have contributed to the evolution and expansion of administrative law in this country. The practice continues to keep abreast of changes to the law to regularly advise clients on the nature and implications of key amendments.
Chambers Review
Shearn Delamore & Co has an outstanding employment law practice in Malaysia, capable of lending its expertise to trade union issues, redundancy and unfair dismissal actions, including dismissals relating to poor performance. The firm represents both Malaysian and international clients in a range of sectors, including the finance, transportation and TMT industries. MISC and ACP DMT are among its clients.
Work Highlights
- Shearn Delamore & Co represented Matrix Global Education in a constructive dismissal claim by a former employee who had resigned. The case went to the Court of Appeal.
Strengths
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"They are solution-focused while ensuring the clients are adhering to legal and compliance aspects."
"The lawyers’ ability to understand complex internal structures and nuances in the business world is exceptional."
"They are solution-focused while ensuring the clients are adhering to legal and compliance aspects."
"The lawyers’ ability to understand complex internal structures and nuances in the business world is exceptional."
Notable Practitioners
Sivabalah Nadarajah is a partner based in Kuala Lumpur. He is a leading employment lawyer who frequently acts for employers on unfair or constructive dismissal cases.
"He is a walking dictionary on industrial relations."
"He is one of the best in the country with top expertise."
Raymond Low is a partner at Shearn Delamore & Co in Kuala Lumpur. He has extensive experience in matters such as unfair dismissal disputes. He acts for clients in a range of sectors, including food.
"Raymond is a very reliable partner. He's extremely responsive and offers practical advice."
Vijayan Venugopal is a partner at Shearn Delamore & Co in Kuala Lumpur. He has extensive experience in handling complex cases relating to misconduct, as well as judicial reviews. He frequently represents employers from a range of sectors in unfair dismissal cases.
"Vijayan is powerful and skilful in his presentation during court hearings."
Suganthi Singam is a partner at Shearn Delamore & Co and is based in Kuala Lumpur. She has a busy practice working on misconduct and poor performance claims. She frequently acts for employers across sectors, including finance and transportation.
"Suganthi is amazing. Fast, responsive, clever and also a genuinely great human being who cares about the client and business."
"Suganthi delivers consistently in all aspects of professionalism and commercial sense as well."
Ranked Lawyers at
Shearn Delamore & Co
Malaysia
Members
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Kian Jun Wong
Reena Enbasegaram
Head of Department
Clients
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HSBC, Hong Leong Bank, Sime Darby, PETRONAS, Heneikken
Industries
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Banking, Airlines, Oil and Gas, Manufacturing, Plantations, Education, Commercial and Medical