Clive Navin Selvapandian

Practice Areas

Clive is lauded by clients as having “an active practice advising clients on a broad range of contentious shipping matters”. Clients say that he "listens well to what we say and is helpful in diagnosing causes of problems faced, helping to solve them amicably.” Chambers and Partners (Asia Pacific), 2021

Clive is also named as a Leading Individual in the 2021 edition of the Legal 500 (Asia Pacific) and described as “an expert on dispute resolution, who is active on litigation and arbitration, including insurance claims and dry shipping and maritime disputes.”

One client says: "He makes the effort to explain issues in depth to us." Chambers and Partners (Asia Pacific), 2020. Another commends him for having “delivered a timely, professional and personal service to our valued client.” Legal 500 (Asia Pacific), 2020

Described as “an up-and-coming practitioner who has a strong track record on both wet and dry shipping disputes”, Clive is “knowledgeable, very prompt and offers clients a lot of comfort as he speaks in very simple terms and delivers what is needed." Chambers and Partners (Asia Pacific), 2019

He is also “very objective, sharp and solution-oriented.” Legal 500 (Asia Pacific), 2019

Professional Memberships

Member, Malaysian Bar’s Shipping and Admiralty Law Committee (since 2015).

Member, International Malaysian Society of Maritime Law (since 2016).

Member, Inter-Pacific Bar Association (since 2017).

Associate, Royal Institution of Naval Architects (since 2017).

Member, Maritime Arbitration Committee of the Asian International Arbitration Centre’s Young Practitioners’ Group (since 2017).

Member, Young SIAC of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (since 2017).

Member, Young International Arbitration Group of the London Court of International Arbitration (since 2017).

Member, The Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators (since 2018).

Publications

Contributor to Malaysian Civil Procedure 2018 and 2021 editions, Sweet and Maxwell, commonly known as the ‘White Book.’

‘The Moscow Stars – Charter Party Liens and Arbitration,’ The Newsletter of The Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators (Issue 1/2019).

‘New Remedies for Seafarers’, The Sun, 6 February 2017.