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Mr Nimalan Devaraja

+603 2081 3916 nimalan.devaraja@skrine.com View profile

Work Department

• International Arbitration
• Commercial Litigation and Arbitration
• Company Law and Shareholders’ Disputes
• Regulatory Enforcement
• Restructuring and Insolvency

Position

Partner

Career

Nimalan is a commercial litigator who primarily practices in the areas of civil and commercial litigation, company law and shareholders’ disputes, international arbitration, restructuring and insolvency, and regulatory enforcement.
 
Nimalan has appeared as co-Counsel in international arbitrations, under both the AIAC Rules and SIAC Rules. He has also been involved in arbitral-related court proceedings such as applications to set aside, and enforce arbitral awards, and to stay court proceedings pending arbitration.
 
Nimalan has also acted in various commercial disputes, with the highlights being acting as Counsel in dispute involving breaches of contracts, officer duties, and trustee duties. He also has experience in shareholders’ disputes, primarily in oppression actions and in winding-up proceedings.
 
Nimalan regularly acts for Bursa Malaysia in initiating enforcement actions against listed issuers and/or their directors as well as in opposing any judicial review actions initiated against the Stock Exchange.

Languages

English and Malay

Memberships

• Committee Member, Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee 2021/2022
• Committee Member, Malaysian Inner Temple Alumni Association 2021/2022
• Co-Chairperson, Kuala Lumpur Bar Civil Practice and Court Liaison Committee
• Co-Chairperson, Kuala Lumpur Bar Technology Committee
• Member, Bar Council’s Legal Profession Committee
• Member, Bar Council’s Arbitration Committee

Education

• Advocate and Solicitor, High Court of Malaya (2012)
• Barrister-at-Law (Inner Temple) (2011)
• LL.B (Hons), King’s College London (2010)