Ms Jeyanthini Kannaperan > Shearn Delamore & Co > Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia > Lawyer Profile
Shearn Delamore & Co Offices
7th Floor Wisma Hamzah-Kwong Hing
No. 1 Leboh Ampang
KUALA LUMPUR
50100
Malaysia
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Ms Jeyanthini Kannaperan
Work Department
- Head, Dispute Resolution
- Head, Restructuring & Insolvency
- Regulatory Compliance & Enforcement
- Arbitration and Mediation
Position
Partner since 1997
Career
Datin Jeyanthini, heads of the Litigation Practice at Shearn Delamore. She has a busy litigation practice and appears regularly at hearings, trial and appeals at the High Court and the Appellate Courts. Datin Jeyanthini’s principal areas of practice are banking, restructuring and insolvency, regulatory and compliance, land, commercial and corporate, landlord and tenancy disputes. Apart from acting in such disputes, she provides strategic legal advice on these matters, where necessary, working with teams from other practice group within the Firm. She has acted in a number of important cases that have been reported in the law journals. She also leads teams of lawyers from within and outside the Firm in many court appearances at the High Court and Appellate Courts.
Datin Jeyanthini who holds an LLB degree from the University of London was called to the Bar of England and Wales before returning home to Malaysia and pupillage in Shearn Delamore. She was admitted to partnership in 1997 and her years in practice are testament to her rich experience in the area of banking (including Islamic or Syariah banking and finance) trade finance and insolvency; enforcement of loan, security instruments and instruments of payments; receiverships; foreclosures; as well as liquidation, restructuring, rescue mechanisms and schemes of arrangement and in the area of commercial and corporate disputes.
Languages
English, Malay, Tamil
Memberships
• Member, Malaysian Bar
• Member, International Bar Association (IBA)
• Member, Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)
• Member, International Chamber of Commerce – Malaysia’s Committee on Banking Publications
Education
- LL.B, University of London
- Barrister-at-Law, Gray’s Inn
- Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya
Lawyer Rankings
Malaysia > Dispute resolution
In the dispute resolution arena, Shearn Delamore & Co has a fine track record of representing financial institutions, multinational corporations, and government agencies in disputes relating to insolvency, restructuring, insurance, and technology, amongst others. Jeyanthini Kannaperan spearheads the practice and frequently appears at trials and appeals at various levels of the Malaysian courts, where her primary areas of specialism are banking, compliance, and regulatory. Yee Mei Ken has propelled the firm’s niche expertise in representing media houses and news publishers in libel and defamation cases, while Rodney Gomez has a wealth of experience in construction and engineering contracts and infrastructure projects. Insolvency expert Rabindra Nathan is also a valuable member of the department, as is Alexius Lee who focuses on litigation in building law, and Lilien Wong is skilled in advising on telecoms and multimedia disputes.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition
- Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Intellectual property
- Labour and employment
- Real estate and construction
- Shipping
- Tax