Shearn Delamore & Co

Employment & Industrial Relations

Partner since 2002

Vijayan Venugopal is a Partner of the firm, specialising in Employment and Administrative Law. He is also the Head of the Employment and Administrative Law Practice Area.

He has been with the firm for more than 30 years and has dedicated all that time to specialising in employment and industrial disputes.

He graduated with a Second Class Honours (Upper Division) from the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London and was called to the Utter Bar of England & Wales in 1993. He was subsequently called to the Malaysian Bar in 1994. He was also called to the Singapore Bar in 1997. In addition, he also holds a Masters degree from the University of Malaya.

His experience includes advising on labour issues, industrial relations, collective bargaining, industrial actions, trade disputes, contracts of service, mergers & acquisitions, restructuring, reorganisation & retrenchment, occupational health and safety, employee provident funds and social security, statutory benefits, dismissals, judicial review, administrative law and union issues.

Vijayan has conducted hearings at various levels of the employment judicial hierarchy including the Labour Court, the Industrial Court, the Magistrate’s Court, the Sessions Court, the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Federal Court.

English, Malay

• Employment and Industrial Law Committee of the Malaysian Bar Council (EILC) • Employment & Industrial Relations Committee of the International Bar Association • Diversity & Equality Law Committee of the International Bar Association

LL.B (Hons), University of London (London School of Economics and Political Science) LL.M, University of Malaya Barrister-at-Law, Middle Temple Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore

Publication:

• Malaysian Chapter of the Chambers Global Practice Guide: Employment 2019 and 2021 • Law and Practice of Employment Law in Malaysia – Sweet and Maxwell, 2022 [contributor]