Mr Jainil Bhandari > Christopher & Lee Ong > Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia > Lawyer Profile
Christopher & Lee Ong Offices
LEVEL 22, AXIATA TOWER NO. 9, JALAN STESEN SENTRAL 5
KUALA LUMPUR SENTRAL, 50470
KUALA LUMPUR
Malaysia
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Mr Jainil Bhandari
Position
Partner, Christopher & Lee Ong, Malaysia
- Shipping & International Trade
Career
Jainil Bhandari is qualified to practice law in Singapore and Malaysia. He is also a partner of Rajah & Tann’s Malaysian associate office Christopher & Lee Ong, and a director of Rajah & Tann NK Legal Myanmar Company Ltd. He has also been named as a Senior Accredited Specialist for Maritime and Shipping Law by the Singapore Academy of Law’s Specialist Accreditation Scheme.
Jainil has been consistently ranked as a leading lawyer in shipping law by The Asia Legal Pacific 500, Chambers Asia Pacific and Global, Asialaw Profiles and Who’s Who Legal: Singapore.
Jainil has been in active litigation and arbitration practice since 1989, appearing in both the Singapore and Malaysian courts and in ad hoc as well as institutional commercial arbitrations administered under SIAC, SCMA, KLRCA, LMAA and UNCITRAL Rules. He is also experienced in arbitrations administered by various trade bodies such as GAFTA, FOSFA and PORAM. He specializes in shipping and trading disputes relating among other matters to bills of lading, charter parties and transportation contracts, offshore construction projects, marine insurance, shipping casualties and international commodity contracts.
Jainil was an adjunct tutor for the basic advocacy course at the National University of Singapore from 1990 to 1997. In addition, he tutors Admiralty law for the Preparatory Course Leading to Part B of the Singapore Bar Examinations (formerly known as the Postgraduate Practical Law Course).
Memberships
- Member, Singapore Academy of Law
- Member, Law Society of Singapore
- Member, Bar Council of Malaysia
- Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Teaching fellow, Singapore Institute of Legal Education
- Member, Maritime Law Association of Singapore
- Panel of Arbitrators in the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration
Education
- LLB (Hons), National University of Singapore
- Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore
- Advocate & Solicitor, Malaysia
- Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Acc. Spec. (Maritime and Shipping), Singapore Academy of Law
Lawyer Rankings
Malaysia > Shipping
Jainil Bhandari who works from the firm’s the Malaysia and Singapore offices, is at the helm of Christopher & Lee Ong
’s shipping practice, which is noted for its ‘in-depth knowledge of the field’. The team holds impressive capabilities handling both wet and dry shipping work for key domestic and international clients. Examples of the team’s workload include advising on the high-value sale and purchase of ships and yachts; marine insurance policies; cross-border imports and exports; and the disposal of cargo. In addition to the team’s advisory work, it is also experienced in representing its clients in contentious matters, such as complex ship-arrest proceedings. Standout practitioner in the team Clive Navin Selvapandian
is described as having an ‘unwavering commitment to putting clients first’; and is experienced handling the range of shipping cases.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition
- Corporate and M&A
- Intellectual property
- Projects and energy
- Shipping
- TMT (including Fintech)