Darshendev Singh

Practice Areas

Construction & Engineering

Energy & Natural Resources

Oil & Gas

Infrastructure Projects

Adjudication

Domestic Arbitration

International Arbitration

Professional Memberships

Panel Arbitrator, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) Reserve Panel of Arbitrators

Panel Arbitrator, Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC)

Panel Adjudicator, Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC)

Primary Panel Arbitrator, Maldives International Arbitration Centre (MIAC)

Panel Arbitrator, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB), KCAB International

Panel Arbitrator, Thailand Arbitration Center (THAC)

Panel Arbitrator, Bali International Arbitration and Mediation Centre (BIAMC)

Panel Arbitrator, Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (AIADR)

Panel Arbitrator, Brunei Darussalam Arbitration Centre (BDAC)

Panel Arbitrator, Bangalore International Mediation, Arbitration & Conciliation Centre (BIMACC)

Panel Mediator, Bali International Arbitration and Mediation Centre (BIAMC)

Fellow of the Bali International Arbitration and Mediation Centre (BIAMC)

Fellow of the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (AIADR)

Chairperson, Young Members Group of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Malaysia) (2017-2018)

Deputy chairperson, Young Members Group of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Malaysia) (2016-2017)

Member, Construction Law Sub-Committee of the Malaysian Bar Council (since 2012)

Member, Arbitration Law Sub-Committee of the Malaysian Bar Council (since 2012)

Member, the Society of Construction Law Malaysia

Member, Asian International Arbitration Centre Young Practitioners Group

Member of the Bar Council Arbitration & Construction Law

Publications

Contributor – Chambers and Partners Global Practice Guides, Construction Law 2023

Contributor – Force Majeure And Hardship in The Asia-Pacific Region (2022, JurisNet, LLC)

Contributor – Malaysian Civil Procedure (White Book), 2021

Contributor – Hishamudin Yunus: Celebrating Judicial Independence (2018)

Contributor – CIDB (Construction Industry Development Board) Construction Law Report (2018 Edition)

Contributor – Chambers and Partners Global Practice Guides (Construction) 2018

Contributor – Malaysian Civil Procedure (White Book), 2018

Contributor – Arbitration in Malaysia, A Practical Guide (2016, Sweet & Maxwell)

Contributor – Arbitration World (5th Edition), International Series (2015, Thomson Reuters)

Personal

A lawyer who “provides critical yet practical insight with his sharp intellect and surgical precision of the facts”, “is reliable, efficient, and experienced”, “always delivers in a timely fashion” and “is very focused and constantly thinking outside the lines to come up with creative ways to solve a complex problem”.

Darshendev’s primary area of practice is commercial dispute resolution with a focus on complex disputes relating to construction, engineering, oil & gas, and infrastructure projects.

Besides regularly sitting as an arbitrator and an adjudicator, Darshendev also represents clients in international and domestic arbitration, litigation, mediation, and adjudication. He has been involved in numerous ad hoc as well as institutional arbitrations.

The sole Malaysian recipient of the 2019 Asia Pacific Top 10 Arbitrators Award (under the age of 40 category), Darshendev has also been ranked as a “Next Generation Partner” for both Dispute Resolution and Real Estate and Construction in Malaysia, by The Legal 500 2023 in its Asia Pacific Rankings. He was listed in the Private Practice Arbitration Powerlist (Southeast Asian Region) by The Legal 500. Asialaw Profiles 2023/2024 has acknowledged Darshendev as a “Notable Practitioner” (Construction). He has also been recognised as “Future Star” (Construction) by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2023 and 2021 “Rising Star” in the Malaysian Legal Industry (under the age of 40 category), by the Asian Legal Business. Darshendev received the Lexology Client Choice Award 2021 for Construction in Malaysia. He also contributed to the Malaysian Chapter of the Chambers Construction Law 2023 Global Practice Guide.

Former chairperson of the Young Members Group of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Malaysia), Darshendev is a frequent speaker on the international circuit on issues related to his areas of practice and contributes to global publications on the arbitration and construction law landscape.