Selvamalar Alagaratnam

Practice Areas

- Employment Advisory and Compliance

- Employment Disputes

- Environmental, Social and Governance

- Employee Fraud Management and Investigations

Medical Negligence

Professional Memberships

- Governor of Malaysian Institute of Corporate Governance (MICG)

- Immediate Past Chair, International Bar Association’s Employment & Industrial Relations Law Committee

- Vice President, Malaysian Society for Labour and Social Security Laws (local chapter of International Society for Labour and Social Security Laws)

- International Vice Chair, Outreach to International Lawyers Committee for American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment

Personal

Selvamalar is head of the firm's Employment practice. She provides integrated support to a wide range of clients in various industries on all employment/human resource related matters including compliance with all laws applicable to employment relationships; managing the exit of employees whether by way of collective reduction in force exercises or individual terminations for misconduct or poor performance; protection of confidential and proprietary information; investigations and disciplinary actions; trade unions, both recognition and collective bargaining; dispute resolution at all levels and business immigration.

She is sought after by corporations to assist them in managing and navigating the social criteria in ESG requirements or guidance in Business and Human Rights .

She also provides strategic advice in internal fraud management advising clients in high profile and highly sensitive matters involving fraud perpetrated by employees; and the options available to the organisations to obtain redress against the wrongdoers.

Her client base is spread across various sectors and includes regulators.

Her practice extends to focused compliance on bribery and corruption as well as acting for medical practitioners in negligence and malpractice suits.

Publications

- Presented several papers on Employment and Industrial law at various conferences and seminars in Malaysia and abroad.

- Co-author, Law of Dismissal, Commerce Clearing House (CCH).

- Co-author, Malaysia Court Forms – Employment Law Section.

- Co-author, Labour Law Handbook.

- Co-author, Legal Guide to Employee Dispute Malaysia.

- Author, Malaysian Chapter-Corporate Immigration Law: A Practitioner's Guide to the Global Labour Market, Volumes I and II, Oxford University Press Inc.

- Author of the chapter on Sexual Harassment, Law and Practice of Employment Law in Malaysia