Asia-Pacific
Practice Areas
- Maritime and Shipping
- Commercial Litigation and Arbitration
- Fraud and Asset Recovery
- Employment
Professional Memberships
- Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Member, Shipping & Admiralty Law Committee, Bar Council
- Member, Transport & Infrastructure Committee, Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Panel member, Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC)
- Life member of Ikhtisas Kelautan Malaysia (Association of Malaysia’s Maritime Professionals)
- Jurisdiction Council Member for Malaysia, Inter-Pacific Bar Association
Publications
- Author, Malaysian Court Practice - Appellate Court: Courts of Judicature Act 1964 (update), Rules of Court of Appeal and Rules of the Federal Court 1995 (update) (2023)
- Author, Malaysian Chapter in “Remedies for International Sellers of Goods – 2nd Edition”, Juris Publishing (2012).
- Author, Malaysian Chapter in Restrictive Covenants and Trade Secrets in Employment Law, American Bar Association (2011).
- Contributing Editor, Malaysian Civil Procedure, Sweet & Maxwell Asia.
- Author of Halsbury’s Laws of Malaysia Employment (Original & 2007 Reissue) and Industrial Relations (Original & 2007 Reissue)
Personal
Kumar is involved in corporate/commercial litigation and has been engaged in one of the largest ever fraud recovery actions. He also has an active arbitration practice. Apart from being appointed as arbitrator, he has acted as counsel in both domestic and international arbitrations, sought interim measures in support of foreign seated arbitrations and dealt with challenges to arbitral awards in the Malaysian Courts.
Kumar heads the Maritime and Shipping practice group in the firm. He has acted in various types of maritime related disputes including involving in ship arrests, charterparty disputes, oil pollution claims, vessel detentions, cargo claims, Incoterm contracts and enforcement of ship mortgages under conventional and Islamic facilities.
He previously headed the Employment practice, which he has had over 20 years’ experience. He has acted as lead counsel in a full range of employment-related disputes. Kumar is a regular contributor to law publications and is often invited to speak at legal conferences.
