Siva Kumar Kanagasabai

Practice Areas

- Maritime and Shipping

- Employment

- Commercial Litigation and Arbitration

- Fraud and Asset Recovery

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

- Member, Malaysian Institute of Taxation

- Panel member, Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC)

- Life member of Ikhtisas Kelautan Malaysia (Association of Malaysia’s Maritime Professionals)

- Vice-Chair, Anti-Corruption and Rule of Law Committee, Inter-Pacific Bar Association

Personal

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 also co-heads the Employment practice of which he has over 20 years’ experience. He has acted as lead counsel in a full range of employment-related disputes. He is also involved in corporate/commercial litigation and has acted as counsel in both domestic and international arbitrations. Kumar is a regular contributor to law publications and is often invited to speak at legal conferences.

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

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) (2020)

- 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.