We are delighted to announce that we have expanded our Dispute Resolution capabilities with the inclusion of Sudharsanan Thillainathan as a new partner at our firm.
Sudhar has more than 25 years of experience in the field of dispute resolution specialising in general civil and commercial litigation and commercial arbitration including domestic and international arbitrations across various industries, and is also an accredited adjudicator. In addition to the field of dispute resolution, he is also a leading or recommended lawyer in the fields of competition and anti-trust law, and tax law.
Sudhar joins ASL along with his team, which includes partners Dawn Wong and Tania Edward, senior associate Yee Lin Ng, and associates, Bala Ravi Sankar and Lee Jing Long.
Sudhar was the Past President of the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators for the term 2018 - 2019. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a Fellow of the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators (MIArb), a Fellow of the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution and a Fellow of the Malaysian Society of Adjudicators (MSA). He is also a Member of the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia (CTIM) and a Member of the Malaysian Insurance Institute (MII). Additionally, he is a founding member of Nine Arbitration Chambers.
Sudhar is also a co-author of Veerinder on Taxation (6th Edition) (2022), a co-author of the Chapter on Judicial Review in Bullen & Leake & Jacob's Malaysian Precedents Of Pleadings (2nd Edition) (2020), a co-author of the Chapter on Litigation in the Construction Court in Law and Practice of Construction Law in Malaysia (2021), and a contributing editor to Malaysian Civil Procedure (Sweet & Maxwell).
We are thrilled to welcome Sudhar and his team into our firm’s family. Their inclusion marks a meaningful and strategic step in our firm’s progress, one that doesn’t just expand our services but strengthens our ability to support and guide our clients with even greater depth and care.
