Practice Areas 

 

• Dispute Resolution (Head)
• Regulatory Compliance & Enforcement
• Arbitration and Mediation

 

Languages

 

• English,
• Malay,
• Tamil

 

PRACTICE

 

Datin Jeyanthini provides strategic legal advice on land, commercial and corporate disputes. She has acted in a number of important cases that have been reported in the law journals. She has also led teams of lawyers from within and outside the firm in many court appearances at the High Court and Appellate Courts.

 

Datin Jeyanthini also has rich experience in the area of banking (including Islamic or Syariah banking and finance) trade finance and insolvency; enforcement of loan or security instruments and instruments of payments; receiverships; foreclosures; as well as liquidation, restructuring, rescue mechanisms and schemes of arrangement.  

 

QUALIFICATIONS

 

• LL.B, University of London
• Barrister-at-Law, Gray’s Inn
• Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya

 

ADMISSIONS

 

• England & Wales (1985)
• Malaysia (1986)

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

 

• Malaysian Bar
• International Bar Association (IBA)
• Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)
• International Chamber of Commerce – Malaysia’s Committee on Banking
• Firm Representative to the European Union Malaysia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EUMCCI), and the Law Society of England and Wales

 

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

 

• Asialaw Leading Lawyers (2014 – 2016) – “Leading Lawyer” in Dispute Resolution and Litigation
• Asialaw Leading Lawyers (2017 – 2019) – “Market Leading Lawyer” in Dispute Resolution and Litigation
• Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2020 – “Distinguished Practitioner” in Dispute Resolution
• Asia Business Law Journal (2019) – one of Malaysia’s Top 100 Lawyers
• Chambers Asia-Pacific (2010 – 2020) – “Leaders in their Field” in Dispute Resolution
• The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific (2010 – 2012, 2015 – 2020) – “Recommended Lawyer” in Dispute Resolution
• Asia Business Law Journal (2019) – one of Malaysia’s top 100 lawyers