Conventus Law

Conventus Law

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Practice Areas

  • Dispute Resolution
  • Environmental (Head)
  • Medico-Legal (Head)
  • Regulatory Compliance & Enforcement
  • Arbitration and Mediation

Languages

  • English,
  • Malay

PRACTICE

Civil, commercial and corporate litigation; arbitration; product liability; medical malpractice law; insurance law; and environmental law. Dhinesh has represented clients in a wide array of cases at all levels of the Malaysian Courts and in arbitrations in Malaysia and Singapore under the ICC, SIAC and KLRCA Rules.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • LL.B (Hons, 1st Class), Polytechnic of Wales
  • LL.M (Hons, 1st Class), University of Cambridge
  • Barrister-at-Law, Gray’s Inn
  • Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya

ADMISSIONS

  • England & Wales (1990)
  • Malaysia (1992)

POSITIONS HELD

  • Past President of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)
  • Past President of the Medico-Legal Society of Malaysia (MLSM)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • Malaysian Bar
  • International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)
  • Member of the Professional Indemnity Insurance Committee and Task Force on Combined Rules and Rules of Court, as well as an Advocacy and Appellate Advocacy Trainer at the Bar Council of Malaysia
  • Member of the Joint-Committee of the Research and Ethics Committee of Malaysia’s International Medical University.

PUBLICATIONS

  • The Malaysian Chapter in International Product Liability published by Juris Publishing Inc., USA (2012)
  • The Legal And Ethical Implications Of Clinical Practice Guidelines in Malaysia in the Singapore Medical Association’s Newsletter (December 2012 Issue)
  • An article on Which Code to Follow? in the casebook of the Medical Protection Society, England (January 2008 issue)
  • The section on Malaysia in Freezing and Search Orders, 4th Edition, published by Informa Publishing Group Ltd., England (2006)
  • The Malaysian Chapter in The International Comparative Legal Guide to Product Liability published by the Global Legal Group Ltd., England (2004 to 2006)
  • The Enforceability Of Liquidated Damages Clauses In Malaysia in the International Business Law Bulletin published by the Center for International Legal Studies, Salzburg, Austria (March / April 2004 issue)
  • Advisory Editor for the section on Limitation of Actions in Volume 17 of Halsbury’s Laws of Malaysia (2003)

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

  • Asia Business Law Journal (2019) – one of Malaysia’s Top 100 Lawyers
  • Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific (2019) – “Dispute Resolution Star”
  • Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific (2020) – “Litigation Star” in Commercial and Transactions, Dispute Resolution and International Arbitration
  • Chambers Asia-Pacific (2015 – 2020) – “Leaders in their Field” in Dispute Resolution
  • The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific (2009, 2016 and 2019 and 2020) – “Recommended Lawyer” in Dispute Resolution
  • Who’s Who Legal (2015) – “Leading Practitioner” in Litigation
  • Who’s Who Legal (2013 – 2019) – “Leading Practitioner” in Insurance and Reinsurance
  • Guide to the World’s Leading Litigation Lawyers (2007) by The Legal Media Group – “Leading Litigation Lawyers” in Malaysia
  • Asia Business Law Journal (2019) – one of Malaysia’s top 100 lawyers
  • Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific (2019) – “Dispute Resolution Star”