S Kanaga Sundran

Partner

Email kana@rsalaw.com.my

Phone +603-2283 5036

Biography

Kanaga has been in practice since 2001 and with Raja Seelan & Associates from September 2005. In
January 2009 he became a partner in Messrs Raja Seelan & Associates.

Kanaga is actively involved in dispute resolution in corporate and commercial matters and regularly appears in the High
Court, Court of Appeal and occasionally in the Federal Court.

Kanaga has litigated construction disputes both in Court and in arbitration. He is retained to and
advises on several EPC Contracts in the Oil and Gas, Power and Railway Industries.

Pratice Areas

Civil & Commercial Litigation

  • Advisory work in relation to company and shareholders disputes
  • Claims in oppression, derivative actions and actions for breach of fiduciary duties
  • General contractual claims
  • Civil litigation in Court including trial, pre-trial procedures including interlocutory hearings, and the post-trial procedures such as costs and enforcement of a judgment

Construction

  • Litigated construction disputes both in Court and in arbitration
  • Has advised on several EPC Contracts in the Oil and Gas, Power and Railway Industries

Bankruptcy & Insolvency actions

  • Prosecuting and defending bankruptcy and insolvency actions
  • Acting and advising for receivers and managers

Labour & Industrial disputes

  • Advising on Labour and Industrial disputes including acting for parties in the industrial court and/or the civil courts.

Property disputes, Management Corporation related work and Probate and Administration matters

  • Kanaga has been retained by a few Management Corporations and advises on Property disputes, Management Corporation related work
  • Has experience in litigating contested Estate matters and other Probate and Administration matters

Administrative Law actions

  • Kanaga has been involved in judicial review applications to defend a quarry contractor, to bring claims against public authorities in relation to the MRT Project and another highway project.

Defamation

  • Actions in Defamation, including successfully bringing Defamation actions on behalf of a property developer client and trustees of a charitable trust

BANKING, FINANCE & DEBT RECOVERY WORK

  • Kanaga has experience in the spectrum of asset recovery work and in the enforcement of judgments

Education & Bar Admission

LLB (Hons) University of London

Certificate in Legal Practice 2000

Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya

Admitted to the Bar since August 2001