This panel discussion looks at the Malaysian and English arbitral landscape from the speakers’ different vantage points. What are the latest developments in the curial law? What are the trends in practice and procedure? How can practitioners work effectively with English counsel in international arbitration disputes? These themes will be explored through recent developments, practical insights and shared experiences from both jurisdictions.
This panel discussion looks at the Malaysian and English arbitral landscape from the speakers’ different vantage points. What are the latest developments in the curial law? What are the trends in practice and procedure? How can practitioners work effectively with English counsel in international arbitration disputes? These themes will be explored through recent developments, practical insights and shared experiences from both jurisdictions.
Moderator
Evveline Loh is a partner at Burlingtons Group, specialising in commercial litigation, international arbitration and cross-border disputes. She advises international businesses, Chinese state-owned enterprises and high-net-worth individuals across the United Kingdom, Asia, the Middle East and the United States. A founding member of Burlingtons Group’s Asia Desk, she has experience in asset recovery, enforcement of foreign judgments and alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”) proceedings in the United Kingdom. Drawing on her cross-border practice, she brings a collaborative and commercially-minded perspective to moderating discussions on international dispute resolution.
Speakers
Joe-han Ho is a commercial barrister based in London who practises across the full spectrum of commercial disputes. He has more than a decade’s experience in dispute resolution and has been ranked in The Legal 500 for many years. He has a thriving arbitration practice and regularly acts as sole counsel or as part of a counsel team. His practice focuses on complex and high-value disputes with an international element, often with an Asian connection. In addition to counsel work, he has extensive experience in ADR and accepts appointments as arbitrator, mediator and adjudicator.
Nimalan Devaraja is a partner at Skrine. He is a commercial litigator who primarily practises in the areas of civil and commercial litigation and arbitration, company law and shareholders’ disputes, restructuring and insolvency and regulatory enforcement. Nimalan is the current Chairperson of the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee, the Co-Deputy Chairperson of the Bar Council Arbitration and Construction Law Committee and a council member of the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators. In The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025 edition, Nimalan was ranked as “Next Generation Partner” for dispute resolution.
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