Siva, the founding partner of the firm Sivananthan, regularly represents both individual and corporate clients in complex commercial fraud and criminal matters. He provides a wide range of services from initial advice to appearances at all levels of the Malaysian courts. Although Siva has an affinity for cases involving white-collar crime and fraud, his passion lies in capital cases. An experienced litigator, he works tirelessly towards the cause of his clients who are well served by his practical and hands-on approach in charting the best solutions possible.

Outside his practice, Siva scuba dives and collects horse figurines.

Dato’ Abd Shukor obtained his Bachelor of Laws (LL.B (Hons)) from the University of Malaya. He was called to the Bar in March 1997. He also holds a Masters of Laws degree (LL.M) from University of Malaya majoring in Air and Space Law, Commercial and Public Law. He had also successfully obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Syariah Law & Practice (DSLP) and A Post Graduate Diploma in Islamic Law (Islamic Banking) (EDIL) from International Islamic University. He a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, United Kingdom. He is also a Certified Mediator. He is a Doctoral Candidate with the International Islamic University and has completed his Doctoral Thesis on Habeas Corpus and the Politics of Liberty.

Dato’ Abd. Shukor has experience in handling both civil and criminal litigation. He has appeared in court at all levels including the Court of Appeal and Federal Court, representing multinationals and individual in complex areas of commercial frauds relating to capital markets and security industries. He is a regular speaker for training in the banking industry. He has also published extensively in the referred journals.

Datuk Baljit Singh obtained LL.B (Hons) from the University of London and thereafter secured the Certificate of Legal Practice from the Qualifying Board. He obtained the degree of Masters of Laws from University of Malaya majoring in Company Law He had also successfully obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Syariah Law & Practice (DSLP) from International Islamic University.

His area of expertise is the criminal litigation, offering advice as well as representations in multifarious matters including drug related offences, white collar crimes and securities regulations and capital market offences. He was recently appointed as a representative of the Malaysian Bar Council for the consultative process by the Select parliamentary committee on the amendments to the Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code. He is the Chairman of the Criminal Practice Committee of the Kuala Lumpur Bar and sits in the Criminal Committee of the Malaysian Bar.

He writes regularly to law journals and has published a text book now being used in the all institutions of higher learning having law program; Criminal Litigation Process in 1998 with the second edition being published in 2011. He is now working on another book on sentencing and criminal justice system. He has been lecturing on the subject of Criminal Procedure for the Certificate in Legal Practice program for the past 14 years.