Steven Thiru ஸ்டீவன் திரு |
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31st President of the Malaysian Bar | |
In office March 2015 – March 2017 |
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Preceded by | Christopher Leong Sau Foo |
Succeeded by | George Varughese |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Malaysian |
Alma mater |
University of Leicester, England (LLB Law) |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Steven Thiru is the Immediate Past President of the Malaysian Bar. He is a senior litigation partner of Messrs Shook Lin & Bok in Kuala Lumpur. He has been in practice for 25 years. His main areas of practice are administrative law, employment law, electricity supply law, native title law and a variety of areas of civil litigation.
Steven is recognised by Chambers Asia Pacific 2016 in the area of dispute resolution as having “a broad practice that encompasses employment, commercial and administrative litigation. He is considered a ‘very solid, very hard-working’ practitioner of impressively varied experience by market sources.”
Further, in the area of employment and industrial relations, he is described as having “a long-standing reputation in the market and is considered ‘a very good lawyer’ by his peers. His practice comprises varied employment law disputes as well as judicial review applications.”
Steven read law at the University of Leicester and graduated in 1990. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales at Middle Temple in 1991, and was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 1992. Steven holds a Masters in Laws (LL.M) degree from University Malaya (2000).