Contact
Sundra Rajoo
Arbitrator
Languages
Working languages: English, Malay
Nationality
Specialisation
Energy, Transport, Commercial Disputes & Transactions
Main jurisdiction
Malaysia
Details
Year of birth
-0001
Education
Fellow of the Asian Institute of ADR (FAIADR), Fellow of Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators (FMIArb); Fellow of Indian Council of Arbitration (FICA); Fellow of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS), United Kingdom; Fellow of the Malaysian Institute of Architects (FPAM); Member of the Malaysian Institute of Town Planners (AppM).
From-To: -
Degree: Advocate and Solicitor, Registered Architect and Town Planner, Bachelor of Science (Housing, Building & Planning) Hons (USM); LLB Hons (London); Certificate of Legal Practice; Grad Dip in Architecture (TCAE); Grad Dip in Urban & Regional Planning (TSIT); Master of Science in Construction Law and Arbitration (with Merit) (LMU); Masters of Philosophy in Law (Manchester); Diploma in Intemational Commercial Arbitration (CIArb), Hon LLD (Leeds Beckett).
Practiced experience in arbitration
How many arbitrations have you participated in (domestic/international); under which Rules?
Appointed as arbitrator since 1990. Has served as chairman, co-arbitrator of three-man panels and sole arbitrator in over 280 international and domestic arbitrations including ad hoc and institutional arbitrations administered by ICC, SIAC, HKIAC, KIAC, CIETE-C, pCA and KLRCA.
How often have you acted as Chairman?
45
How often have you acted as Sole Arbitrator?
How often have you acted as Sole Arbitrator?
How often have you acted as Co-Arbitrator?
40
How often have you acted as Counsel?
195
How often have you acted in a different function (e.g. Administrative Secretary)?
Mediator (5), Adjudicator (12), DRB (3)
Publications and other activities in arbitration (e.g. training sessions, seminars, conferences, articles and others)
Datuk Professor Sundra Rajoo has authored, co-authored, edited several books and contributed chapters and articles on arbitration, contract and construction law, including, uNlclrRAL Modet Low &Arbitration Rutes (20L9) sweet & Maxwell; A practical Guide to statutory Adjudication in Malaysia, 4th Editio n, 2org, AIAC; Low, proctice ond procedure of Arbitrotion,2nd Edition, 201,6, Lexis Nexis;Arbltrotion in Moloysio: A procticol Guide,2016, Sweet & Maxwell; construction Law in Malaysia, 2012, sweet & Maxwell; The Moloysion Arbitrotion Act 2005 (Amended 20L1) - An Annototion, 20L3, Lexis Nexis; The pAM 2006 Form,20L0, Lexis Nexis; Ihe Arbitrotion Act 2005 - IJNC|TRAL Model Low os Applied in Molaysio,zooT,sweet & Maxwell; rhe Moloysion stondord Form of Buitding Controct (The PAM L998 Form), lggg, Malayan Law Journal. He also wrote the chapter on Annulment of lnvestment Arbitration Award s, The lnvestment rreaty Arbitration Review, 2016 and 2017 edited by Barton Legum, 2nd and 3rd Editions, Law Business Research' He is the Editor- in-Chief of the inaugural issue of construction Adjudication Reports 2018, Sweet & Maxwell. He has written numerous articles in law journals over the years. The most recent articles being "Repeol of Section 42: euestion of Low orising out of on oword by the omended Arbitrotion Act (2005)" [2019j 6 MU civ" and "Arbitrotion and its development in Maloysio,, [2020) 1, MU lv and "Trends in ISDS in the Asia Pacific" [2020] 3 MU cxvi. Another articles accepted for publication in 2020 by Malayan Law Journal is "The Asian lnternational Arbitration Centre: Transformation, growth and prospects". currently, Datuk professor sundra Rajoo is working on books on construction law, adjudication and arbitration for publication in 2020 and 2021.
Dates: -
Membership in arbitral institutions / functions in arbitral institutions/organizations
Asian lnstitute of Alternate Dispute Resolution
Status: Founding President, Asian lnstitute of Alternate Dispute Resolution (2018 to date)
Chartered Arbitrator (clArb)
Status: certified lnternational ADR Practitioner (A|ADR) (2019 to date)
Languages
English
Malay
In which legal system have you trained?
What is your main jurisdiction of practice?
Malaysia
In which jurisdictions are you admitted to the bar?
Special expertise or specialisations
Energy
Transport
Commercial Disputes & Transactions
