OUR LEGAL TEAM

After schooling in Victoria Institution, K.Selva Kumaran was awarded a Federal Government scholarship to do his G.C.E A-Levels in Malaysia followed by his Bachelor of Laws degree at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom, where he graduated with Class One Honours. The Federal Government having obliged further, Selva read for his English Bar Finals examinations. Having been called to the English Bar by the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, he returned to Malaysia to read in the chambers of Mr. Varghese George of Messrs. Zain & Co., the head of litigation at that time and later Judge of the Court of Appeal (retired). 

Selva also gained invaluable experience by working closely with Tn Hj Sulaiman Abdullah during his pupillage. He then joined Md. Tajuddin & Co as a Legal Assistant in 1995. K.Selva Kumaran was awarded a Master in Laws degree by the University of Malaya in 1997 while in full time legal practice. His practice in Md. Tajuddin & Co. was mainly in civil litigation, especially banking, land and construction related work. He was then invited to join that partnership on 1st June, 2000 and stayed there till April 2008. Whilst there Selva was also instrumental in jointly crafting Sale and Purchase Agreements for the disposal of Perbadanan Danaharta Nasional Berhad’s interest in unsold shopping complexes as a single unit rather than being sold merely as unsold lots. He also assisted the other partners there in corporate advisory and drafting work including joint venture, construction, agency and debt settlement agreements.  Another aspect of this work was assisting in drafting agreements between the Federal Government, the State Governments and PAAB in the context of the rationalization of the water industry. In the last few years in Md Tajuddin & Co.,  K.Selva Kumaran was heading the litigation team there. His litigation exposure includes conducting full trials (up to the High Court) for both institutional and individual clients. He has also conducted appeal hearings in the Court of Appeal and Federal Court including arguing against injunctions being granted against Perbadanan Danaharta Nasional Berhad and banking clients. 

In May of 2008, Selva decided to venture together with Rosemmawati Hussin and the firm of Rose Hussin, Advocates & Solicitors became a partnership. Selva is on the Discipline Committee panel of the Advocates & Solicitors Disciplinary Board and routinely chairs Discipline Committee hearings on behalf of the Advocates & Solicitors Disciplinary Board in investigating complaints against solicitors. He previously also  lectured at the compulsory Ethics Course for pupils in chambers organized by the Bar Council until they were discontinued. 

  Upon completion of his Cambridge A-Levels examinations in 2017, Yew Kit started pursuing his law degree where he did his first 2 years at Brickfields Asia College before transferring to the United Kingdom for his final year at Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University. He graduated with a Second Class Honours – 1st Division in 2020 and subsequently passed the Certificate in Legal Practice (CLP) examinations in 2022. Yew Kit has had some experience in conveyancing matters such as assisting in the drafting of Sale and Purchase Agreements, Tenancy Agreements and other ancillary works while he interned at Messrs YH Wong & Associates.

Thereafter, Yew Kit read in chambers with us where he has gained much experience in drafting and other ancillary preparatory works for both civil court and arbitration proceedings, both trial work and appellate work. He has also assisted the Partners in court hearings, both trial and appellate and in drafting of commercial agreements.