Steven Thiru
Steven Thiru is the President of the Malaysian Bar.[1] He is a senior litigation partner of Messrs Shook Lin & Bok[2] in Kuala Lumpur. He has been in practice for 24 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.”
Education
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).
