Dhinesh Bhaskaran

Dhinesh Bhaskaran is a Partner at Shearn Delamore & Co., specializing in Dispute Resolution. He heads the Firm's Environmental and Medico‑Legal practices, and has represented clients in a wide array of cases at all levels of the Malaysian Courts and in arbitrations in Malaysia and Singapore under the ICC, SIAC and KLRCA Rules.

Dhinesh has acted for the Respondent in an arbitration in a RM12 billion joint venture dispute involving the construction of a major public transportation system; acted for the Malaysian Highway Authority in judicial review proceedings involving a challenge to the construction of a major RM4 billion urban highway; defended proceedings for the enforcement of a RM140 million Indonesian judgment debt; successfully represented a renowned international Spanish professional motorcycle racing team in a claim against their main sponsor for breach of contract and defamation; and successfully represented a prominent corporate figure in the first Malaysian case where damages were awarded for defamation on Twitter.

He holds an LL.B (Hons, 1st Class) from the Polytechnic of Wales (1989), is a Barrister‑at‑Law of Gray's Inn (1990), and holds an LL.M (Hons, 1st Class) from the University of Cambridge (1991). He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1990 and admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 1992.

He is a Past President of the Inter‑Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) and the Medico‑Legal Society of Malaysia (MLSM), and serves as an Advocacy and Appellate Advocacy Trainer for the Bar Council of Malaysia.