Raja Kumar Raja Kandan

Raja Kumar Raja Kandan was called to the Malaysian Bar in 2008. He joined Azman Davidson & Co in 2011 and became a partner in 2017.

Raja Kumar’s areas of practice includes appearing as Arbitrator and Adjudicator as well as appearing as counsel at the High Court, Court of Appeal and Federal Court and in Arbitration/Adjudication/Mediation proceedings in primarily building construction insurance as well as occupational safety and health disputes including but not limited to the following:-

• Acting as Arbitrator in proceedings involving a high rise construction project
• Acting as Counsel and Adjudicator in multiple adjudication proceeding under the Construction Industry Payment Adjudication Act 2012 (CIPAA).
• Counsel in a PAM Arbitration involving a high end local development project.
• Counsel in an Arbitration involving the construction of Animal Plantation Units for the East Coast Economic Region Development Council.
• Counsel in a mediation and arbitration for and on behalf of an international geo technical and civil engineering company in relation to a claim arising from the construction and development of a major development project in the KL city centre.
• Counsel in an arbitration for and on behalf of a Belgian Dredging Company against a Malaysian Developer in relation to disputes arising out of construction of a reclamation project in Johor.
• Counsel in an international arbitration for and on behalf of a Japanese Joint Venture Company in relation to the construction of a multilevel international hotel.
• Counsel for and on behalf of a French Turbine Manufacturer in litigation with Owner’s Insurance arising from the failure of a gas turbine in a power station.
• Counsel for an established hotel in Sabah in litigation and in drafting a Settlement Agreement involving a trademark dispute.
• Counsel for and on behalf of Insurers involving amongst others Contractor’s All Risk Policies.
• Counsel for Insurers in litigation involving a claim for damages arising from a collapsed Retaining Concrete Wall and damage to an adjoining Reinforced Earth Wall in a local development project.
• Counsel in a defamation suit for and on behalf of a Belgian Dredging Company against a Malaysian Developer.
• Counsel acting in quasi criminal matters pertaining to the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994.
• Involved in criminal litigation including criminal suits involving drug offences, immigration matters, AMLA (the Anti Money Laundering Act), amongst others.

• Present committee member of the Malaysian Bar Council’s Arbitration & Construction Work Committee and the Society of Construction Law Malaysia
• Director and Chairman of CIArb Malaysia Branch
• Past President of the Young Malaysian Group of CIArb Malaysia