Naveen Sri Kantha is Partner of the Construction Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Practice Group of LPPLAW. Naveen is a legal practitioner with a specific focus in infrastructure, oil and gas, and energy disputes. He holds a LL.B (Hons.) degree from the University of Liverpool, U.K. and was admitted to the High Court of Malaya as an Advocate and Solicitor in 2018. Naveen regularly advises domestic and international clients, including property developers, foreign state-owned companies, contractors, and consultants on all aspects of infrastructure and oil and gas projects. Naveen often speaks at seminars and conferences on arbitration, CIPAA 2012 adjudication and construction law, involving prevalent issues relating to delay and disruption, time related costs, and project management.
Naveen Sri Kantha
LLB (Hons), University of Liverpool,
Certificate in Legal Practice
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB), University of Liverpool (UK)
- Certificate of Legal Practice, Legal Profession Qualifying Board
Expertise
- Construction & Engineering
- Infrastructure Projects
- Adjudication
- Arbitration
- Contract Drafting
- Contract Management Advisory
Language
- English
- Bahasa Malaysia
- Tamil
- Advised a sub-contractor for adjudication (CIPAA 2012) and ICC arbitration proceedings under Swiss law arising from an oil/petroleum refinery in Pengerang Johor Bahru, Malaysia for a total dispute sum of USD60 million.
- Advised a Chinese main contractor for an adjudication (CIPAA 2012) and AIAC Arbitration proceedings under Malaysian law arising from Civil Foundation, Road, Drainage, Paving & Land Scaping Works for a power plant project in Johor Bahru, Malaysia for a total dispute sum of RM25 million.
- Advised a main contractor for an adjudication (CIPAA 2012) and AIAC Arbitration proceeding under Malaysian law arising from maintenance, construction, and modification works in Terengganu, Malaysia (Offshore and Onshore) for a total dispute sum of RM124 million.
- Advised an international UK based employer in an AIAC arbitration under Malaysian law proceeding under Malaysian law in relation to a dispute arising from the construction of a high-end condominium in Kuala Lumpur for a total dispute sum of RM25 million.
- Advised a main contractor for an adjudication (CIPAA 2012) and PAM arbitration proceeding under Malaysian law arising from the construction and development of a luxury mixed development in Johor Bahru, Malaysia for a total dispute sum of RM53 million.
- Advised an employer in relation to disputes concerning issues of termination, dispute avoidance and force majeure arising from a project for the production of EURO 4M gasoline under a refinery in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
- Advised a main contractor for ad hoc arbitration proceeding (UNCITRAL Rules) under Malaysian law for works relating to the construction of an educational institute in Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia for a total dispute sum of RM30 million.
- Advised a renowned international façade subcontractor at the High Court of Kuala Lumpur which involved injunctive reliefs to restrain the calling of a performance bond and various issues concerning unlawful determination for a total dispute sum of RM10 million.
- Advised an employer in a High Court proceeding against a sub-contractor which engaged legal issues on quantum meruit and unjust enrichment. This was a dispute arising from works relating to the construction of a mixed integrated development in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
- Advised a registered consortium involving a Malaysian contractor and a Chinese constructor on a retainer basis for project management during the lifecycle of the Project in Kuala Lumpur worth RM109 million.
- Member, Society of Construction Law (Malaysia)
- Editorial Board of the book “Standard Form of Building Contracts Compared” by Datuk Sundra Rajoo published by Lexis Nexis
- Article entitled “Trust Issues with Retention Sum in the times of COVID-19”
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CLJ [2020] 1 LNS(A) cv
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Article entitled “Extension of Time, Loss & Expense and its Notice Requirements” [2020] 1 LNS(A) cx
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Moderated a panel discussion on enforcement of international arbitration awards in conjunction with the AIAC YPG Conference 2023 held at the AIAC.
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Panel Speaker during the Standard Form of Building Contracts 2022 Forum held at the AIAC
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Invited by the Bar Council Arbitration and Construction Law Committee to moderate a panel discussion on pr- arbitration assessments and procedures which was held at the Raja Aziz Addruse Auditorium.
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Presented a webinar entitled “Extension of Time, Loss and Expense and its Notice Requirements”
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Presented a webinar on “Remedies upon obtaining an Adjudication Decisions”
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Presented a webinar entitled “Setting Aside Adjudication Decisions – the Arsenal of Adjudication decisions diluted with the recent trend of judicial decisions”
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Presented a webinar entitled “Defects in Construction and Engineering Projects”
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Presented a webinar entitled “Navigating through Construction ALL RISK (C.A.R) Policies”
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Presented a webinar entitled “Finality of Final Certificates”
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Presented a webinar entitled “Direct Payment under S.30 of CIPAA 2012”
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Presented a webinar entitled “Trust Issues with Retention Sums”
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Presented a webinar entitled “The principle of unconscionability when restraining a call on a performance bond”