Kelviin Manuel Pillay

+60 10 209 0207
kelv@kmpadvocacy.com
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
Kelviin Manuel Pillay Advocates & Solicitors
ADMISSIONS
Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya (2021)
Areas of Expertise
- Contract law
- Shareholder rights
- Trust and equity
- Land law
- Negligence & Economic torts
Career
Principal
May 2024 – present
Gopal Sreenevasan
Associate
Oct 2023 – April 2024
Arnold Andrew & Co.
Associate
Sept 2020 – Sept 2023
Asyraf Vivek & Wee
Paralegal
Mar 2020 – Aug 2020
Appointments, Memberships & Awards
- Bar Council Environment and Climate Change Committee
Education
- Certificate of Legal Practice – Legal Profession Qualifying Board
- Bachelor of Laws (Hons) LL. B, University of London
Languages
- English
- Malay
- Tamil (Conversational)
Kelviin Manuel Pillay is a civil litigator who has undergone focused training in court room advocacy. He has been engaged in a wide range of civil matters and has appeared in all tiers of Malaysian Courts, both as lead counsel and co-counsel. His experience includes having acted for local government bodies, a multinational environmental organisation, high net worth individuals and multiple small-medium enterprises. He now focuses his practice in high value corporate and commercial disputes primarily as junior counsel to Gopal Sreenevasan. Kelviin’s strengths lay in his ability to digest complex briefs under time pressure, conduct rigorous research and present lucid argumentation. Kelviin’s practice endeavours to be cost-effective for clients and instructing solicitors. He accepts full or partial briefs directly as counsel or collaboratively as co-counsel. Kelviin is also passionate about public interest environmental litigation.