Ashok Kumar Mahadev Ranai

Ashok is the co-head of the Construction and Engineering practice in Skrine.

He is an experienced dispute resolution lawyer with an extensive experience in Construction, Infrastructure and Energy Project Disputes. He sits regularly as an arbitrator in both ad-hoc and institutional commercial arbitrations.

His active arbitration and dispute resolution practice as Lead Counsel spans a variety of construction, corporate and commercial disputes. His portfolio of work includes advising various multinational companies specialised in their disputes involving civil building construction, the oil and gas industry, aviation, refinery plant maintenance, energy, telecommunication, infrastructure and health maintenance industries.

Ashok was the former Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Malaysia Branch. He is also on the panel of arbitrators for the Asian International Arbitration Centre (“AIAC”), the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”), the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) and the International Chamber of Commerce Malaysia (“ICC”). He continues to have numerous appointments as sole arbitrator.

He has been at the forefront in developing the jurisprudence in the Malaysian arbitration law, the Arbitration Act 2005 and has published several commentaries on recent case law as he was directly involved in setting out its implications on the arbitral regime in Malaysia.