Mediator Resume

Shanti is an experienced International Mediator adept at both in-person and online mediations (including multiparty mediations). Shanti covers a broad range of sectors in her mediations including construction, commercial and cross border inheritance/family office. Shanti can assist counsel in Mediation Design particularly where Counsel or their counterparties have clients who are are hesitant or unsure about the mediation process. If technical expertise is needed, Shanti assists to design mediations to incorporate neutral experts (engineers/consultants/accountants) into the process, as and where necessary. Shanti provides a 20-min complimentary conversation by zoom with Counsel who are interested to discuss this. Email to request.

Shanti Abraham & Associates - Principal

Advocate & Solicitor, Arbitrator, Mediator, Adjudicator

Founder, Shanti Abraham & Associates (Malaysia), 2015 - Present; Partner, Puthucheary ( Malaysia), 2009 - 2015; Partner, Puthucheary Firoz & Mai (Malaysia), 2001 - 2009; Senior Associate, Jeff Leong Poon & Wong (Malaysia), 1999 - 2001; Associate, Rajah & Tann (Singapore), 1996 - 1998; Engelin Teh & Partners (Singapore), 1995 - 1996; Drew & Napier (Singapore), 1994 - 1995.

Over 25 years of experience in corporate and dispute resolution. Experienced in numerous mergers, acquisitions, takeovers, joint ventures, build-operate-transfer agreements in a variety of industries including hospitality, healthcare, logistics and infrastructure projects in numerous countries including Vietnam, Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore including private, public and state entities. Experienced in listing and reverse takeovers of listed companies in Singapore and Malaysia including restructuring of companies including judicial management; schemes of arrangement and renegotiation of debt repayments. Dispute experience includes a wide range of high value multi-million dollar construction disputes, disputes on concession agreements with state authorities and corporate, banking and medical negligence matters. Currently managing a boutique legal practice that provides a full range of advisory and legal services ranging from corporate and commercial advisory, construction dispute resolution; insurance advisory and dispute resolution inclusive of risk management, dispute avoidance and prevention as well as early neutral evaluation and mediation strategy in tandem with arbitration and litigation preparation. Currently advocating integrated dispute resolution (Med-Arb)/(Arb-Med-Arb)/(Med-Lit) strategies in tandem with needs of parties as well as advising organisations on mediation systems. Macro-concept project designer and advocate and now Project Manager of the Malaysian National Covid-19 Mediation programme known as the PMC-19 mediation programme. Committee member of the amendments to the Malaysian Mediation Act and considerations towards ratification of the Singapore Convention on Mediation by Malaysia. Dispute experience includes complex litigation to the highest courts in Malaysia, arbitration, mediation and adjudication of a variety of matters including banking disputes, commercial disputes, construction disputes, medical negligence disputes, land disputes, inheritance disputes and contentious probate matters among others. Experience includes obtaining mandatory injunctions and matters having multi-jurisdictional issues and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards and judgments. Experience includes managing multi-jurisdictional family/private wealth matters.

Appointed as Mediator in several ad hoc and institutional matters. Mediation experience includes disputes in the following areas/industries: construction disputes, contractual disputes, banking and securities matters, healthcare, medico-legal matters, shareholder disputes, corporate & intellectual property issues, family (matrimonial disputes, co-parenting initiatives, probate, and eldercare), industrial relations and general commercial matters. Also experience managing multi-party mediations and Skype/Zoom-aided mediations with parties in multiple foreign jurisdictions. Current capacities: International Mediator - Singapore International Mediation Centre Principal Mediator (Singapore Mediation Centre) Arbitrator and Mediator with Asian International Arbitration Centre Arbitrator and Mediator with Borneo International Centre for Arbitration and Mediation Senior International Mediator - Sage Mediation Chairperson of the IMI Investor State Mediation Taskforce Mediator of the Global Mediation Panel of the Office of the Ombudsman of the UN Funds and Programmes.

Facilitative with Structured Evaluative (if requested) For Complex Mediations (ie multiparty or reluctant parties or issues requiring technical input by a non-binding neutral) - a preliminary meeting will be held to determine the appropriate structure to optimize the outcome of the proposed mediation.

Adept at mediations and/or arbitrations which require online management. Preference for Zoom.

National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law (LLB Hons - 1994).

Admitted to the Bar: Singapore (1995), Malaysia (1999). SIMI Certified Mediator (Level 4); IMI Certified Mediator; Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration by CIArb.

Malaysia Singapore

Hourly Rate: $400.00 Daily Rate: Not provided Study Rate: $400.00/hr Cancellation: $500.00/Day Cancellation Period: 3 Days Comment:

English; Malaysian

Malaysia

Malaysia