Lawyers
Dato’ Rabinder Singh
A Barrister-at-Law and member of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, London, Rabinder is also a member of the General Council of the Bar of England & Wales. He also holds a Masters degree from King’s College, University of London specializing in Criminal Justice & Criminology. Currently Dato’ Rabinder Singh is listed as a Counsel at the British High Commission here in Kuala Lumpur.
Prior to this, Dato’ Rabinder Singh underwent his pupilage in the chambers of the late YB Mr. Karpal Singh of Messrs Karpal Singh & Co. (former Opposition Leader and Member of Parliament) and later joined Messrs. Shafee & Co. as a Legal Assistant. His numerous accolades include high profile civil and criminal litigation, among others, the internationally celebrated decisions in Ottavio Quatrocchi v Union of India & 3 Ors, PP v Kenneth Lee Fook Mun, and PP v Dato’ Balwant Singh. In furtherance to that, Dato’ Rabinder appears regularly in the Court of Appeal and the Federal Court for matters involving complex legal and factual issues and this may be illustrated in the case of Emas Kiara Sdn.Bhd. v. Micheal Joseph Monteir & Ors, Advance Technical Fabric Sdn. Bhd. v. Lim Leong Huah and the Federal Court case of Thein Hong Teck & Ors v. Mohd Afrizan Husain & Another Appeal.
In addition to being a litigator, Dato’ Rabinder Singh has advised Malaysian corporations in the field of M&A and capital markets as well as advising distressed corporations in their debt restructuring. He has also acted for local and foreign commercial banks on structuring of and arranging multi-million ringgit corporate loans and drafting of loan and security documents.
Being a fluent multi-linguist, Dato’ Rabinder Singh has dealt and advised local and foreign individuals and corporations of various industries in structuring takeover offers and merger deals within the ambit of Malaysian corporate and securities laws, and has a vast experience in negotiation of commercial terms of M&As. This is made possible with Dato’ Rabinder Singh’s contacts with public listed corporations and familiarity with the regulatory framework.
Furthermore, Dato’ Rabinder Singh is currently the chairman for two developments located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, Q Sentral and Plaza Sentral. He has been a chairman for the Joint Management Body of Plaza Sentral since 2010 and the chairman for the Management Corporation of Q Sentral since 2016. In view of his extensive experience in the management committees, Dato’ Rabinder Singh has been well versed with the Strata Laws of Malaysia such as the Strata Management Act 2013 and the Strata Management (Maintenance and Management) Regulations 2015.
During his tenure as a Chairman at Plaza Sentral and Q Sentral, Dato’ Rabinder Singh has garnished many achievement. An example of this may be illustrated when Dato’ Rabinder Singh has successfully achieved a settlement out of Court and Q Sentral has received the sum of RM2,200,000.00 from the developer of Q Sentral due to the non-compliance and fulfilment of the Sale & Purchase Agreement with regards to the completion and handover of list of common area facilities. Furthermore, Dato’ Rabinder Singh has also successfully championed an unprecedented regularisation process of service charge for the commercial parcels in Q Sentral which was three (3) times over and wrongly assigned share unit by the land valuer & land office. In addition to that, Dato’ Rabinder Singh has also resolved and harmonised a dispute between Plaza Sentral and the basement carpark owner over “unfair” share unit allocation which became the key turning factor for auditors to sign off annual audit. Plaza Sentral is four tower office blocks partly owned by Anchor GLCs, a prominent MSC status mixed development, having serious dispute over their service charge contribution since 2009. Dato’ Rabinder Singh chaired the mediation sessions represented by prominent lawyers from GLCs, and Dato’ Rabinder Singh managed to resolve this legacy issue in 2020 after a decade of debates and negotiation with all parties when this matter was presented and resolved in an AGM.
While not working, Dato’ Rabinder Singh likes to travel and spending time with his family. Dato’ Rabinder Singh’s philosophy is to always exceed clients’ expectations and hopes to prosper the practice by offering pragmatic advice and representation.