Dr. Nadarajah brings hands-on construction industry and engineering knowledge to legal practice, from his former Mechanical Engineering career. He sees commercial and practical risks and business drivers associated with engineering projects and leverages this to deliver solutions to complex issues.
At SIEMENS he developed a novel wastewater treatment. At NCR he wrote fresh 4th generation programming language software. As a consultant, he oversaw the planning, design, construction and delivery of Mechanical Engineering Building Services, including for the largest building in Malaysia (Berjaya Times Square) - besides dealing with the complexities of a huge building, he helped project manage its construction through the 1998 Asian Financial crisis challenges, together with extensive value engineering.
He advises clients from procurement and structuring to negotiating and drafting contracts - and he was involved in preparing suites of works contracts (for large construction/projects - for infrastructure works, including for one of the largest projects in Malaysia, the Kuala Lumpur Mass Rapid Transit rail system “MRT”; tenders for Power Plants; etc.), IT and commercial agreements.
He appears as counsel in dispute resolution matters (in litigation, arbitration and adjudication), as an Arbitrator (sole and presiding) and an Adjudicator (in construction disputes). He has also delivered a final and binding Expert Determination for AIAC’s first such appointment (for an ad hoc matter). And he is empaneled as an Arbitrator, Adjudicator and Mediator on several panels.
He has published papers in journals, proceedings and symposiums - both on engineering and in relation to the law (on several areas). He was also a speaker at seminars, conferences and workshops; amongst others, speaking at AIAC, the Selangor Bar, the Kuala Lumpur Bar, University Malaya and PAM (viz. the Malaysian Institute of Architects) on the statutory adjudication framework in Malaysia - including on breaches of natural justice and excess of jurisdiction - and conducting workshops at AIAC on decision writing.
Dr. Nadarajah also holds a Diploma in International Arbitration (Chartered Institute of Arbitrators).
