| Steven Thiru | |
| Office: | 31st President of the Malaysian Bar |
| Term Start: | March 2015 |
| Term End: | March 2017 |
| Predecessor: | Christopher Leong Sau Foo |
| Successor: | George Varughese |
| Nationality: | Malaysian |
| Alma Mater: | University of Leicester, England (LLB Law), University of Malaya (LLM) |
| Occupation: | Lawyer |
Steven Thiruneelakandan is a Malaysian attorney and former President of the Malaysian Bar.[1] He is a senior partner at Messrs. Steven Thiru & Sudhar Partnership and was a litigation partner of Messrs Shook Lin & Bok from 2000 to 2018. He has been practicing since 1992. His main areas of practice are administrative law, employment law, electricity supply law, native title law, and a variety of areas of civil litigation.
Steven was recognised by Chambers Asia Pacific 2016 in the area of dispute resolution as having “a broad practice that encompasses employment, commercial and administrative litigation. He is considered a ‘very solid, very hard-working’ practitioner of impressively varied experience by market sources.”
Further, in the area of employment and industrial relations, he is described as having “a long-standing reputation in the market and is considered ‘a very good lawyer’ by his peers. His practice comprises varied employment law disputes as well as judicial review applications.”
Steven studied law at the University of Leicester and graduated in 1990. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales at Middle Temple in 1991, and was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 1992. Steven holds a Masters in Laws (LL.M) degree from University Malaya (2000).