Lawyers

Rubini Thirugnanam

  • Email: rt@hikpartners.com

With over 25 years of experience, Rubini has extensive experience in real estate, corporate, and commercial transactions. She is recognised for her strong drafting skills, commercial insight, and ability to navigate complex agreements with precision to offer clients practical, business-focused solutions.

Rubini graduated with a LLB (Hons) from the University of London and began her career at Messrs Liza Chan & Co, where she practiced for five years under the guidance of Ms. Liza Chan. In 2007, she co-founded Hema Rubini & Co. and later became a partner at Kandiah Partnership.

Her area of practice includes advising clients on property acquisitions and disposals involving development land, commercial and industrial properties, and residential units. Rubini has acted for property developers on numerous projects, preparing sale and purchase agreements and financing documentation.

She also maintains a robust corporate and commercial practice, drafting and advising on shareholder agreements, share acquisitions and disposals, trust deeds, distribution agreements, licence agreements, professional services agreements, and consortium agreements. Rubini has also advised multinational clients on commercial arrangements. Clients value Rubini for her depth of experience, precision, and commitment to delivering results

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LL.B (Hons) University of London
Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya

Upon being admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 1996, Ashok joined Messrs. A. Zahari Kanapathy Thulasi as a Legal Assistant where he remained for six years eventually heading its Litigation Department supervising a team of lawyers and support staff. In February of 2002, he established Messrs. Harniza & Kandiah and subsequently changed its name to Kandiah Partnership, which was later changed to Haris Ibrahim Kandiah Partnership, to reflect the new partnership and the entry of Haris Ibrahim as senior partner.

Ashok’s area of practice is in Arbitration, Defamation, Commercial and Corporate Litigation, Criminal Litigation and Industrial Relations. Ashok regularly handles trials and interlocutory applications at the High Court and appears regularly before the appellate courts. Ashok is also routinely appointed by firms of solicitors to as act as counsel in trials and appeals.

Ashok has also acted for the Selangor Agricultural Development Corporation in an arbitration involving a claim in excess of RM300 million. Apart from acting for several State Government Agencies, Ashok had also been engaged by the State Government of Selangor by issuance of Fiat to act for the State in various matters in the High Court and Court of Appeal. Ashok has acted for clients in adjudication disputes under the Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 as well as employers, main contractors and sub-contractors in litigation and arbitration.

Ashok also advices and acts for Joint Management bodies, Management Corporations and parcel owners in respect of matters concerning or related to the Strata Management Act 2013. This includes acting as counsel in all levels of the courts in disputes between parcel owners and Management Corporations or local authorities.

Over the years and since the coming into force of the Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998 Ashok has acted for and advised numerous private hospitals on a variety of matters concerning compliance with the provisions of the Act and matters relating to agreements with consultants, nurses and other employees. He also advises hospital managements on the Medical and Dental Advisory Committee By-laws and compliance of the same including of acting for hospitals in recovery of debt claims, disputes with consultants and industrial relations actions.

He also has a keen interest in Criminal Law and has represented clients charged for a variety of Penal Code offences as well as offences under the Dangerous Drugs Act, Immigration Act and Firearms (Increased Penalties) Act, Sedition Act and Kidnapping Act.

Some judgements of the Courts in cases which Ashok was involved are:

  1. MPG Career Sdn Bhd V Bukit Beruntung Golf & Country Resort Bhd & Ors [2025] MLJU 1016
  2. Jambatan Kedua Sdn Bhd V Gammerlite Sdn Bhd [2024] MLJU 2525
  3. CTOS Data Systems Sdn Bhd V Suriati Bt Mohd Yusof [2024] 5 MLJ 811
  4. Datuk Parmjit Singh A/L Meva Singh & Ors V Ekuiti Nasional Bhd [2024] MLJU 2059
  5. Tan Kim Chuan V. Tan Kim Tian & Ors And Another Appeal [2022] 10 CLJ 503
  6. SCP Assets Sdn Bhd V Perbadanan Pengurusan PD-1 [2024] MLJU 168
  7. SCP Assets Sdn Bhd V Pengarah Tanah Dan Galian Selangor & Ors [2023] MLJU 2624
  8. RPH Global Property Management Sdn Bhd V Badan Pengurusan Bersama Residensi PV21 [2023] MLJU 1812
  9. Permodalan Masteron Sdn Bhd V Stanley Saw Boon Leong & Anor [2023] MLJU 2504
  10. Bespoke Motoring Sdn Bhd V AM General Insurance Bhd [2023] 11 MLJ 621
  11. Mah Sau Cheong V Wee Len @ Wai Shiang Liang — [2024] 12 MLJ 671
  12. TH Properties Sdn Bhd & Anor V Knight Frank Malaysia Sdn Bhd [2021] CLJ 134
  13. Benjamin Ho V Ctos Data Systems Sdn Bhd [2023] MLJU 594
  14. Re Mariayee A/P Ratnam; Ex Parte Kuari Pati Sdn Bhd [2021] MLJU 2592
  15. SCP Assets Sdn Bhd V Perbadanan Pengurusan PD2 [2021] MLJU 623
  16. Tan Kim Tian & Anor V Tan Kim Chuan & Anor [2020] MLJU 86
  17. Optimis Dinamik Sdn Bhd V Sri Manjung Granite Quarry Sdn Bhd [2019] MLJU 1892
  18. SCP Assets Sdn Bhd V Perbadanan Pengurusan Megan Avenue (1) [2017] MLJU 1081
  19. Tan Cheng Leng V Tropicana Medical Centre (M) Sdn Bhd [2017] 1 ILR 383
  20. M Mohandas Gandhi & Anor V Ambank (M) Berhad & Anor [2014] CLJU 1025
  21. Arun Kumar Bag V Hospital Pantai Indah Sdn Bhd [2015] 3 ILR 580
  22. Yogiswaren Kandiah V Tropicana Medical Centre (M) Sdn Bhd [2014] CLJU 1714
  23. Seetha A/P Vijayaratnam V Vicknesh A/L Visvalingam [2013] 5 MLJ 347
  24. Perbadanan Kemajuan Pertanian Selangor V PKPS Bukit Tinggi Fishfarm Sdn Bhd [2012] CLJU 789
  25. Chempro Technology (M) Sdn Bhd V. Wee Eng Hock & Ors [2010] CLJU 1857
  26. Tham Lin Chan V. Quality Bakers (M) Sdn Bhd [2011] ILRU 1816
  27. Muhammad Hilman Idham & Ors V. Kerajaan Malaysia & Ors [2011] 9 CLJ 50
  28. Menteri Hal Ehwal Dalam Negeri V Raja Petra Kamarudin [2009] 4 MLJ 484
  29. Saravanan Rengeyen V. CS Metal Industries (M) Sdn Bhd; Official Receivers/Liquidator & Cim Capital Sdn Bhd (As A Party) [2008] ILRU 1276
  30. Wong Leng Hung V Krishnamurthy A/L Nagaratnam [2005] 8 CLJ 745
  31. Pollution Engineering Sdn. Bhd. V Chan Wai Foong — [2003] ILJU 84
  32. Ng Chong Meng V Pustaka Sistem Pelajaran Sdn Bhd [2006] 1 ILR 210
  33. R Ramachandran V Koperasi Perumahan Kuala Lumpur [2001] 2 MLJ 177
  34. Ismail Bin Mohd Yunos & Anor V First Revenue Sdn Bhd [2000] 5 MLJ 42
  35. Abdul Rahim Bin Abdul Kadir & Anor V Twenty First Century Products Sdn Bhd [1998] 7 MLJ 222