Dato’ M. Rajasekaran graduated with a Bachelor of Laws with Honours from the University of London in 1982. He is a member of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple and was called to the Bar of England and Wales on 28.7.1983. Dato’ Raja was later admitted and enrolled as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya on 28.7.1984. Notably in 2021, he was also granted ad hoc admission to the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak for purposes of appearing as Counsel for an appeal at the Federal Court.
He started legal practice in Kuala Lumpur joining the litigation team in a large full-service firm in December 1987 where he was admitted into partnership on 1 October 1989 . Dato Raja worked there for 35 years, having served as Managing Partner and a member of the Executive Committee of the Firm for many years.
Dato’ Raja is a member of the Arbitration Panel of the Asian International Arbitration Center. He is also a member of the International Bar Association. He was appointed by the South East Asian Games Federation as Chairman of the Ad-hoc Arbitration Panel for the 29th SEA Games Kuala Lumpur in 2017 (the first such Panel in the history of the Games) and again for the 32nd SEA Games 2023 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
In 2020, Dato’ Raja obtained a Certificate of Advanced Studies in International Sports Law from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, where he joined the on campus programme for 6 months, taking a sabbatical from practice to do so.
Dato’ Raja is currently a member of the World Baseball Softball Confederation Integrity Commission Disciplinary Panel and World Paravolley Safeguarding Integrity Commission.
Dato’ Raja is now a Managing Partner in Messrs Rajasekaran where his practice is in arbitration and mediation, civil, commercial and corporate litigation, sports law and advisory work.
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