Ramesh Selvaraj

Ramesh Selvaraj is a Partner and Deputy Co-Head of the International Arbitration Practice at Allen & Gledhill, specialising in international arbitration, commercial litigation, and employment law. He has acted as lead counsel in both domestic and international arbitrations across various sectors, including hospitality, oil and gas, commodities, and construction, and has a strong professional liability practice defending claims in negligence asserted against lawyers, accountants, and architects.

Ramesh has acted in a US$60 million SIAC arbitration over the sale and purchase of an interest in a large coal mine in West Kalimantan, Indonesia; an SIAC arbitration involving a complex infrastructure dispute between an American multinational corporation and an Australian software and systems engineering company; an SIAC arbitration over a hospitality dispute between a global hotel and hospitality company and a hotel owner in Indonesia; and for a large Asian technology company in a significant dispute with a former senior executive over an employee equity incentive plan. He is regularly consulted by employers and employees on contracts of employment, termination issues, wrongful dismissal claims, disciplinary issues, and other employer-employee matters.

Ramesh holds an LL.B. (Hons) from the National University of Singapore and was called to the Singapore Bar in 2005.

He is recommended for his expertise in international arbitration and commercial litigation by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, where he has been described as an "excellent attorney" providing "cogent, timely answers" and as "an outstanding lawyer" with an excellent grasp of many areas of the law. He is a member of the Governing Council of the MCCI Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation Centre and served as Co-Chair of the YSIAC Committee (2019–2020).