Sitpah Selvaratnam
- Counsel
- International Arbitrator
- Author
Numerous Life Lessons as a Woman Lawyer leading a team to Success
The Recipe for National success through Unity.
This is a story of the intriguing and complex circumstances that led to the historic arrest of the notorious luxury yacht Equanimity, which was embroiled in national fraud at the highest level of government.
The author unpacks the creative solutions found by the gender diverse, multi-faith, multi-cultural legal team, focused on a goal greater than themselves, for the highest good of their country.
In an easily accessible manner the author explains her process of consolidating common law, equity, and admiralty law to arrest, manage and sell the notorious Superyacht Equanimity.
She follows the complicated flow of millions of dollars, stolen from government-owned 1MDB companies, through thirty-two bank accounts of Jho Low’s nominees, to assert an ownership claim over the Superyacht Equanimity for the people of Malaysia.
This book narrates the author’s journey as a woman lawyer, leading the legal team in successfully recovering USD126 million for her country, acting pro bono.
The author shares the wealth of her unique experience, with powerful revelations of professional life as a petite woman in a male dominated industry.
The author shares precious resource materials that offer rare precedent to the arrest, management and sale of a ship for admiralty lawyers anywhere in the world, reproduced as 16 Appendices to the text.
This book illustrates the limitless achievements that are made possible from courage, motivated by peace and joy.
Women interested in leadership, the maritime industry, lawyers, patriots and anyone interested in integrity, accountability and courage.
Those who value the
Sitpah Selvaratnam is a maritime and commercial lawyer, and an international arbitrator, with over 30 years of experience in dispute resolution.
She is a consultant in the law firm of Tommy Thomas, and was the founding partner of the firm when it was established on 1 January 2000.
Sitpah sits on the courts and panels of international arbitral organizations, including as a member of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC and the Permanent Court of Arbitration. She has issued numerous arbitral awards, and is appointed as sole, presiding, and party-nominated arbitrator in commercial and maritime disputes.
She appears as counsel before all the superior courts of Malaysia. Her full curriculum vitae can be found at www.tommythomas.net.
For much of her life, she has been involved in social service, facilitating workshops on parenting and living skills.
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