Suryen Nullatamby of law firm Birkett Long wins Asian Legal Award

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Sam Pither

Suryen Nullatamby, senior associate at Birkett Long, has been awarded Company/Commercial Lawyer of the Year at the Asian Legal Awards 2022.

The Awards, which took place on 15 October in London, recognise legal excellence in the Asian community, with a focus on those who exceed their clients’ expectations.

Suryen, who is in charge of Birkett Long’s South Essex dispute resolution team, was called to the bar as a barrister of the Supreme court of Mauritius in 2004, before dual qualifying as a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales with Higher Court Rights of Audience (Civil Proceedings) in 2013.

Specialising in construction and engineering law, Suryen holds an MSc in Construction Law and Dispute Engineering from King’s College London. Born in Mauritius, he joined the army and spent four years in the police, then worked as an internal auditor for a commercial bank for three years before leaving to study law at the University of London.

Alongside his day-to-day work, Suryen sits as an adjudicator and arbitrator and is regularly appointed by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK Adjudicators, and the Construction Industry Council. Of the 129 Construction Adjudicators in the UK on the RICS panel, Suryen is one of only two from an Asian background.

He said: “I am grateful to the Asian Legal Awards for acknowledging my efforts. It feels great to have achieved this level of recognition; this is a very proud moment for me as it has taken years of hard work and sacrifice to get to this point.”

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Sam Pither

Sam is the Regional Editor of Biz News, responsible for both Hampshire and Dorset. A new recruit to journalism, Sam started writing for the Business Magazine as a freelancer in May of 2022 after completing his degree in English at University College London. His passion for local businesses and ability to tell a story soon caught the attention of the publication’s management team and have led to his meteoric rise. Sam, who lives in central Reading, takes a particular interest in technology, gaming and food and drink, having been a chef before starting his degree.