Dr. Yogeswaran Subramaniam is a senior advocate & solicitor with over three decades of experience. During this period, he has acted as counsel in numerous criminal and civil trials and appeals.
He holds an LLM degree from the University of Malaya and a doctoral degree in Law from the University of New South Wales for his research on Peninsular Malaysia Orang Asli land rights. He now channels his time and energy towards safeguarding the land rights of Malaysia's native and aboriginal (Orang Asli) communities. He accepts select appointments as counsel for appeals involving native and Orang Asli customary rights and land issues, on a pro-bono basis.
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Dr. Subramaniam commenced his practice in one of the largest firms in Malaysia before setting up a boutique practice focused on entertainment law litigation and advisory. Between 1999 and 2005, he was an in-house counsel at a Malaysian Main Board-listed financial services conglomerate, and a large property development and construction company.
Dr. Subramaniam is an associate member of the Centre for Malaysian Indigenous Studies at the University of Malaya. He was a member of the Malaysian Bar Council Committee on Orang Asli Rights between 2010 and 2025, having also served as its chairperson from 2013 to 2016. He has acted under the aegis of the Bar Council and led discussions with the Federal Government and various state governments on issues affecting indigenous communities. From 2013 to 2014, he served on a federal government task force formed to review recommendations made in the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM)'s report on the National Inquiry into the Land Rights of Indigenous Peoples. In 2021, he acted as a consultant for SUHAKAM on the previous Federal Government’s initiative to recognise Orang Asli customary land rights.
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He regularly publishes academic work and scholarly articles on Orang Asli, native and indigenous customary rights, and is frequently invited onto Malaysian television and radio channels to share his opinion on legal developments in the field.​
DR. YOGESWARAN SUBRAMANIAM