Dharmen Sivalingam obtained his LLB (Hons) in 1994 and CLP in 2000.
After that, he joined the Malaysian Current Law Journal as legal editor.
From there, he went into practice at a leading law firm followed by a stint
at Federal Auto as Head of Commercial Affairs. He then joined Shell as
IR/ER Manager and rejoined MECA until 2013. In that year, he decided to
return to practice and set up Dharmen Sivalingam and Partners but still
remains as a Director of MECA and is involved in providing training
services.