Professor Darren Subramanien is an Associate Professor in the fields of Commercial Law, Corporate Law and the Law of Contract at the School of Law. He lectures these modules at both undergraduate and at postgraduate level.
Professor Subramanien is currently the Academic Leader: Socio-legal studies (Pmb). He holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree, a Master of Laws (LLM) and PhD from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). Professor Subramanien is also an admitted Advocate of the High Court of South Africa. He was a member of the Anti-Human Trafficking task team based in KwaZulu-Natal and is on the panel of legal experts for Legalwise where he provides legal advice in the areas of commercial, company and labour law. Professor Subramanien has been a facilitator for the department of Legal Education & Development (LEAD) for over 10 years where he lectures Constitutional Practice, Legal Drafting and Dispute Resolution to Candidate Attorneys.
He is currently on the editorial committee for the Journal of Corporate and Commercial Law & Practice and is a registered commercial and civil mediator/arbitrator.