Datuk Seri Krishna Kumar graduated from the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth in the United Kingdom in 1992 with an Honours Degree. After a stint in the hotel management industry in Langkawi, Malaysia, he commenced his legal profession with Messrs. Sri Ram & Co., Advocates and Solicitors. In 1996, he set up his own legal firm under the name and style of Krish Maniam & Co, Advocates and Solicitors.

As managing Partner of the legal firm, Datuk Seri Kumar specialises on commercial litigation works and over the years, he has accumulated vast hands-on experience in the areas of company acquisition, due-diligence, corporate takeovers, buy-outs, mergers & acquisitions, corporate restructuring, issuance of equity capital, bonds, warrants, and other financial instruments.

Despite being a boutique legal firm, Krish Maniam & Co. Does works for corporate organisations in Malaysia, Singapore, other parts of ASEAN countries, Sri Lanka, India, Greater China, USA and the United Kingdom. It also has affiliates in all major countries that it is involved in. The firm has also secured large account of foreign direct investments into Malaysia and was instrumental in many large foreign corporations investing in Malaysia.