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Sameer Shah

Advocate-Arbitrator-Mediator Director, CIArb (India Branch) INDIA

Sameer Shah

Advocate-Arbitrator-Mediator Director, CIArb (India Branch) INDIA

Mr. Sameer Shah, is a well-known International Arbitrator, Advocate and Mediator with over two decades of practice. he is the Program Director of the Indian Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London) - CIArb.Hehas been associated as a Panel Mediator Judge and Mentor with different teams participating in William C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition and International Moot Competition at Shanghai, China. Mr Shah regularly conducts training courses for CIArb-India at Mumbai , Delhi and Chennai for training professionals as Arbitrators. He was invited by the Commission under the Chairmanship of Justice B.N. Srikrishna (Retd.) to suggest reforms in arbitration practice and law in India. Apart from that, he has his own proprietary law firm at Ahmedabad, State of Gujrat, India under the name and style of S. U. SHAH & ASSOCIATES. Recently he was made the Senior Partner- Trust Legal, Ahmedabad office, having main office at New Delhi and branch at Kochi. He Actively promotes Mediation for ADR in India, Hong Kong and Nepal. Conducting trainings and workshops for Mediation development and also giving coaching to students and other professional on Mediation and Advicacy skills for it. He is Currently promoting Online Mediation training and proceedings.

Tejas Karia

Partner and Head of Arbitration, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.

Tejas Karia

Partner and Head of Arbitration, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.

Tejas Karia is a Partner and Head of Arbitration with Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. with immense experience in handling International Commercial Arbitrations across various sectors, he has represented multinational and Indian corporations in Ad Hoc and Institutional Arbitrations seated in India, London and Singapore. Regularly sitting as an Arbitrator, Mr. Karia has been part of the committee of the Law Commission of India responsible for recommending amendments to the Indian Arbitration Act. Additionally, he also served on the High-Powered Committee for Institutionalization of Arbitration in India. Mr. Karia is a member of SIAC Court of Arbitration and Governing Council of Indian Law Society and also serves as Vice-Chairman of Society of Construction Law – India and Director of Indian Arbitration Forum and CIArb – India. He has ranked in ‘Band 2’ for arbitration by Chambers & Partners and is recognised as a ‘Distinguished Lawyer’ in dispute resolution by Asialaw Profiles. Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration lists him as a ‘Global Leader’. Benchmark Litigation recognises him as ‘Dispute Resolution Star’ and Legal 500 lists him as ‘Leading Individual’ for Arbitration.

Ratan K.Singh

Sr. Advocate and Arbitrator Director, India: CIArb, (UK) Chairman, India: SCL (UK)

Ratan K.Singh

Sr. Advocate and Arbitrator Director, India: CIArb, (UK) Chairman, India: SCL (UK)

Ratan K Singh is a Senior Advocate based in New Delhi. He is one of the leading arbitrators and counsels who is appointed and engaged in complex, high-value commercial litigation and arbitration. With about 25 years of experience, he has a heavyweight practice in India, as well as internationally, with specialties in construction, engineering, infrastructure, mining, and general commercial and civil disputes. Sir has also received numerous arbitral appointments as chair, wing arbitrator and has represented parties in complex, high-value domestic and international arbitrations. Sir maintains a close connection with academics and is a passionate peripatetic professor, teaching courses on construction disputes, construction law, international arbitration, effective advocacy in arbitration, and related themes. He has frequent speaking engagements in conferences and seminars in India and abroad, and he regularly delivers distinguished lectures to a variety of audiences from students to experienced practitioners to executive members of corporate giants.

Vyapak Desai

Head- International Disputes & Investigations, Nishith Desai Associates

Vyapak Desai

Head- International Disputes & Investigations, Nishith Desai Associates

Vyapak Desai heads the International Dispute Resolution and Investigation Practice at the multi-skilled, research, and strategy-driven international law firm, Nishith Desai Associates. A senior attorney with the firm, he specializes in bringing in the highest level of analytical arrangement in cross-border complex disputes while also leading the Corporate and Securities practice in the past at the firm. He is known for his reasonable, pragmatic, and solution-oriented approach, Mr. Desai is also a trained Mediator and an experienced arbitrator in international commercial arbitrations. His vast experience in legislation includes representing clients as Counsel in a host of complex cases including investment treaty arbitrations, commercial disputes related to shareholders agreements, international trade, and across industries such as oil & gas, infrastructure, construction, private equity funds, and TMT. Over time, the law has become more intricate and intertwined. In keeping with change, Vyapak has cultivated expertise in insolvency and corporate law as well as in investigation/white collar crimes. Currently serving as the Co-chair-council of MCIA, Director of CIArb India Branch, Member, Advisory Board, MARC (Mauritius), member of ICC India Group, member of IBA and IPBA, Mr. Desai has also been listed on the Panel of Arbitrators of SIAC, AIAC, LCIA, THIAC, BVI IAC and NCDEX (SEBI). Highlighting law as a dynamic discipline, Vyapak has co-authored a chapter in the book titled “Enforcing Arbitral Awards in India” published by Lexis-Nexis 2017. Additionally, Mr. Desai has been credited with writing several articles and speaking on various forums internationally.

Surjendu Sankar Das

AOR, Supreme Court; Counsel; Arbitration Practitioner

Surjendu Sankar Das

AOR, Supreme Court; Counsel; Arbitration Practitioner

Mr. Surjendu Sankar Das practices law as Advocate-on-Record(AOR) of the Supreme Court of India. Besides that, he regularly handles cases before various High Courts, Trial Courts and statutory Tribunals across the country. He has significant experience in complex trials, appellate matters, writ matters and commercial cases and dispute advisory. Mr. Das's forte is arbitration and he successfully handled several complex international, domestic arbitrations relatingto Construction, Oil and Gas, Power Project, Telecom and Shareholder's disputes, apart from challenge and enforcement proceedings. He has represented a wide range of Indian and foriegn clients both in litigation and arbitration. He is an empanelled advocate with several Public Sector Undertakings in India. He is also a standing counsel for the State of Goa. He is a member of the Core Committe of CIArb Young memeber Group. Mr. Das is a former Dispute Resolution Partner of Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co., New Delhi.

Veeraraghavan Inbavijayan

Managing Partner, KoVe Global LLP

Veeraraghavan Inbavijayan

Managing Partner, KoVe Global LLP

V.Inbavijayan was educated at Dr.Ambedkar Govt. Law College, University of Madras. On completion of his legal education, he took up litigation practice at High Court of Madras (1997). His enthusiasm towards ADR made him to pursue whole time arbitration practice since 2001. So far he has presided as sole arbitrator and represented as counsel in over 350 domestic cases, several thousands of small-claims commercial/financial arbitrations and 14 international arbitrations. His areas of practice includes international commercial arbitration, maritime arbitration, international trade & contracts, IPR, construction disputes, finance & banking disputes, securities market, JVs, L/Cs, ADR, sale of goods, domain name disputes and investment disputes. He has been accredited as an arbitrator in HKIAC (Hong Kong), CIETAC, BAC & SHIAC (China), AIAC (Malaysia), DIAC & EMAC (Dubai), CRCICA (Egypt), ICADR & ICA (India), CIDRA & NYIAC (USA) and various other regional & national arbitration institutions. To add up, he is a co-founder and former Secretary of an arbitration institution, CNICA and inducted as member of ICCA. He is a Regional Pathway Leader for International & Domestic Arbitration, Construction djudication & Mediation Courses, Course Director and fully Approved Tutor of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK and had been listed in the 2008 edition of International Who’s Who of Commercial Arbitrators.

Ish Jain

International Arbitrator and Senior Partner at Regius Legal LLP

Ish Jain

International Arbitrator and Senior Partner at Regius Legal LLP

- FCIArb, FHKIArb, FMIArb, CIA (AiADR), SFBiam, FPD, FFICA, FIDRC ·Qualified Lawyer in India ·Practice Area: Property, Technology, Aviation & Space, White Collar Crime, Contractual & Cross-Border Disputes, Maritime, Art Law, Domain Name Disputes. ·Empaneled with the Hon’ble High Court at Bombay, India ·International Arbitrator: Empaneled in India, UK, Singapore, Malaysia, Bangladesh and Thailand. ·Senior Partner- Reigus Legal LLP ·Awarded “Future Legal Leaders’ award by IBLJ- Vantage Asia, Hong Kong, ·Awarded “Top 50 Legal Falcon’ Award at the LexTalk World’s Global Hybrid Conference 2021, Dubai ·Awarded ‘Indian Achiever Award in Domestic and International Arbitration’ by Indian Achievers Forum & CSR Times, India ·Ph.D. Candidate in International Arbitration Law ·LLM in Information Technology Law, LLM in Air and Space (pursuing), LLM in International Commercial and Arbitration Law.

Jeevan Ballav Panda

Partner at Khaitan & Co.

Jeevan Ballav Panda

Partner at Khaitan & Co.

Jeevan is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution and Employment, Lbour and Benefits Practice Group in the New Delhi office. He brings with him more than twelve years of experience in advising on complex commercial, civil disputes and arbitrations (both domestic and international) Jeevan focusses on handling complex contractual disputes, commercial ltigation and arbitrations and related pre litigation advisory. Recently , Jeevan has successfully acted for MNCs and PSUs in high stake arbitrations against government entities and private parties and between private players particularly in the railway, construction and infrastructure sector. Jeevan also regularly argues matters before coourts and arbitral tribunals. Jeevan also focuses on labour and employment related issues from a litigation standpoint involving structuring senior management contracts and exits, disciplinary/domestic inquiries, sexual harrassment at workplace, reorganisation and trade union related issues, complliances under various labour legislations including those relating to social security benefits, industrial disputes.

Denson Joseph

Partner- JNSS Legal Cell

Denson Joseph

Partner- JNSS Legal Cell

Advocate Denson Joseph is an excellent Litigator and an Arbitrator par excellence.Besides being an LL.B. he is also a B.E. with a Diploma in International Trade.He is a name that is revered with great respect and a leading name in the legal fraternity. He is also an expert in business development and brand management. Further he is a social Activist and a passionate Environmentalist and has spearheaded some of the finest anti-polythene and anti - pollution campaigns in the Delhi - NCR region.Besides Legal Practice he has about 15+ years of experience in the automotive Industry & International trade and is also widely travelled across the globe.He presently represents matters before the HERC Chandigarh, NCDRC Delhi, NGT Delhi, NCLT Delhi, RERA, SOCIETIES/RTI, ARBITRATION TRIBUNALS in Panchkula & Chadigarh respectively, District Courts in Delhi, Faridabad & Gurgaon & the HIGH COURTS across the Country in the areas of WRITs, PILs, CIVIL, CRIMINAL, CORPORATE & CYBER LAW. He presides over arbitration proceedings across India. He excels in crisp pin-pointed drafting and delivering articulate Arguments and to cap it all he is a TED X speaker.

Dharam Jumani

Counsel, Chambers of Mr. S.U. Kamdar, Senior Advocate & CIArb YMG Global Steering Committee Member

Dharam Jumani

Counsel, Chambers of Mr. S.U. Kamdar, Senior Advocate & CIArb YMG Global Steering Committee Member

He is Counsel (Chambers of Mr. S. U. Kamdar, SC) & Arbitrator. Dharam receives instructions as sole or junior Counsel across a range of commercial and constitutional litigation as well as ad hoc and institutional commercial arbitration proceedings. He regularly appears before the Bombay High Court, the National Company Law Tribunals, Maharashtra Real Estate Appellate Tribunal and before arbitral tribunals seated in India and abroad. Dharam has extensive experience in handling litigations across various fora and arbitrations, seated in India and abroad, for leading Indian and international banks in relation to foreign exchange derivative transactions. In the last couple of years, Dharam has also gathered substantial media law experience. He has been regularly appearing in litigation and arbitration proceedings on behalf of the leading actors, directors and production houses of the Indian film industry, and also on behalf of India's only television rating agency.He regularly is appointed as an arbitrator in domestic arbitrations, and accepts appointment as an arbitrator in international arbitrations. Dharam was appointed to the Global Steering Committee of the CIArb Young Members Group in January, 2019. He was also admitted as a Fellow of the CIArb in February, 2019 and as a Fellow of Prime Dispute in March, 2019.

Kunwar Singh

Founder & Managing Advocate - KPS Advocates

Kunwar Singh

Founder & Managing Advocate - KPS Advocates

Mr. Kunwar Singh is founder and managing advocate at KPS Advocates. He is a Law graduate with proficiency in General and Commercial Laws mainly Arbitration, IPR, Contracts, Cyber Laws and othe Mercantile Laws. He is enrolled with Bar Council of Delhi. He has been appointed as Sole Arbitrator in number of casess and is also a registered Trademark Attorney. He is a member of Gurgaon District Bar Association, Saket Court Bar Association and Delhi High Court Bar Association. Mr. Singh is also and avid speaker and has spoken at the events organized by International Trademark Association (INTA), Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and othe rEducational Institutions. KPS Advocates acted as a Knowledge Partner to the National Moot Court Competition organized by DME College of Law, Noida.

Abhishek Birthry

Arbitrator

Abhishek Birthry

Arbitrator

He is essentially a dispute resolution professional having over twelve years of experience in handling matters related to general civil litigation, and alternate dispute resolution across various sectors such as infrastructure, broadcasting, telecom, consumer, power, pharmaceuticals, real estate, mining and retail etc. He has been representing foriegn and domestic companies in array of matters before various Courts and Tribunals including the Supreme Court in India, various High Courts, District & Sessions Courts, National Company Law Tribunal, National Green Tribunal, Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal, Electricity Commission and Appallete Tribunal, Consumer Forums & Commission and Industrial Tribunals etc. He is represnting clients in various high state international commercial arbitrations, domestic arbitrations as well as in the matters of enforcements of foreign arbitral awards in India. I have been mostly dealing with disputes arising out of complex and intricate commerciall contracts, particularly related to construction of Roads and Bridges, Refineries, Offshore Platforms, Metro Rail, Power Plants, Broadcasting Services, Passive Infrastructure Services, Software Services, Manufacturing and Supply etc.

Senior Advisors

Sameer Shah

Tejas Karia

Ratan K.Singh

Vyapak Desai

Surjendu Sankar Das

Veeraraghavan Inbavijayan

Ish Jain

Jeevan Ballav Panda

Denson Joseph

Dharam Jumani

Kunwar Singh

Abhishek Birthry

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