Saturday, 29th February 2020, Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

Anuradha is a Partner, Trilegal and part of the dispute resolution team. Anuradha has extensive experience in foreign seated and domestic arbitrations as well as litigation in the Bombay and Karnataka High Courts, Supreme Court and other High Courts and lower courts across India. She also regularly advises and represents clients in matters before the National Company Law Tribunals. Anuradha's experience includes a wide range of high value arbitrations including disputes arising out of shareholder agreements, share purchase agreements and large construction projects. Illustratively, her experience includes representing several multinational corporations in joint venture disputes in India; representing some of the largest Indian Groups in their high value arbitrations including regarding construction of a refinery, pipeline projects, etc.; and pursuing claims for breach of representation and warranties under share purchase agreements. She brings a breadth of expertise in handling complex, high value disputes and has represented clients in cutting-edge commercial disputes including relating to derivative contracts and cross-border injunctions and transactions. She also appears on behalf of clients as an arguing counsel in arbitrations and courts.  Anuradha is an alumnus of the National Academy for Legal Studies and Research, Hyderabad. She is a member of the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa, India.

Baya’s LexArbitri handles as counsel or co-counsel, a portfolio of large, complex and high-value ad hoc and institutional arbitrations within and outside India with an aggregate sum in dispute of over US$19 billion, and is regularly sought out by upstream oil and gas contractors, EPC companies and insurance buyers, for disputes arising under contracts globally. He also appears before the Supreme Court of India and various High Courts in India, in commercial disputes.

Zarir is one of the founders of ZBA. ZBA is a boutique firm specializing in marine, offshore energy, commodities, insurance and asset recovery work for lenders. It has a broad commercial practice involving both contentious and non-contentious matters. Zarir has been a commercial lawyer and advocate for over 20 years. Zarir has extensive experience of international arbitration and has advised and conducted arbitrations in the shipping, insurance & reinsurance, trade and commodities, mining, multilateral lending and investment, construction, engineering and energy sectors. Notable amongst these was one of the first Burmese arbitrations conducted in Singapore arising out of a shareholder agreement relating to a brewery in Myanmar.

Lalit Bhasin is the managing partner of Bhasin & Company, and president of the Society of Indian Law Firms and the Bar Association of India. He is also president of the Indian Law Foundation. He is an honorary life member of the International Bar Association, chairman of CIArb India, and a member of the ICC Arbitration India Core Group. He is a past president of the Inter Pacific Bar Association and a former chairman of the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal of India. He is chairman of PHD Chamber of Commerce Committee on Americas. He is also chairman of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) Task Force on Legal Services. He is regional president of the Indo American Chamber of Commerce (IACC), besides being chair of staff committee and council member of the Services Export Promotion Council (SEPC).

• Claim under first Advance Loss of Profit Policy written in India in respect of destruction by cyclone of oil refinery and terminal under construction. At the time largest and longest arbitration heard in India;
• Claim in respect of cancelled hydro-electric project;
• Dispute in connection with fees for design and construction management of greenfield oil refinery;
• Dispute over construction and operation of BOOT Air Separation Plant for steel plant.

Nakul practises from Singapore, Delhi and London. He accepts appointments both as counsel, for international arbitration and international litigation, and as arbitrator. He specialises in disputes and international law advice relating to banking and finance, construction and engineering, corporate (joint venture/shareholder/partnership disputes), international commercial law (including media and telecommunications), mining, energy and natural resources. Nakul brings a significant level of experience to complex trials, interim applications, injunctions, appellate hearings, jurisdictional disputes and enforcement matters. He has appeared as counsel in setting aside and enforcement proceedings relating to international arbitration awards in all three jurisdictions. He has been appointed as arbitrator by the SIAC, ICC and LCIA, and also accepts ad hoc appointments.

Niti Dixit chairs the litigation and arbitration practice at S&R Associates.  She advises multinational and Indian clients on corporate and commercial litigation and arbitration, as well as corporate governance matters and internal investigations.  Niti represents clients in proceedings before Indian courts and tribunals, including the Supreme Court of India and in the High Courts, the National Company Tribunal and the Securities and Exchange Board of India and in international and domestic arbitration proceedings. Niti practised as counsel before the Supreme Court of India, the High Court of Delhi and other state high courts and tribunals focusing on constitutional law, corporate and commercial laws, employment law, intellectual property law and environmental law.  She was associated from 1992 to 1997 with the chambers of Soli J. Sorabjee (the former Attorney General for India). Niti received B.A. (Hons.) in History and LL.B. degrees from the University of Delhi and an LL.M. from the University of Cambridge.

Ms. Padmaja Kaul is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution practice at IndusLaw Delhi. She is adept at handling entire spectrum of commercial disputes. She has successfully represented clients in leading arbitrations across a variety of forums including international arbitrations under the Singapore International Arbitration Centre and International Chamber of Commerce. She has been representing Indian, foreign and multinational clients in their corporate and commercial disputes before various fora, including High courts, district courts and tribunals across the country as well as the Supreme Court of India. A significant part of her practice involves advising and representing clients on issues such as disputes with shareholders, insolvency, winding up, tortious claims, white collar crimes and employment disputes and investigations. Padmaja also regularly advises and represents clients across the insolvency ecosystem including the resolution professionals, creditors and resolution applicants before various National Company Law Tribunals and the Appellate Tribunal.

Ila is a dispute resolution Partner at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co (SAM & Co).  Prior to joining   SAM & Co, she worked at a leading international law firm in New York. Ila’s practice focusses on domestic and international arbitration related to complex commercial transactions. She regularly represents clients in arbitrations under different arbitration rules (ICSID, SIAC, ICC, AAA etc.) across diverse sectors. Her areas of expertise include joint venture and shareholder disputes, energy and construction. She also represents clients in the hospitality and telecom sectors.  Ila represents her clients in various High Courts across the country and in the Supreme Court of India. Ila is an alumnus of the London School of Economics and Cambridge University.  She is a member of the Bar Council of Delhi and New York Bar.

Quentin Pak is a Director with responsibility for leading Burford’s office in Singapore and for expanding Burford’s resources to support clients in Asia. Quentin works with corporations, law firms and insolvency practitioners in providing legal risk management and financing solutions, both in relation to Asia-based legal proceedings and for companies in the region involved in disputes in other jurisdictions.

Shaneen is qualified as an advocate and solicitor (both in Mumbai, and England & Wales. and a Partner in the dispute resolution practice at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas. She has over two decades of experience in dispute resolution and focuses on commercial disputes, both litigation and arbitration (domestic and international), and involving cross-border issues. Shaneen has represented and advised clients in international arbitrations, both ad hoc and under various institutional rules, including SIAC, LCIA and ICC and has also represented clients in several headlining matters before the Supreme Court, High Courts as well as other courts, tribunals and various regulatory forums across the country.

Sherina Petit is an international arbitration lawyer and leads the practice across Asia, Europe and the Middle East. She also heads the firm's India practice. Besides arbitration, she has significant experience in investor state disputes resolution, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and litigation. In addition to acting as counsel in arbitrations, she regularly sits as an arbitrator.

Dipen Sabharwal is a partner in White & Case's top-ranked international arbitration practice.  He serves as head of the Firm's EMEA Disputes Section for International Arbitration.

Dipen advises clients on cross-border disputes and acts as an advocate in international arbitrations. He is qualified to practice across three continents, in England and Wales, New York and India. Dipen's practice focuses on international arbitration – commercial, construction, and investment treaty. He has acted as counsel in arbitrations across the world, including in London, Geneva, New York, Singapore, Stockholm, Zurich, Riyadh and Tokyo. Dipen has experience of arbitrations conducted under all the major institutional regimes as well as ad hoc arbitrations. He has represented both sovereigns and corporate clients in a broad range of industries, including oil and gas, infrastructure, technology and media.

Prior to joining MCIA, Neeti has extensively worked in the field of International Commercial Arbitration, both as a private practitioner representing clients and as an administrator, facilitating the dispute resolution procedure. Neeti’s past professional experience includes working with some of the top Indian Law Firms like Trilegal and Economic Laws Practice. She has also worked at the International Arbitration Department of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Paris Office, besides being judicial clerk for Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Muralidhar of Delhi High Court.
Neeti has also worked with LCIA India as its First Deputy Registrar. She is also active in the academic circle and is an academic advisor at KIIT Law School, Orissa. Neeti is also a guest faculty at National Law University and at the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi. She is the Asia Pacific & Australasia Representative of YIAG, LCIA and a member of the steering committee of the Young ICCA Asia Pacific Desk. Ms Sachdeva has obtained a Masters in International Commercial Arbitration from Stockholm University, and has also undertaken a course in Private International Law from the Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague. She is regularly invited as a speaker at various conferences and conducts workshops in the field of arbitration.

Taeko advises Japanese corporations investing into and doing business in India, with a special focus on dispute resolution (litigation and arbitration) and regulatory work (criminal and competition related matters) in India. Taeko also handles jurisdictions such as Sri Lanka, Pakistan, UAE, Bangladesh, Nepal, Maldives, and other countries in South Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

David Brynmor Thomas QC is a globally recognised specialist in the conduct of complex, high-value, international commercial litigation and arbitration. He has extensive experience in handling disputes arising from long-term commercial relationships and construction projects across a range of industries, including energy and natural resources, transport and other infrastructure, manufacturing, ship-building and aviation. He has been counsel on cases involving projects and other assets in the United Kingdom, India, Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas.

Karishma has a busy commercial litigation and international arbitration practice. Her experience ranges from interim hearings (such as summary applications, anti-suit injunctions, freezing injunctions and hearings contesting jurisdiction) to complex cross-border trials. She specialises in business and banking disputes involving shareholder agreements, loan defaults and guarantees and general breaches of commercial contracts. She often undertakes cases where one or more legs of the proceedings is outside the UK such as before the National Company Law Tribunal in India.