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Nish Shetty is Head of Litigation & Dispute Resolution (Asia-Pacific) for Clifford Chance. He is regarded as a leading expert in the field of dispute resolution. Nish has advised on some of the most complex cross-jurisdictional disputes in recent years in Asia Pacific. Nish is on the panel of arbitrators of the key arbitral institutions in the region. He is also the first in Asia to be appointed as a Judge of Appeal on the FIA International Court of Appeal in Paris.

Nish is ranked as a “Leading Individual” in dispute resolution by the major legal directories including Chambers, Legal 500, IFLR 1000 and is identified amongst the leading international arbitration practitioners in the world by International Who’s Who of Commercial Arbitration.

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, Vyapak 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. Known for his reasonable, pragmatic and solution-oriented approach, Vyapak is also a trained Mediator and an experienced arbitrator in international commercial arbitrations.

Vyapak’s 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. The law has become more intricate and intertwined. Keeping in sync, Vyapak has cultivated expertise in insolvency and corporate law as well as in investigation/white collar crimes.

Vyapak is 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. He 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 also co-authored a chapter in the book titled Enforcing Arbitral Awards in India published by Lexis-Nexis 2017 in addition to writing several articles and speaking on various forum internationally.

Dr Aditya Sondhi is a Senior Advocate practising before the Supreme Court of India.
He appears extensively in arbitration matters, both domestic and international, and acts as arbitrator as well.
Dr Sondhi has taught a course on arbitration at the National Law School of India University and is an Advisor to the newly-founded Arbitration Bar of India.
He has spoken widely on ADR at various conferences across the country.

Adrian Winstanley is an independent arbitrator at Arbitra Chambers, London, a mediator and ADR consultant, with extensive experience of disputes arising from a wide range of contractual relationships including commodity trading, insurance, shipping, telecommunications, construction and infrastructure, oil and gas exploration and
production, shareholders’ agreements and mergers and acquisitions.

Adrian has over 25 years’ industry experience, primarily as the Head of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) and latterly as a high-level consultant and ADR rules draftsman, sand also as arbitrator and mediator.

He has acquired unparalleled experience and expertise in every aspect of the conduct of international and domestic arbitration, mediation and other forms of dispute resolution, and in the development and management of arbitration centres.

Prior to his career as consultant and independent neutral, Adrian was as a member of the Clifford Chance arbitration team before taking the role of Registrar of the LCIA in 1997 and of Director General of the LCIA in 2000. Adrian actively oversaw every step in the administration of many hundreds of arbitrations, and of many mediations and adjudications, arising from a wide range of commercial enterprises and in many jurisdictions.

Adrian was Secretary-Treasurer of the International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions (IFCAI) from 2000 to 2009; and a Vice President of IFCAI from 2009 to 2013. He played a pivotal role in the establishment and operation of DIFC-LCIA (Dubai); of LCIA-India (Delhi) whose operations have reverted to London (with the Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration (MCIA) now taking the lead in India); and of LCIA-MIAC (Mauritius), now the independent MIAC; in the process acquiring valuable insight into commercial arbitration in the Gulf, Asia, and Africa, as well as in the UK.

He is a member of the panels of arbitrators of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC); ICDR (AAA-ICDR); KCAB International, Seoul (KCAB), and the Oman Commercial Arbitration Centre (OCAC).

In 2013, Adrian was awarded the OBE for services to international arbitration.

“It would be hard to argue against the proposition that Winstanley is one of the chief architects of the success of London as a centre for international dispute resolution .” (Commercial Dispute Resolution Magazine, February 2014)

Bindi Dave is a Co-Managing Partner of M/s. Wadia Ghandy & Co. Bindi joined the firm in the year 1995 as an articled clerk, obtained her law degree from the Mumbai University in 1996 and qualified as a Solicitor from the Bombay Incorporated Law Society in 1998. Bindi became a Partner in the firm in the year 2003.

Bindi heads the Disputes practice in the firm. She specialises in corporate commercial litigation and arbitration matters. Bindi represents clients in matters regarding private equity investment disputes, shareholder litigations, enforcement of security interest, recovery of debts including NCDs, FCCBs, OCBs, documentary credits, insolvency proceedings, derivative actions, constitutional litigation, land/ real estate disputes, infrastructure disputes, food safety disputes and partnership disputes.

Apart from being an Advocate on Record in the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, Bindi regularly appears before the Hon’ble Bombay High Court, Arbitral Tribunals, the National Company Law Tribunal and the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal.

Bindi also acts as an arbitrator in commercial arbitrations.

Carsten van de Sande is a partner in the Dispute Resolution Practice Group of Hengeler Mueller Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He has particular experience acting as counsel in post-M&A arbitrations as well as arbitrations involving complex commercial or technical contracts or innovative technologies. In addition to his counsel work, he frequently sits as an arbitrator and also represents clients in enforcement and annulment proceedings and proceedings for interim measures in German state courts. Carsten van de Sande is admitted to practice in New York and is a member of Hengeler Mueller’s India Practice. Carsten van de Sande is described by clients as “thorough, pragmatic, always thinks way outside the box” and as having a “unique flair for procedures and clients” (JUVE).

Selected Work Highlights

• Representing one of the world’s largest transport companies in a post-M&A dispute governed by New York law (ICC, London)
• Representing a large chemical producer in a post M&A arbitration regarding purchase price adjustment claims (DIS, Frankfurt am Main)
• Representing a DAX 30 company against a UAE state-owned oil company (ICC, Abu Dhabi).
• Representing a DAX 30 company in a post-M&A dispute regarding warranty claims (DIS, Frankfurt am Main)
• Representing a German retail company in a commercial dispute arising out of its withdrawal from the Russian market (DIS, Frankfurt am Main)
• Representing an Indian engineering company in a contract dispute with a Swiss company (DIS, Munich)
• Representing a DAX 30 company against another DAX 30 company in a major post-M&A dispute involving claims under US environmental law (Ad hoc, Düsseldorf).
• Representing GEA Group in a USD 300m arbitration against Flex-N-Gate, a US automotive supplier (DIS, Frankfurt) and in related state court proceedings.

Accolades (selection)

• Who’s Who Legal: National Leader in Arbitration, Germany (2024, 2023, 2022).
• Best Lawyers / Handelsblatt: Best Lawyer for Arbitration and Mediation, Litigation and International Arbitration, Germany (2024, 2023, 2022).
• JUVE: Recommended Lawyer for Commercial Litigation and Liability and Arbitration/Mediation (2023/24, 2022/23, 2021/22).
• Benchmark Litigation Europe: Litigation Star (2021).

Domitille has nearly 30 years of experience in dispute resolution and specialises in both international commercial arbitration and investment treaty arbitration. She has been involved in over 100 international disputes, in both ad hoc and administered arbitrations, including under the rules of UNCITRAL, the ICC, LCIA, Swiss Arbitration Centre, SCC Arbitration Institute, ICSID and SIAC, governed by various arbitration and substantive laws, both common law and civil law, and international law.

Hailed as “among the most recognised global practitioners in the field” in Who’s Who Thought Leaders, Arbitration, 2022, Domitille brings a strategic 360-degree view to every case thanks to her extensive experience as arbitrator, including presiding arbitrator. She focuses on commercial and investment disputes across different sectors, in particular energy, mining, pharma and technology. Domitille also advises clients on the challenge of arbitral awards before state courts and other arbitration-related applications.

Gary Born is the Chair of the International Arbitration Practice Group at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. He is widely regarded as the world’s preeminent authority on international commercial arbitration and international litigation. He has been ranked for the past 20 years as one of the world’s leading international arbitration practitioners and the leading arbitration practitioner in London. Mr. Born has served as counsel in more than 675 international arbitrations, including several of the largest arbitrations in ICC and ad hoc history, and has sat as arbitrator in more than 250 institutional and ad hoc arbitrations. He also recently served as President of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) Court of Arbitration.

Mr. Born has represented European, US, Asian and other companies in arbitrations under all leading institutional rules (ICC, LCIA, AAA, Vienna, Stockholm, ICSID) and in ad hoc arbitrations in all leading international seats (London, Paris, Geneva/Zurich, Vienna, Stockholm, New York, Washington, Singapore). He has particular experience in public international law and state-related disputes, oil and gas, joint venture, investor-state, M&A, investment banking and other financial services, project finance, energy, intellectual property and insurance disputes.

Mr. Born is the author of International Commercial Arbitration (3rd ed. Kluwer 2021), the pre-eminent treatise in the field, as well as International Arbitration: Law and Practice (3rd ed. Kluwer 2021) and a number of other notable works on international dispute resolution.

Mr. Born is ranked by peers and clients as one of the leading international arbitration practitioners in the world. He is the only lawyer globally to achieve “Star” status for international arbitration in Chambers and Partners guides. Chambers and Partners also recognized him for his “Outstanding Contribution to the Legal Profession,” describing him as the world’s foremost authority on international arbitration and litigation, “in a class of his own” and “revered around the world for his work on international commercial and investor arbitration.” Among other accolades, he received the Global Arbitration Review’s inaugural “Advocate of the Year” award and has been named several times as “Best International Arbitration Practitioner” by Client Choice and “London Lawyer of the Year” for international arbitration by Best Lawyers. Legal Media Group named him the “World’s Best International Litigator.”

Gourab Banerji is a Senior Advocate, based in New Delhi, who practices mainly before the Supreme Court of India in the constitutional and commercial field. He has particular expertise in arbitration, both domestic and international. He was Additional Solicitor General of India in the Supreme Court from 2009 to 2014. In that capacity he represented the Government of India in a number of important cases. For instance, in Republic of Italy v Union of India (The Italian Marines case), he successfully represented the Government in persuading the Court to hold that India had concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute Italian marines accused of shooting Indian fishermen with the Exclusive Economic Zone of India. He has appeared as an advocate in a large number of domestic and international commercial arbitrations seated in India and abroad (Singapore, Hong Kong, London, Amsterdam, etc.). He specializes in high stake and high value commercial litigation before the Courts. He has been party to various reports which have led to reform in India’s arbitration law. After stepping down as the Additional Solicitor General of India in 2014, he joined Essex Court Chambers as an Overseas Associate, and is presently associated with them.

Haigreve is a Senior Partner and heads the Corporate/M&A and Private Equity  practice at the Firm. He is an elected member of the National Executive  Committee of the Firm which is responsible for the firm’s strategic growth and  development. He advises companies, boards of directors and financial  institutions on a wide range of corporate matters, including mergers and  acquisitions, private equity investments, corporate governance, corporate  restructuring and other corporate and securities laws matters.  

He has been involved in some of the most high-profile and complex M&A and  private equity transactions in India and is sought after for his expertise by  some of the most prominent Indian promoters, Indian and international  companies, Indian regulatory agencies as well as some of the largest global  funds investing in India. He advises a range of large Indian conglomerates and  multinational clients in various business sectors, including financial services,  manufacturing, retail, infrastructure, steel, software and information  technology.  

▪ Enrolled as an Advocate in July, 1977 with Bar Council of Delhi and started practicing in Delhi. Conducted cases of all types with specialization in Constitutional cases, Labour – Service Matters and Arbitration Matters. Was counsel for numerous Public Sector Undertakings, Educational Institutions, Banks & Financial Institutions and various Private Sector Corporations. Was also a law teacher in Campus Law Centre, Delhi University from 1984-89. Was Vice-President, Delhi High Court Bar Association during 1994-95. Was member of the Governing Body of various colleges from time to time. Designated as Senior Advocate by Delhi High Court on 30th September, 1997.

▪ Appointed as Judge of High Court of Delhi w.e.f. 7th July, 1999. Became the Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court w.e.f. 10th October, 2011 and was elevated as the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court w.e.f. 23rd September, 2012. Elevated as Judge, Supreme Court of India on 12th April, 2013. As a Judge, dealt with all kinds of jurisdictions and given many landmark judgments. Has attended/ chaired various national and international seminars and workshops and presented number of papers therein. Many articles are published in various magazines. Has authored about two thousand reported judgments in his judicial career. He has also authored many landmarking judgments in the area of human rights viz., Transgenders, Euthanasia, Disability, Child trafficking, Sentencing, Child Labour, Juvenile Delinquents, etc.

▪ Has also rendered numerous judgments in the field of commercial and arbitration laws, tax laws, Intellectual Property matters and economic laws. In arbitration law itself, judgments are more than 200 in the High Court and Supreme Court.

▪ Was chosen as one of the 50 most influential persons in Intellectual Property in the world in the survey conducted by prestigious international organisation viz. Managing Intellectual Property Association (MIPA) for the year 2007 in recognition to his contribution to the growth of Intellectual Property Laws through his judgment.

▪ After retirement, he is working as an Arbitrator and Mediator and doing both domestic as well as international arbitrations in the capacity of Chair or Co-arbitrator as nominated by the Parties.

▪ Was appointed as part-time teacher in Faculty of Law, University of Delhi and worked in that capacity during 1984-89. Even after elevation to the Bench, continued to visit various law schools for giving special lectures. Has been a resource person for imparting training to the Judges in National Judicial Academy (India) as well as State Judicial Academies.

Justice David W. Riwkin is a Judge at the Singapore International Commercial Court. He served as the Co-Chair of Debevoise & Plimpton’s ESG/Business Integrity Group and former Co-Chair of its International Dispute Resolution Group.  He served as President of the International Bar Association in 2015-2016, the first American to serve in that role in 25 years.  As IBA President, he led major projects on judicial integrity, business and human rights, climate change, human trafficking, and the independence of the legal profession, among others.  He regularly spoke about the important role of lawyers in preserving the rule of law.  

Mr. Riwkin is consistently ranked as one of the top international dispute resolution advocates and arbitrators in the world.  He has handled international arbitrations throughout the world and before virtually every major arbitration institution, and he has won some of the largest investment treaty and commercial arbitration awards.  Subjects of these arbitrations have included long-term energy and natural resources concessions, investment treaties, joint venture agreements, pharmaceutical agreements, financial issues, insurance coverage, construction contracts, distribution agreements and intellectual property, among others, and they have involved common law, civil law, and Islamic law systems. He also represents companies in transnational litigation in the US, including the enforcement of arbitral awards and arbitration agreements, and he works actively with clients on various ESG-focused issues.  He has authored many articles and frequently spoken about international arbitration and litigation. Mr. Rivkin has served in leadership roles in arbitration institutions on five continents, including currently as Co-Chair of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and as a member of the Council of the Mumbai Centre fro International Arbitration.

In 2012, the American Lawyer’s Am Law Litigation Daily named Mr. Rivkin one of two “Global Lawyers of the Year.” In 2011, the National Law Journal named him one of the country’s “Most Influential Attorneys.”   The American Lawyer quoted a General Counsel as follows:  “The thing that impresses me about lawyers is when they come up with better answers to problems than I do. Every once in a while, you encounter a lawyer who has really created the better answers. David W. Rivkin is that lawyer.”

Justice Mittal had an illustrious legal practice in all courts in Delhi and other judicial forums since 1981 and was invited to the Bench of the Delhi High Court as a Judge on 16th July 2004. She took charge as the Acting Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court on 14th April 2017, which position she held till August 2018. On 11th August 2018, Justice Gita Mittal was sworn in as the first woman Chief Justice for the State of Jammu & Kashmir. 

Currently, Justice Gita Mittal is  holding the following positions:

1.Chairperson of the Broadcasting Contents Complaints Council (BCCC), an Independent self regulatory body set up by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation.

2.Patron, Justice Leila Seth Foundation.

3.National President, Indian Scout &  Guides Fellowship, No.16,M.G. Marg, I.P. Estate, New Delhi-110002.

4.On the advisory Board of SAMPARK, an NGO engaged in empowerment of women and  migrant construction workers.

5.Chairperson, Advisory Board of the Bangladesh India Mediators Forum [“BIMF”]

Justice Mittal has presided over several jurisdictions including PIL matters, the Original Side, Company Appeals,  criminal appeals involving life and death sentence references; matters of the Armed Forces; Cooperative Societies; Criminal Contempt References; Criminal Appeals: Death References; Company Appeals; Writ Petitions challenging the constitutional validity of any Act or rule among other matters. Justice Mittal’s judgments had a widespread impact.Justice Mittal has been a Chancellor/Member, Governing Bodies, Advisory Boards/Academic Council of National Law University Delhi, Lady Shriram College for Women, National Law University Jodhpur, Law Centre India of Cornell University, Indian Law Institute and SAARC Law.

Received the following Awards:

1.Nari Shakti Puruskar Award, the highest civilian honor for women in India conferred by the President of India in 2018.  

2.Arline Pacht Global Vision Award 2021 by the International Association of Women Judges, in the year 2021.

3.Justice P. N. Bhagwati Award, 2019 awarded by the Capital Foundation in recognition of her outstanding contribution in the field of Judicial Administration.

4.V-Wa50 Lifetime Achievement Award on 30th July, 2021.

Lara Hammoud is a globally sought-after arbitrator, recognised for her extensive expertise in international arbitration. She is a qualified French lawyer and has over twenty years’ experience in international arbitration. Prior to becoming a full-time arbitrator in July 2024, Lara spent a decade as in-house counsel heading the Disputes team at Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). Prior to ADNOC, Lara started her career in Paris at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) before moving to private practice with a Magic Circle law firm in Paris and Abu  Dhabi.

Lara has acted as tribunal chair, sole and party-appointed arbitrator in both common and civil law jurisdictions under UNCITRAL, DIAC, DIFC-LCIA, SIAC, BCDR, ADCCAC, ArbitrateAD and ICC arbitration rules seated in Europe, Asia and the Middle-East.

Lara is the co-founder of the highly successful Civil Law Conference in Abu Dhabi. She is the writer and editor of numerous articles and books relating to international arbitration and regularly appears as a speaker at international conferences and arbitration workshops.

Lara is regularly recognised in the directories including most recently Who’s Who Legal, Arbitration 2024 and Chambers & Partners, Most In Demand Arbitrators, UAE 2024.

Lara speaks fluent Arabic, English and French and is proficient in Italian. She is a member of the ArbitrateAD Court of Arbitration and the ICC Commission on Arbitration & ADR.

Mr. Milind Sathe is a Senior Advocate practising before the Supreme Court of India and the Bombay High Court. He has served as the President of the Bombay Bar Association. Mr. Sathe has an extensive experience in arbitration and commercial litigation, and

acts as an arbitrator as well.

Joined Bar in 1982.

Chambered with Mr. Justice D. R. Dhanuka (Former Judge Bombay High Court) from 1983 – 1990 till he was elevated as Judge Bombay High Court.

Practicing at Supreme Court of India and Bombay High Court – Bombay, Aurangabad and Goa primarily doing Writ Petitions and other Civil and Commercial Matters.

Designated Senior Advocate by Bombay High Court in 2005.

Appeared in Supreme Court of India in large number of cases including (i) Constitutional Validity of Public Premises Act, (ii) Constitutional Validity of Sick Textile Mills Act before Constitution Bench, (iii) Constitutional Validity of Bombay Rent Act and Maharashtra Rent Act and MHADA Act before Five Judges and Seven Judges Benches in the Supreme Court.

Appeared in Supreme Court before the Nine Judge Bench on the issue of interpretation of Article 31B and the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution.

Appeared in Supreme Court before Nine Judge Bench on the issue of Validity of Entry Tax Laws.

Appeared before the Supreme Court in cases relating to Pricing and Allocation of Natural Gas.

Have appeared before High Court at Bombay, Goa, Aurangabad and Nagpur in several cases including (i) In case challenging nomination of 3 Ladies to State Assembly of Goa and Constitutional Validity of Constitution (39 th Constitution) Amendment Act.

Have appeared in several Public Interest Litigations, Legal Aid matters and as Amicus Curiae.

Senior Counsel for State of Maharashtra, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and several other Corporations and Public Sector Units.

Have conducted large numbers of Domestic and International Commercial Arbitrations.

Nakul is a Senior Advocate designated by the Supreme Court of India, and also a Barrister and tenant at the internationally acclaimed chambers Twenty Essex. He is called to the Bar in India, Singapore and England & Wales. Nakul has deep experience and market know-how for disputes and international law advice in sectors such as international arbitration, banking and finance, construction, corporate (joint venture/shareholder/partnership disputes), international commercial law, including media and telecommunications and mining, energy and natural resources.

In the course of a 17 year career, Nakul has appeared in numerous cases before trial and appellate courts in all three jurisdictions, as well as in international arbitrations. He brings a significant level of experience as an advocate and cross examiner for complex trials, interim applications, injunctions, appellate hearings, jurisdictional disputes and enforcement matters. He is well equipped to deal with all hearings and stages of the dispute resolution process including assisting in oral and written advocacy, drafting statements of the case, skeletal arguments, witness statements, memorials, appeal documents and opinions.

Nakul has been appointed as arbitrator by the SIAC, LCIA, ICC and has extensive experience as Counsel in ad hoc and institutional arbitration proceedings.

Nicholas is an Independent Advocate & Arbitrator based in London.

He is an English law qualified solicitor-advocate specialising as counsel in international arbitration and sitting as arbitrator. Nicholas has sat as an arbitrator on India-related disputes in London, Singapore, and various seats in India under institutional rules and ad hoc.

Nicholas has enjoyed a 25+ year career in international dispute resolution. He previously practised in the dispute resolution groups of two international law firms (Herbert Smith Freehills and Bird & Bird) and was a partner for over 15 years, including heading up the Singapore arbitration practice of Herbert Smith Freehills, and the London arbitration practice of Bird & Bird. He has been heavily involved acting on India-related commercial and investment treaty disputes for the last 20 years.

Nicholas has handled cases as counsel or arbitrator across numerous industry sectors including energy, power, financial services, life sciences, leisure, maritime services, aviation, telecoms, media, technology, manufacturing, insurance/reinsurance, and consumer goods. Nicholas has also acted for and against State governments on commercial disputes.

Ms Pallavi S. Shroff is the managing partner at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas with over 34 years of extensive experience. Her broad and varied representation of public and private corporations and other entities before legal institutions has earned her national and international acclaim. Ms Shroff is the lead litigation partner at the firm, with knowledge in matters of dispute resolution and arbitration.

Ms Shroff has represented several companies including Apollo Tyres, Coal India, ACC Limited and Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital (to name but a few) in competition law cases before the Competition Commission of India and the Competition Appellate Tribunal.
Ms Shroff is presently a director on the boards of prestigious Indian companies such as Apollo Tyres; Trident Group; GE Capital Services; Maruti Suzuki India Ltd; and Juniper Hotels Ltd.
Ms Shroff has been recognised in the “Most Powerful Women in Indian Business” list by Business Today for three years. For her legal acumen and thought leadership, Ms Shroff is frequently featured in several international publications. According to Chambers Asia Pacific 2015, Pallavi Shroff earns particular accolades for her work on behavioural matters, where she is considered to be “a master in her subject and very much acquainted with the procedure of the law.”

She was a key member of the high-powered SVS Raghavan committee, which contributed to formulating the legal framework for the new competition law and a draft of the new Competition Act, besides being part of the standing committee of Parliament reviewing the Competition Act 2000.

Patrick Taylor is a partner in the London office of Debevoise & Plimpton, Co-Chair of the firm’s Africa Practice Group and member of the firm’s France Desk. His practice focuses on commercial and investment treaty arbitration, with particular experience in the pharmaceuticals, energy, and telecommunications & technology sectors.

Qualified in England & Wales and Ireland as a solicitor-advocate, Mr. Taylor has advised and represented clients in disputes throughout the world.

Mr. Taylor’s practice is geared towards advising clients in the most high-stakes, complex and valuable disputes, and he regularly advises clients on investment protection and investment dispute settlements in high-risk jurisdictions; shareholder, joint venture, collaboration, distribution, licensing, post-M&A and general contractual disputes; tax-related disputes; fiscal and legislative stabilisation rights; and complex damages nalysis.

Mr. Taylor frequently sits as an arbitrator.

Mr. Taylor is recommended as a leading lawyer for arbitration in Chambers Global (2024) and Chambers UK (2024), where he is described as “tenacious and very committed to his clients.” He is said to be “a highly effective and commercially minded lawyer” with “exceptional advocacy skills” and “a fantastic strategic mind” who is “extremely hands-on, practical and smart when handling very complex cases.” He receives further praise for his “superb knowledge of international dispute resolution mechanisms,” and is said to be “incredibly thorough and detail-focused, with the ability to provide advice in a pragmatic and comprehensible way.” The guide has also described him as “a class act” whose “tenacity is absolutely loved by clients,” and “a fantastic advocate, and a well-rounded lawyer for international arbitration.” He is listed as a Litigation Star in Benchmark Litigation Europe (2021), which has described him as “excellent.” He is included in The Legal 500’s International Arbitration Powerlist, and noted as a leading individual for International Arbitration in The Legal 500 UK (2024). The guide also recommends him for his public international law practice and for his work in emerging markets. He is also recommended by The Legal 500 Latin America (2024) for international arbitration, and listed by Who’s Who Legal (2024) as a Thought Leader for arbitration.

Mr. Taylor is a member of the IBA Arbitration Subcommittee on Investor State Arbitration, a past member of the IBA Arbitration & Insolvency and IBA Arb40 Subcommittees, and a regular speaker at conferences on arbitration-related topics.

Mr. Taylor graduated with an LL.B. honours law degree from Cambridge University in 2001 and was admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales in 2005 and in Ireland in 2017. He is bilingual in English/French and fluent in Spanish.

Rahul Matthan is a Partner in Trilegal’s Bengaluru office and heads the TMT practice of the firm. He has extensive experience advising on high-value TMT transactions in the country. He has worked with companies across sectors, from telecom majors to internet and data service providers, offering advice on regulatory matters and operational issues. Rahul’s expertise spans several sectors in the technology space, including data protection, digital finance, cryptocurrencies, e-commerce, telecom, new media, platform technologies, technology acquisitions and biotech.

Rahul has been involved in a number of policy initiatives in the TMT space, including assisting the government in preparing the country’s privacy law. He has also served on the Kris Gopalkrishnan Committee on Non-Personal Data and the RBI Committee on Household Finance. He is a published author and a regular speaker across the world on matters relating to emerging technologies and the law.

Rahul now serves on the Board of Trilegal after having served for many years on the firm’s Management Committee.

Sae Youn Kim is a senior member of the International Arbitration & Cross-Border Litigation Practice of Kim & Chang.

Ms. Kim practices primarily in the areas of international litigation and arbitration with an emphasis on commercial and international law. Before joining Kim & Chang, she served as a judge at various Korean district courts, and practiced as a key member in major Korean law firms. Ms. Kim also sits as an arbitrator. Her expertise in international dispute resolution has been recognized by the variety of roles she holds and held in various institutions, including but not limited to a Commissioner of the Korea Trade Commission, a Vice-Chair of the Arbitration Committee of the International Bar Association, a Co-Chair of the Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Committee of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association, and a Court member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration. She is regularly selected as a leading lawyer by publications such as Chambers Global, Who’s Who Legal, Legal 500, and Asialaw.

She has co-authored various publications on several aspects of Korean law, including commercial litigation, arbitration, investment arbitration, construction, and privilege. She also speaks regularly in conferences organized by the International Bar Association, Inter Pacific Bar Association, and various arbitral institutions across the world. Besides being regularly selected as leading lawyer, she was also awarded Commended Counsel by ASIAN-MENA COUNSEL in 2016 and Woman Lawyer of the Year, by ALB Korea Law Awards in 2018.

Ms. Kim received an LL.M. from Duke University Law School in 2007, and her LL.B. from Seoul National University College of Law in 1991. She graduated the Judicial Training and Research Institute by the Supreme Court of Korea in 1994. She speaks and practices in both Korean and English.

Shaneen has over two decades of experience is qualified to practice as an advocate and solicitor in India, and also qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales.

She focuses on arbitration (both domestic and international) having represented clients in disputes administered by various international arbitral institutions as also ad hoc arbitrations.  

Shaneen is appointed as a Member of the Court of Arbitration of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and the Council of the Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration (MCIA).  She is also London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) Users Council and an ambassador of Asia Pacific Arbitration Group of the International Bar Association (IBA).

Shaneen also handles commercial litigation in disputes relating to commercial contracts, shareholder issues, infrastructure, power and construction projects, financial and structured products, infrastructure, power and construction projects and white collar crime. She has also represented clients in various courts and tribunal across India, including the NCLT, High Courts and the Supreme Court of India.

Shaneen has been recommended by Who’s Who Legal as a Future Leader in arbitration and ranked as “Most Highly Regarded (Partner)” 2021 for Arbitration in the Asia-Pacific Region.  She has also been ranked as a Notable Practitioner in Dispute Resolution by Asia Law, and was recognised as one of ALB India Top Disputes Lawyers. Shaneen is also ranked as a key lawyer for arbitration and litigation in The Legal 500, and by Chambers & Partners – Asia-Pacific – Dispute Resolution.

Sir Bernard Rix is a Judge at the Singapore International Commercial Court. He is a member of the HKIAC Panel of Arbitrators, a member of the MOOGAS Panel of International Arbitrators and Mediators, has been appointed to the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal and to the Singapore International Commercial Court, and is an ADR Group accredited mediator. In addition, he has been appointed as Professor of International Commercial Law at Queen Mary, University of London.
As a member of the Court of Appeal, he has delivered a wide range of judgments on arbitration, aviation, banking, insurance and reinsurance, private and public international law, oil and gas, sale of goods and shipping disputes. They include significant judgments such as Dallah v. Government of Pakistan [2010] Bus LR 384 on international enforcement of arbitration awards (upheld by the Supreme Court), Kuwait Airways v. Iraqi Airways (Nos. 4 and 5) [2002] 2 AC 883 (parts 22-35 and 43-54 of the Court of Appeal judgment, upheld by the House of Lords) on international law, and R (Al-Skeini) v. Secretary of State for Defence [2007] QB 140 (upheld by the House of Lords) on the jurisdictional scope of the European Convention of Human Rights, and Yukos v. Rosneft (No 2) [2013] 1 All ER (Comm) 327, on the act of state doctrine.
At the Bar he specialised in international commercial and arbitral disputes as a barrister and latterly as an arbitrator, and also appeared in the courts of Singapore and Hong Kong. He was counsel in Mareva Compania Naviera SA v. International Bulkcarriers SA [1975] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 509, the eponymous origin of the “Mareva injunction”, now called a freezing order; in I Congreso del Partido [1983] 1 AC 244 (HL) which introduced the commercial exception to English law’s previous absolute doctrine of sovereign immunity; and in Channel Tunnel Group Ltd v. Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd [1992] 1 QB 656 (CA, affirmed in the House of Lords) concerning the operation of the arbitration clause in the contract for construction of the Channel Tunnel.

Vikram has appeared as counsel in a variety of matters concerning commercial disputes, corporate matters, economic offences, tax, shipping and arbitration. He was a partner at the head of dispute resolution in Economic Laws Practice from 2003 until his designation as Senior Advocate in September 2014.
Vikram is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), London. He is acknowledged as a leading individual practitioner in dispute resolution and litigation in India. He also regularly appears before various High Courts and the Supreme Court of India and has to his credit several landmark judgments rendered by the Courts that have been reported by various authoritative journals and reports. Vikram has also been invited as an expert lawyer on various occasions, including in foreign courts and in arbitration proceedings.
Over the years, Vikram has successfully represented the interests of several Indian and foreign clients in arbitration under ICC, UNCITRAL, LCIA, LMAA, GAFTA, SIAC, KCIAB, ICA and other ad hoc arbitrations.

Yoshie Midorikawa is a Co-founding Partner at Miura & Partners. She has led its international dispute resolution practice since the firm’s establishment in 2019.

Ms. Midorikawa has experience in various dispute resolution cases including international arbitration under the rules of ICC, ICSID, SIAC, LCIA, and UNCITRAL. Having worked with Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, and Allen & Gledhill, she has handled parallel proceedings across multiple jurisdictions as well as domestic disputes before Japanese courts. She has been advising clients in various industries including real estate, construction, engineering, manufacturing, trading, finance and telecommunications. Her deep understanding of the civil law system, her working experience in international environments, and her knowledge of business obtained through serving as an independent director of TSE (Prime) listed companies, enable her to bring practical and nuanced legal solutions to international businesses.

Ms. Midorikawa is admitted in Japan and New York. MCIArb, Panel of Arbitrators at JCAA, SHAC, and THAC. Listed among the finalists of Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year of ALB Japan Law Awards 2024, the Next Generation Partners: Dispute Resolution by Legal 500 APAC 2023 and 2024, and Best Lawyers in Japan in her three main practice areas: Litigation, International Arbitration, and Corporate Governance and Compliance. She has regularly shared her experiences and insights on Japanese law and dispute resolution with legal communities through publications and speaking engagements.

Ms. Midorikawa received a J.D. from The University of Tokyo Law School and an LL.M. from Columbia Law School.