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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.  

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.

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.

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.

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.