Sharmistha Chakrabarti is a Partner at Skadden, based in Singapore. She has represented clients in commercial and investor-state arbitrations before tribunals constituted under the rules of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, the International Chamber of Commerce, the London Court of International Arbitration, the American Arbitration Association/International Centre for Dispute Resolution, the Netherlands Arbitration Institute and the United Nations Commission of International Trade Law. She also regularly provides strategic advice on drafting dispute resolution clauses in international commercial contracts.

In recognition of her work, Ms. Chakrabarti was named in India Business Law Journal’s International A-List in 2025 and 2026. She was also honored by Financier Worldwide as part of its Power Players: International Arbitration 2025 Distinguished Advisers report, and has been recognized by Benchmark Litigation, Best Lawyers and Lawdragon.

Friven Yeoh is a leading commercial arbitration practitioner and head of Skadden’s International Litigation and Arbitration Group in Asia. He has extensive experience in the resolution of complex, bet-the-company business disputes across industries, as a solicitor advocate and lead counsel in international arbitrations throughout Asia.

Mr. Yeoh frequently serves as tribunal chair or co-arbitrator in matters before major arbitral institutions. He also advises clients in commercial litigation and regulatory investigations involving product risk and liability, energy, corporate affairs, competition and financial services matters, as well as life sciences.

Naveen Raju is General Counsel and Executive Vice President at Mahindra & Mahindra and a member of the Group Executive Board. He leads the in-house legal team and oversees legal and regulatory compliance across the Group’s businesses and operations. He serves as a Director on the boards of Mahindra Logistics, Mahindra Automotive North America and other group entities. He is also co-chair of the Corporate Governance and Corporate Laws Committee at the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry. With over two decades of experience at leading Indian companies, he joined Mahindra in 2014 and has been instrumental in building the group’s core internal competencies.

Parvatheesam Kanchinadham is the Corporate Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (Corporate & Compliance) at Tata Steel. He leads Tata Steel's compliance function and its legal work across governance, antitrust, corporate actions and new ventures, with oversight of legal and governance matters relating to the company. Prior to joining the Tata Group, he served as Corporate Secretary and Chief Risk & Compliance Officer at Infosys, where he was responsible for governance, risk and compliance, including compliance with SEC rules and regulations. He also served on the Committee that framed guidelines on Investor Relations for Central Public Sector Enterprises in India. He has close to 25 years of rich experience in the areas of Governance, Disclosure & Reporting, Risk Management, Ethics & Compliance and Stakeholder Management.

Shalini Saxena is the Global General Counsel at Pine Labs Limited. She brings 26 years of experience as a counsel across litigation and corporate law, with industries spanning consumer finance, fintech, crypto, power and renewables. She was a Partner with a Delhi-based law firm and has held in-house leadership roles with companies like GE and Naspers earlier in her career, with CoinDCX being the company from where she moved to rejoin Pine.

She is also a co-founder of CADRE, an online dispute resolution platform built on the philosophy of accessible and affordable resolution for all.

Dr. Vivek Mittal is the Executive Director of Legal and Corporate Affairs at Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) and a member of the company's Management Committee. Before joining HUL, he served as Global General Counsel at Dr Reddy's Laboratories, managing legal, ethics, compliance and data privacy risks. He brings over 25 years of experience building legal teams across industries, with prior leadership roles at Danaher Corporation, Lupin, Reliance, Radico Khaitan, Indiabulls Group and Caparo India. He serves on esteemed committees, including the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Task Force on Inbound and Outbound Investments and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Task Force on Judicial Reform.

Shreni Shetty heads the Dispute Resolution Practice at ANB Legal. Advising clients on a broad range of domestic and international matters, her practice spans to strategising and representing towards the entire range of disputes practice including arbitration, court litigation and tribunals, both domestic and international. Shreni’s experience has a particular focus on construction, insurance and shareholder conflicts.

She leads her teams in high-value, multi-jurisdictional disputes across a range of sectors, appearing before diverse fora and contributing to several significant reported judgments and landmark decisions.

In the field of arbitration, Shreni has extensive experience in both ad-hoc and institutional proceedings, including acting as counsel and instructing attorney under the rules of leading institutions, including the LCIA, ICC, MCIA, DIFC, DFA and JAMS.

She is renowned for delivering practical, strategic and commercially focused advice to clients, navigating complicated disputes and her ability to achieve settlement between parties in complex and bitter fought feuds.

Philipp Hanusch is a partner in the Dispute Resolution practice at Baker McKenzie in Hong Kong with than 25 year's experience in international commercial arbitration, litigation, and mediation. He advises clients on complex cross-border commercial disputes across Asia-Pacific. He has acted in a broad range of commercial and corporate disputes, including joint venture, shareholder, and post-M&A disputes, across sectors such as automotive, energy and mining, financial services, telecoms and technology. Philipp has served as counsel in arbitrations under the rules of various institutions, including HKIAC, ICC, CIETAC, ICDR, VIAC, and the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. Philipp has been repeatedly appointed as arbitrator, and he is on HKIAC’s List of Arbitrators and on the panels of several institutions, including CIETAC and SCIA.

Smitha Menon heads WongPartnership's Restructuring & Insolvency Practice and is a Partner in the Firm's International Arbitration, India, and Asset Tracing and International Enforcement Practices.

Smitha is active in the international insolvency and arbitration community, serving as a Vice President of the International Insolvency Institute and on several international boards and panels, including the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, the Shanghai Arbitration Commission Panel of Arbitrators and the SIAC Specialist Panel of Arbitrators for Restructuring and Insolvency Disputes. From 2018 to 2024, Smitha was a Singapore court member on the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Court of Arbitration. She is also on the Council of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs, Secretary of the Financial Women’s Association, Singapore and a member of the World Bank’s Insolvency and Climate Change Working Group.

In 2020, she became the first Singapore lawyer to receive the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation’s Woman of the Year in Restructuring (Asia) award.

Sudharsanan R. Thillainathan is a Senior Dispute Resolution Partner at Adnan Sundra & Low, Malaysia, where he heads the General Civil and Commercial Litigation and the Domestic and International Commercial Arbitration Practice Groups. With nearly 30 years of experience, he advises and represents multinational corporations, financial institutions, government-linked entities and private clients in complex commercial disputes before the Malaysian courts and in domestic and international arbitrations. In addition to acting as counsel, he is frequently appointed as an arbitrator and serves as an accredited adjudicator under Malaysia's Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act (CIPAA). He is also a founding member of Nine Arbitration Chambers (Nine AC), a Singapore-based chamber of independent arbitrators and mediators with a multi-jurisdictional presence. He is also recognised by leading legal directories, including Chambers Asia-Pacific, for his expertise in dispute resolution.

Sara Koleilat-Aranjo serves as leader of Morgan Lewis’s global international arbitration practice. Sara also leads the firm’s dispute resolution and investigations practice across the Middle East and Africa. Sara focuses her practice on international arbitration and dispute prevention and resolution, primarily in cases with cross-border elements. She advises and represents the interests of governments, semi-governments, and corporations in proceedings arising out of inbound and outbound investments in the Middle East and Africa regions across a range of sectors, including energy, real estate, hospitality, construction, banking and finance, distribution, and technology, media, and telecommunications. Sara is admitted to practice in New York, Paris, Beirut and the DIFC Courts and is a licensed legal consultant in the Emirate of Dubai. Sara speaks Arabic, French, and English.

Amita Katragadda is Partner, Deputy Head of Disputes and Head of Disputes - North India, in the dispute resolution practice of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, where she advises domestic and international clients on a broad range of contractual, regulatory, and constitutional disputes. Her practice spans shareholder's disputes, conflicts between founders and private equity investors, business model defence in emerging sectors, securities litigation, and family succession disputes. She has deep expertise in corporate governance matters and has advised on some of India’s most high-profile governance conflicts. She was seconded to the Securities Group of Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York in 2008 - 2009, and has been appointed as an external member to the Board of Studies of the Munjal School of Law.

Deepto Roy is a Partner at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas specialising in Infrastructure, Energy, Project Finance, and Banking, with wide expertise across Energy, Power, Renewable Power, Oil & Gas, Mining, and Infrastructure. He represents project developers, construction contractors, banks, and financial institutions on some of India’s largest and most complex infrastructure transactions, including Allianz Capital Partner's acquisition of an anchor stake in IndInfravit Trusts, China Light & Power’s acquisition of transmission projects from the Kalpataru Group, and financing for GMR’s Delhi International Airport. Mr Roy also advises on dispute resolution and regulatory matters, recently acting on an international asset manager’s acquisition of Indian renewable assets, and regularly appears before arbitration tribunals, electricity regulatory commissions, High Courts, and the Supreme Court of India.

Quentin Pak is a Director at Burford Capital, leading the firm’s Singapore office and expanding its resources to support Asia-based clients across both regional and internationally seated legal proceedings. He also serves as Managing Director, Burford Asia. Mr Pak brings over 20 years of experience spanning finance and law, having most recently served as Head of Commodities (Asia) at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, alongside senior roles at Barclays, Goldman Sachs, and Deutsche Bank. Mr Pak also worked for a few years at Allen & Overy in both London and Singapore.

Rajat Agrawal is Head of Acquisition - Corporate and SME at ARCIL, where he oversees revenue growth, strategic investments, client relationships, financial management, portfolio acquisitions, and business development. With over 30 years of experience in the financial sector, Mr Agrawal is a seasoned credit risk expert and private credit leader with a strong record across diversified portfolios and geographies. Prior to joining ARCIL, he served as Managing Director of Private Credit at BlackRock, where he set up and led the firm’s Private Credit franchise in India and contributed to the regional Asia Pacific Private Credit Opportunities Fund platform.

Omar Ahmad is a leading practitioner in international and domestic arbitration, with extensive experience in high-value, cross-border commercial disputes across sectors including infrastructure, energy, telecom and financial services. He regularly appears in ad hoc and institutional arbitrations and has acted in proceedings before Indian courts as well as international tribunals, including investment treaty arbitrations. Recognised as a Next Generation Partner for Arbitration by The Legal 500, he is widely regarded for his expertise in complex arbitral strategy, enforcement and procedure, and is a frequent speaker and moderator at leading arbitration forums globally.

Ciccu Mukhopadhaya is among India's foremost arbitration practitioners and one of the country's most highly regarded Senior Advocate in international commercial arbitration. With more than 35 years of experience, he has appeared as counsel in numerous high-value domestic and cross-border disputes under the rules of leading arbitral institutions, including the ICC, SIAC and other international forums. He previously served as Vice-President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris, one of the most prestigious positions in global arbitration, where he played a significant role in the administration of international arbitral proceedings. He has also served on several institutional bodies promoting arbitration, including the Delhi International Arbitration Centre (DIAC), and is a frequent speaker at leading arbitration conferences worldwide. He regularly sits as Chairperson, Sole Arbitrator and Co-Arbitrator in domestic and international arbitrations and has been appointed by institutions as well as parties in complex commercial disputes across diverse industry sectors. He is consistently ranked in Band 1 for Arbitration by Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific, which recognises him as having an excellent track record in the international commercial arbitration arena within India. He is widely respected for his advocacy, strategic insight and exceptional command over complex commercial disputes.

Dr. Mahmood Hussain is the Founding Partner of M&Co Legal and a prominent Emirati litigator, arbitrator, and legal strategist with over two decades of experience. He is recognised for his expertise in commercial litigation, arbitration, and Islamic law, having acted as counsel and arbitrator in more than 50 international arbitration matters across diverse sectors, including construction, energy, and shareholder disputes.

Dr. Hussain is accredited by leading arbitral institutions, including the ICC, DIAC, LCIA, and ADCCAC. He serves as Chair of the ICC-UAE Commission on Arbitration and ADR and is a member of the ICC Commission in Paris.

A committed academic and thought leader, Dr. Hussain lectures on UAE Sharia law and employment law at universities in the UK and France, while contributing to the development of international legal scholarship and practice. Fluent in Arabic and English, he is recognised as a leading voice in advancing arbitration and cross-border legal collaboration across the MENA region and beyond.

Olga Tsvetkova is the Managing Partner of Brevia Legal and an internationally recognised practitioner in cross-border disputes and international arbitration. Having practised across Russia, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates, she brings extensive experience in international commercial and investment arbitration involving multiple jurisdictions. She has represented multinational corporations, sovereign entities and private clients in complex commercial and investment treaty disputes and has advised on international contracts, sanctions-related disputes and transnational enforcement strategies. Over the past fifteen years, she has led more than sixty complex cross-border matters across sectors including energy, natural resources, telecommunications, construction and financial services. Before founding Brevia, she headed the international arbitration practice of a leading CIS law firm, worked with prominent international law firms, and served in the public sector where she supervised several multibillion-dollar investment disputes. She is a graduate of the prestigious MIDS (LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement, Geneva), serves on the Panel of Arbitrators of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA), is a member of the ICC Institute of World Business Law, and regularly lectures and speaks at leading international arbitration conferences. She has authored numerous publications on international dispute resolution for the Journal of International Arbitration, IBA Arbitration News, LexisNexis and other leading publications.

Mahesh Jethmalani is one of India's leading Senior Advocate with over four decades of experience in complex commercial disputes, constitutional law and high-value domestic and international arbitrations. A barrister trained in England and an alumnus of the University of Oxford, he regularly appears before the Supreme Court of India, various High Courts, and arbitral tribunals. His arbitration practice spans commercial, infrastructure, shareholder, banking, construction and cross-border disputes, where he has acted as lead counsel in several institutional and ad hoc arbitrations. He is also frequently engaged in arbitration-related court proceedings involving interim relief, appointment of arbitrators, enforcement and challenges to arbitral awards. In addition to his legal practice, he has served as a nominated Member of the Rajya Sabha and continues to contribute actively to the development of commercial jurisprudence in India.

Alexander Petsche is the Managing Partner of Baker McKenzie's Vienna office. He specializes in complex and cross-border disputes, compliance related matters, including internal investigations and corporate defence. He is a co-editor of the Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration (Wolters Kluwer) and Arbitration Law of Austria: Practice and Procedure (Juris) and has published another 22 books, among others leading commentaries in the field of Compliance, Commercial and Cartel Law. Alexander is a Member of the Board of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre and teaches Compliance at the Central European University and at the Executive Academy of the Vienna University of Economics and Arbitration at the Resolve Academy. He has been recognized as one of the best lawyers in Austria (German Handelsblatt).

Arush Khanna is a Partner at Numen Law Offices in Delhi, a firm he co-founded in 2019. He is an Advocate & Legal Consultant enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi. He specialises in commercial disputes with a strong focus on arbitration, particularly in sectors such as oil and gas, real estate, construction, and insolvency. He currently serves as the Special Projects Officer of the IBA Young Lawyers Committee (YLC) and is a member of the IBA India Working Group. Additionally, he holds the position of Vice-Chair of the Young Members Group (YMG) of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, India, and serves on the Steering Committee of the Young MCIA. He was appointed as an Ambassador for India by the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC), and he also serves as the Joint General Secretary of the Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF).

Ana Stanic, the founder of E&A Law, is an English Solicitor Advocate, Irish solicitor and Foreign Regulated Lawyer in Slovenia, with over 30 years of experience in international dispute resolution, energy law, EU law and public international law (PIL). She regularly acts as counsel and sits as arbitrator in complex commercial, energy and investment treaty disputes and advises states, international institutions and energy companies in respect of large energy projects including nuclear and gas. Ana has been a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague since 2019 and was appointed by the European Commission in 2022 as an arbitrator and sustainability expert in respect of EU's trade and investment agreements with third countries. She has taught energy, international arbitration and public international law (PIL) at leading Universities around the world for over 20 years including at Notre Dame, Dundee University, Technische Universität Berlin and UIBE in China. She was ranked by Chambers & Partners 4th best UK Power and Renewables Lawyers in 2026 and top 11 UK Oil and Gas Lawyers in 2023 as well as a Leading UK PIL Practioner by Legal 500 for over seven years.

Dr Crenguța Leaua is the Managing Partner of LDDP and has over 20 years of experience in international commercial and investment arbitration, international commercial law and technology law. She regularly acts as counsel and arbitrator in disputes administered by leading institutions, including the ICC, ICSID, LCIA, UNCITRAL, VIAC and WIPO, and has served as arbitrator in more than 130 cases. She served as a Vice-President and member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration. She currently serves on the ICC Commission on Arbitration and is a Board member of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC). Dr Leaua is a professor at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies.

Dr. Zeina Obeid is a Partner at Obeid & Partners, based in Dubai, where she specialises in international arbitration and cross-border disputes. She regularly acts as lead counsel and arbitrator in domestic and international arbitrations in commercial and construction disputes conducted in English, French and Arabic under the rules of leading institutions, including the ICC, DIAC, LCIA, CRCICA, BCDR-AAA and DIFC-LCIA. She has extensive experience representing clients before the Lebanese courts and advising international clients on a broad range of commercial, regulatory and cross-border matters. She is a Fellow and tutor of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb); she serves as Vice-Chair (Dubai) of the CIArb UAE Branch, is a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration & ADR, and is Co-Chair of the IBA Young Lawyers Committee (2025–2026). Dr Obeid holds a PhD from Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas and an LL.M. from Columbia University. She is qualified to practice in Beirut, Paris and Dubai.

Farid is an Advocate and Solicitor practising for over 26 years and is based out of Mumbai.

Farid is also the Co-Chair of the Disputes Practise at JSA and specializes in corporate and commercial litigation and arbitration. As an Advocate on Record of the Supreme Court of India, Farid regularly appears before the nation's highest court.

Farid has been consistently rated as a top lawyer in India. His recent accolades include being enlisted as a Ranked Dispute Resolution Lawyer in the 2023-24 edition of Legal 500 Asia Pacific directory, recognised as a Litigation Star for commercial and transaction disputes by Benchmark Litigation in its 2025 and 2026 Asia-Pacific Editions and as a Leading Lawyer for Dispute Resolution by Legal Era - Legal Media Group for the years 2024-25 and 2025-26

Justice Indu Malhotra is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India and one of the country's foremost arbitration practitioners. She made history in 2018 as the first woman advocate to be directly elevated from the Bar to the Supreme Court, and served in this post till her retirement in 2021. During her tenure as a Judge, she delivered several landmark judgements on Arbitration. Prior to her elevation, she had a distinguished arbitration practice as a Senior Advocate, appearing in domestic and international commercial arbitrations and serving as an arbitrator. She was the second woman to be designated as a Senior Advocate by the Supreme Court. She was nominated as a member of the Government of India's High-Level Committee on arbitration reforms, which led to the Amendments to the Arbitration Act in 2019. Justice Malhotra now serves as a full-time arbitrator in domestic and international disputes. She is also the author of the leading treatise The Law and Practice of Arbitration and Conciliation, which is cited in various Judgements of the Supreme Court and High Courts. She is a member of the Court of Permanent Court of Arbitration. She is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London.

Ms. Pavani Reddy is a Legal Director in the London office of Clyde & Co and an experienced international disputes lawyer specialising in international arbitration, commercial litigation, sanctions, and civil fraud. She has represented clients in complex, high-value cross-border disputes across the energy, construction, banking, oil and gas, commodities, and shareholder disputes sectors. Her arbitration practice spans proceedings under leading institutional rules, including the ICC, LCIA, DIFC, GAFTA, and AAA, as well as arbitration-related litigation before the English courts. She has also appeared in significant matters before the UK Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, and High Court. Ms. Reddy has extensive experience representing Indian state-owned and private companies in international arbitrations, bringing valuable insight into disputes at the intersection of Indian and international arbitration.

Sherina Petit is a Partner at Stewarts in London, where she heads the International Arbitration and India practices. She is a leading international disputes lawyer specialising in international commercial arbitration, investor-State arbitration, arbitration-related litigation, and ADR, and also sits as an arbitrator. Her practice spans proceedings under major arbitral rules, including the LCIA, ICC, SIAC, and UNCITRAL, across sectors such as energy, infrastructure, construction, financial services, technology, and pharmaceuticals. Having practised as an advocate in Mumbai before qualifying in England and Wales, she has extensive experience advising Indian and international clients in cross-border disputes. Ms. Petit currently serves on the Board of the LCIA and LIDW, and is actively involved with several international arbitration organisations, bringing both institutional and practitioner perspectives to the development of international arbitration. Sherina also serves on the Steering Committee of the Pledge for Equal Representation of Women in Arbitration and is the Chair of the India Pledge Committee. She has separately also launched the India Promise, an initiative aimed at ensuring the fair representation and appointment of Indian arbitrators in international disputes, irrespective of a case’s connection to India.

Mahesh Rai is Managing Director of the Dispute Resolution Department at Drew & Napier LLC and one of Singapore’s leading advocates for high-stakes litigation and international arbitration. He has appeared as counsel in more than 250 disputes; including arbitrations under SIAC, ICC, HKIAC, UNCITRAL, ICSID, VIAC and ad hoc rules, and at all levels of the Singapore courts. Mahesh sits as arbitrator and is empanelled at leading arbitral institutions across Asia. He is called to the Singapore, English and New York Bars, and has rights of audience before the DIFC Courts. In 2021, a panel of Singapore judges awarded him the Joseph Grimberg Outstanding Young Advocate Award for advocacy, professional excellence and ethical standards. He is consistently ranked by Chambers, The Legal 500 and Who's Who Legal, and has been named in the India Business Law Journal International A-List for four consecutive years.

Probir is a Partner in JSA’s Technology, Media and Telecommunications team. He is a sought-after industry specialist with particular emphasis on Fintech/Data Protection and Private Equity in the IT space..

Probir’s corporate practice involves transactions focused on the high technology industry including cross border Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity and Venture Capital transactions. His practice includes advice on Transaction Structuring, Entry Strategies and Foreign Exchange Regulations.

Probir’s niche practice includes product counselling for market leading technology companies, advising on cutting edge technology regulation issues, cross-border data flows and content and digital commerce. He has extensively advised and assisted his clients on various product and service offerings.

Probir has consistently been ranked by ALB amongst the top TMT Lawyers, and Top Fintech Lawyers. He has been voted as the Next Generation Partner by Legal 500, BW Legal, Chambers and Partners and was voted as the Top International Lawyer by Forbes.

Chetan Chopra is the Group General Counsel at Ola Group, where he leads the legal, regulatory and compliance functions across the Group's businesses, including Ola Electric, Ola Consumer (Mobility) and Krutrim AI. With nearly two decades of experience, he advises on corporate governance, strategic transactions, commercial contracts, regulatory compliance, disputes, intellectual property and public policy, supporting the Group's growth across mobility, electric vehicles and artificial intelligence. Prior to joining the Ola Group in his current role, he held senior legal leadership positions at TruKKer, Flipkart Group, United Breweries, Ola (ANI Technologies) and PepsiCo India, and began his career in private practice at Amarchand & Mangaldas and J. Sagar Associates. He has been recognised among India's leading in-house counsel by The Legal 500 GC Powerlist, Forbes India, BW Legal World, and Legal Era.

Mr. C.K. Nandakumar is a Senior Advocate practising before the High Court of Karnataka with over twenty five years of experience in commercial litigation, arbitration, constitutional law and corporate disputes. He regularly appears before the Supreme Court of India, the Karnataka High Court and various tribunals, and acts as both counsel and arbitrator in a wide range of domestic and international commercial arbitrations. His practice encompasses infrastructure, construction, energy, intellectual property, technology, public law and complex commercial disputes.

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, U. K. He is widely recognised for his expertise in arbitration and commercial litigation and is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences on dispute resolution.

He is a contributing editor of C. R. Dutta commentary on The Company Law, 2017 edition. He has contributed to International Construction Contract Law, 2nd Edition. He has presented papers at the University of Tokyo and the National Taiwan University, Taipei, and has contributed book chapters to Asia Pacific Trust Law.

Mr. Paras Lalwani is a Partner in Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP, specialising in international commercial arbitration, cross-border commercial disputes and complex internal investigations. He has acted as counsel in high-value and multi-jurisdictional arbitrations under the SIAC, ICC, LCIA, HKIAC and UNCITRAL Rules, as well as in arbitration-related proceedings before the Singapore courts. His practice spans several sectors including banking, technology, cryptocurrency, transportation, construction and energy. Paras counts amongst his clients leading MNCs as well as high net worth and ultra high net worth individuals living across Asia-Pacific. He is recognised as a leading arbitration practitioner and has particular experience advising on India-related and Asia-Pacific disputes, making him a prominent voice in cross-border arbitration.

Ms. Pujarini Guha Maulik is the General Counsel & Head of Privacy at InMobi, where she leads the company's global legal and privacy functions across its international operations. With over 20 years of in-house legal experience, she advises on commercial transactions, privacy and data protection, technology law, corporate governance, M&A, intellectual property and regulatory compliance. She also serves as the Presiding Member of InMobi's Privacy Committee and has played a pivotal role in building the company's global privacy governance framework, including compliance with evolving data protection regimes such as the GDPR and India's digital privacy laws. Before joining InMobi in 2012, she held legal roles at Infosys and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories. A recognised leader in the in-house legal community, she has been featured in The Legal 500 GC Powerlist and was recognised among India's Finest General Counsel 2024 by Legal Era.

Shalaka Patil is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Practice at Trilegal, based in Mumbai. She specialises in international and domestic arbitration, commercial litigation, insolvency and bankruptcy, and disputes advisory, and has represented clients in complex shareholder, construction, infrastructure, energy, licensing and investor-promoter disputes. Her arbitration experience spans both institutional (including SIAC, ICC, LCIA and DIAC) and ad hoc arbitrations, with seats in India as well as Singapore, Zurich, London and New York. She regularly appears before the Supreme Court of India, High Courts, NCLT/NCLAT and other tribunals, and has advised on bilateral investment treaties. An LL.M. graduate of Harvard Law School, she is admitted to practice in India and New York, serves on the Young MCIA Steering Committee, and has been recognised by Benchmark Litigation as a Future Star and by The Legal 500 for her arbitration practice.

Esha Chakravarty is the Group General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer at CtrlS Datacenters, where she leads the legal, compliance and governance functions across the CtrlS group, including its cloud services business. With over 17 years of experience, she advises on corporate and commercial transactions, regulatory compliance, data centre and technology law, privacy, litigation, risk management and corporate governance. Before joining CtrlS in 2022, she held senior legal leadership roles at Nuvoco Vistas Corp. Ltd., Datamatics Business Solutions, UPL Ltd. and Aegis (Essar Group), and began her career in private practice at Majmudar & Partners. She has been recognised among India's leading in-house counsel, including by Legal Era Women in Law Excellence Awards, and is a frequent speaker on corporate governance, compliance and technology law.

Janine Haesler is a Managing Associate in the Litigation and Arbitration practice at VISCHER AG, Zurich, Switzerland.

She advises and represents clients in complex international disputes, with particular experience in commercial, supply chain, commodity, pharmaceutical, construction and corporate disputes. She appears before arbitral tribunals, Swiss state courts and the Swiss Federal Supreme Court. Janine also acts as an arbitrator and tribunal secretary.

Janine combines her Swiss litigation and arbitration practice with a strong international focus, including extensive engagement with the arbitration community in Europe and Asia. She is a member of the Steering Committee of Young MCIA (YMCIA) and is actively involved in ArbitralWomen, ASA Below 40, Young ICCA and DIS/DIS40.

She holds a Master of Law from the University of Bern, an LL.M. in International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution from the National University of Singapore and a Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Arbitration from the Universities of Lucerne and Neuchâtel.

Richard is a member of our Management Board, the Head of our dispute resolution practice and Head of our London office. He has extensive expertise of handling complex, cross-border disputes and has wide ranging experience in international dispute resolution. He has significant extra-territorial experience in asset tracing and recovery and of representing parties in disputes in the High Court and Arbitration Tribunals, as well as numerous overseas courts including the Courts of Appeal of Hong Kong, Singapore and Gibraltar. He has 33 reported cases, has successfully overseen the applications for more than 300 injunctions and has, to date, been responsible for overseeing the recovery of approximately £3 billion’s worth of money and property for clients.

Richard has throughout his career acted for governments (both in the UK and overseas), corporate clients, financial institutions, and ultra-high-net-worth individuals. He also has extensive experience and deep sector knowledge in advising clients on innovative funding solutions to enable the pursuit of claims which otherwise would not be brought, as well as the litigation funding market and strong relationships with a number of litigation funders who regularly instruct Richard to both pursue claims on their behalf and to advise on the viability of funding potential claims.

Zal Andhyarujina is a Senior Advocate with a distinguished commercial disputes practice before the Supreme Court of India, the Bombay High Court and various tribunals. His practice focuses on international arbitration, commercial litigation, banking and finance, company law, insolvency and restructuring, and the enforcement of foreign awards and judgments. He regularly appears as counsel in high-value domestic and cross-border disputes and is recognised as one of India's leading commercial advocates. A Rhodes Scholar, he read Jurisprudence at the University of Oxford and has been consistently ranked by leading legal directories, including Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500, for his expertise in dispute resolution. He is also a Door Tenant at Fountain Court Chambers, London, reflecting his strong international arbitration practice.

Ananya Kumar is a Partner in the Disputes practice at JSA, Advocates & Solicitors, based in New Delhi. He has been practising law since 2003, having started his career as a chamber junior to Mr. K.K. Venugopal, Senior Advocate. He holds a B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, and an LL.M. from the London School of Economics, where he specialised in Alternative Dispute Resolution. Ananya's practice focuses on corporate and commercial litigation and dispute resolution, with particular emphasis on construction and engineering, oil and gas, infrastructure, and roads and highways-related arbitrations, both domestic and international. He regularly represents clients before the Supreme Court of India, High Courts and tribunals, and was recognised as a Recommended Lawyer in Legal 500 Asia Pacific and a Litigation Star in Benchmark Litigation.

Avinash Pradhan is the Head of Rajah & Tann Singapore’s International Arbitration Practice a Partner of Christopher & Lee Ong, Malaysia, a firm within the Rajah & Tann Asia network.

Receiving plaudits from Who’s Who Legal for his superb advocacy skills and ability to explain complex concepts easily, Avinash has wide-ranging experience in international arbitration, both institutional and ad hoc. He has also been recognised by Best Lawyers International and Asialaw Profiles for his abilities, while Legal 500 records that Avinash thinks around corners to chase down every avenue of attack.

Avinash’s experience encompasses a broad spectrum of commercial disputes, including banking, corporate finance, hospitality, M&A, joint venture and shareholder disputes. Avinash also has extensive experience of disputes in the construction, infrastructure & energy sectors. He is an accredited specialist for building and construction law, under the Singapore Academy of Law’s Specialist Accreditation Scheme. Avinash is also familiar with the techniques for dealing with cross-border disputes and disputes involving a conflict between international arbitration proceedings and court litigation.

Justice Hima Kohli enrolled as an Advocate in 1984 and practised before the High Court of Delhi in constitutional law, commercial disputes, and civil matters, before she was elevated to the Bench of the High Court of Delhi in 2006. On 07 January 2021, she was sworn in as the first woman Chief Justice of the High Court of the State of Telangana. On 31 August 2021, she was elevated to the Supreme Court of India as its ninth woman judge, and demitted office on 01 September 2024. Since demitting office, Justice Kohli has been actively serving as an arbitrator and mediator in various complex disputes. She is empanelled as an arbitrator with SIAC, DIAC, IIAC, and DMRC, and is a Specialist Mediator with SIMC. She also serves on several academic bodies, including the Princeton Foundation for Peace and Learning, the QMILC, and the School of Law at IILM University.

Dr. Mukul Shastry is the Group General Counsel at Cube Highways, a Singapore-headquartered platform that acquires and manages toll road assets across India, bringing over two decades of experience in legal practice, financial regulation and corporate leadership. He began his career as a litigating lawyer before the Rajasthan High Court in Jaipur, before completing a Ph.D. in Trade and Competition Law. He subsequently spent six years at the Reserve Bank of India across its Foreign Exchange and Banking Supervision departments, advising on policy matters and representing the RBI before tax authorities and the Government of India. After an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, he moved into corporate roles with KEC International, the RPG Group and Adani Ports and Logistics before joining Cube Highways. His practice today spans corporate M&A, IBC processes, PPP infrastructure, claims management and international commercial arbitration.

Priyanka Kapoor is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution team at Fieldfisher in London. Dual-qualified as an Advocate in India and a Solicitor in England & Wales, she joined Fieldfisher in 2022 from the London disputes boutique PCB Byrne, where she had also served as a partner. Priyanka specialises in commercial disputes, civil fraud and white-collar crime, with particular focus on matters connected to India, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Her practice covers cross-border and multi-jurisdictional disputes and investigations, asset tracing, recovery and enforcement, as well as economic sanctions, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering. Her client base includes global financial institutions and banks, Fortune 500 corporations, sovereign and state entities, and ultra-high-net-worth individuals. She regularly appears before the English courts and in international arbitration, and is recognised across multiple practice areas in the leading legal directories.

Shantanu Agarwal is the Founding and Managing Partner of Lexster Law LLP and a trial and arbitration lawyer with extensive experience in complex civil and commercial disputes, including high-value domestic and international arbitrations. His practice spans the energy, infrastructure, engineering and construction, agri-biotechnology, finance, pharmaceutical, and technology sectors.

He currently leads arbitrations involving claims ranging from USD 10 million to USD 750 million, covering BOT and BOOT projects, concession agreements, EPC and O&M contracts, renewable power projects in India and Africa, mortgage-backed finance, mining concessions, and large-scale real estate development. Shantanu also sits as an arbitrator in commercial disputes and serves as secretary to arbitral tribunals, particularly in the construction, engineering, and electric vehicle sectors. Having worked as counsel, arbitrator, and tribunal secretary, he brings a distinctive perspective to arbitration strategy, case management, tribunal procedure, and decision-making.

He regularly appears before the Supreme Court of India, High Courts, and regulatory forums and has been appointed amicus curiae by the Delhi High Court. His mandates include high-profile multi-billion-dollar family estate disputes, enforcement and challenge proceedings arising from major arbitrations, and sensitive defamation matters.

An active member of the international arbitration community, Shantanu speaks and moderates at leading arbitration forums. He co-moderated Navigating Multiparty and Cross-Border Disputes in Mega Project Arbitration at Dubai Arbitration Week 2025.

Abhileen Chaturvedi is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution Practice at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, based in Mumbai. With over 12 years of experience, he advises and represents clients on domestic and cross-border disputes across sectors including banking and finance, construction, energy, infrastructure, mining, technology, and telecom, appearing before Indian judicial forums in India as well as institutional and ad hoc arbitral tribunals. His practice extends to commercial and white-collar crime litigation, insolvency-related disputes, and advising clients on treaty claims arising under India's Bilateral Investment Treaties. He previously practised as a Partner at Economic Laws Practice and has served on the Young MCIA Steering Committee.

Karthik Somasundram heads the Litigation, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Practice at Spice Route Legal. With over 20 years of experience, Karthik has extensive expertise in handling complex commercial, regulatory, and insolvency disputes across sectors, including global industry giants.

With his industry knowledge, forged through vast experience in dispute resolution, Karthik routinely represents clients before various judicial and dispute resolution forums, including prestigious bodies such as the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), the Supreme Court of India, and the Bombay High Court. He is also a member of the ICDR India Committee.

His prowess in handling disputes has been recognised by prestigious legal directories, including Chambers and Partners, Legal 500, and Benchmark Litigation.

Kingshuk Banerjee is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution practice at Khaitan & Co., based in Mumbai. He specialises in domestic and international arbitration and advises and represents clients in complex commercial, corporate and contractual disputes. His experience spans disputes arising from M&A transactions, shareholders’ and joint venture agreements, financial services, maritime transactions, international trade, insurance claims, construction contracts and large real-estate transactions.

He is recognised as a leading arbitration practitioner by several international legal directories, including Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation, Lexology and Who’s Who Legal. He has been recognised as a Distinguished Practitioner by Asialaw and has received the Lexology Client Choice Award for Arbitration in India in 2021, 2022 and 2025. Kingshuk is a member of the International Bar Association, International Council for Commercial Arbitration, Bombay Bar Association, Bombay Incorporated Law Society and Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR).

Ramesh is a Partner in Allen & Gledhill’s International Arbitration, Litigation and Private Wealth practices. Called to the Singapore Bar in 2008, he holds an LL.B. (Hons) from the National University of Singapore. Ramesh maintains a broad commercial disputes practice, with particular expertise in shareholder and joint venture disputes, banking disputes, disputes concerning the supply of goods or services, and property-related matters, and has more recently acted in disputes arising from trust arrangements and cryptocurrency dealings. He has appeared as lead counsel at all levels of the Singapore court system, including the Singapore International Commercial Court, as well as in Singapore-seated arbitrations. He is recognised in Lexology Index, Benchmark Litigation and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific as a strong disputes practitioner.

Sneha Jaisingh is a Partner and Practice Lead of the Disputes Practice Group at Bharucha & Partners. She is a multifaceted disputes practitioner with extensive experience appearing before various tribunals including the LCIA, SIAC, ICC and MCIA as well as across Courts in India. Her practice focuses on commercial disputes, international and domestic arbitration, and regulatory and compliance matters. She has represented clients in complex arbitrations involving major infrastructure projects, including the construction of refineries and the laying of gas and oil pipelines. Her experience also extends to environmental liabilities, insurance claims, employment law, telecommunications, and securities regulation.

Alim Khamis is a recognised leader in arbitration, having acted for clients across the Middle East, Central Asia, Canada and Australia. Alim is a dual-qualified lawyer (Australia and Canada) and has been based in the Middle East for a decade. He specialises in high-value construction and commercial disputes, ranging from infrastructure and major projects (e.g., roads, rail and airports) to commercial disputes regarding distribution, shareholder's rights, joint venture disputes and enforcement matters. His clients include multinational consortia, engineering firms, public entities and family offices. A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Alim has arbitrated cases with the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) and the Abu Dhabi Arbitration Centre (arbitrateAD). He is also a member of the National Conciliation and Arbitration Board established by His Highness the Aga Khan.

Khushboo is a Partner with Al Tamimi & Company based in Dubai and she specialises in infrastructure, construction, energy, JV and technology disputes and arbitrations. She has worked on gas pipelines, solar power plants, World Cup stadiums, complex margin trades, digital assets and other prominent development projects, where the value of the dispute has exceeded USD 1 billion. Khushboo works with leading experts and has extensive experience in both civil and common law arbitrations. She has also argued cases before arbitral tribunals and the Singapore courts. In addition, Khushboo has been appointed as chair of arbitral tribunals, party-nominated and sole arbitrator in commercial and construction arbitrations.

Khushboo has been ranked as the top 50 lawyers in the Asian Legal Business 2024, a Global Elite Thought Leaders Under 45 in Arbitration and Future Leader in Construction in Lexology (formerly Who’s Who Legal). She was recently shortlisted for the IFLR Women in Business Law Awards 2025. Khushboo’s clients describe her as a stand out performer in this team. She is commercially minded with outstanding legal skills and a work ethic that is second to none.

Khushboo frequently speaks in conferences and publishes on topics relating to international dispute resolution. She also serves in various arbitration and construction related committees.

Khushboo graduated with an LL.B. (Hons) from King’s College London and has a LL.M. from Columbia Law School where she graduated as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.

Shri Venkatesh is the Founding Partner of SKV Law Offices and a leading practitioner in dispute resolution, arbitration and regulatory litigation. His practice focuses on complex commercial and infrastructure disputes, with extensive experience in matters involving energy, infrastructure, construction, large-scale projects and highly regulated sectors.

He has represented major corporates, infrastructure developers, energy companies and public sector entities in domestic and international arbitration, commercial litigation and regulatory proceedings, and has appeared before the Supreme Court of India, High Courts, arbitral tribunals and specialised regulatory and appellate forums.

His experience at the intersection of arbitration, infrastructure, energy regulation and complex commercial contracts gives him a particularly strong perspective on disputes involving cross-border investments and international counterparties. He regularly advises clients on dispute strategy, contractual risk, regulatory challenges and the resolution and enforcement of complex commercial claims.

Varuna Bhanrale is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution practice at Trilegal, based in Delhi, specialising in high-stakes commercial disputes. She was promoted to the partnership in October 2023 after being recognised as one of the firm's rising arbitration practitioners. Varuna advises on complex cross-border and domestic disputes, devising strategy that blends pre-litigation and pre-arbitration action with formal proceedings, while remaining closely attuned to her clients' underlying commercial objectives. She has extensive experience representing clients in institutional and ad-hoc arbitrations and before Indian courts, including the Supreme Court, various High Courts, trial courts and tribunals.

Bindi Dave is the Co-Managing Partner at Wadia Ghandy & Co, one of India's oldest law firms, where she also leads the firm's Disputes practice. She specialises in corporate commercial litigation and arbitration, handling both domestic and international matters across a range of sectors. Bindi was appointed Co-Managing Partner in April 2024 alongside Marylou Bilawala, Ashish Ahuja, Dhawal Mehta and Shabnum Kajiji as the firm strengthened its leadership base. She holds a law degree from the Government Law College, Mumbai, and is a Solicitor from the Bombay Incorporated Law Society. Bindi is recognised as a leading disputes lawyer. Bindi regularly appears before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, the Hon’ble Bombay High Court, Arbitral Tribunals and other forums, representing clients in complex corporate commercial litigations and arbitrations.

Nicholas Peacock is an Independent Advocate and Arbitrator based in London, practising under his own name, Peacock Arbitration. An English law qualified solicitor-advocate, he spent over 25 years in international law firms before commencing independent practice, most recently as head of the international arbitration practice at Bird & Bird, and before that as a partner and head of India disputes at Herbert Smith Freehills, where he also led the Singapore arbitration practice between 2009 and 2012. Nicholas has been extensively involved in India-related commercial disputes for the past 15 years. He sits as arbitrator across multiple jurisdictions and legal systems, having been appointed under ICC, LCIA, SIAC, HKIAC, and UNCITRAL rules as well as pure ad hoc, and also acts as advocate and adviser. His expertise spans technology, pharmaceuticals, energy, media and financial services.

Dawn Tan Ly-Ru is the Founding and Managing Director of ADTLaw LLC and heads its disputes practice. She is also Managing Director of Ashurst ADTLaw, a Formal Law Alliance between ADTLaw LLC and Ashurst LLP. She is tri-qualified in Singapore, England & Wales and New York State, and is an experienced arbitration and litigation practitioner. Dawn has represented leading corporates in complex, high-profile, multijurisdictional disputes involving energy and resources, joint ventures, shareholders and M&A. She has appeared at all levels of the Singapore courts and acted as lead counsel in international arbitrations. She holds an LL.B. with First Class Honours from the National University of Singapore and an LL.M. with academic distinction from Harvard Law School, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.

Karthik Balisagar is a Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting, based in London, within the Economic and Financial Consulting segment. He has 19 years of experience in valuation and transaction consulting, specialising in valuation and damages issues in the context of international arbitration and litigation. Karthik has advised banks, private equity firms, institutional investors and corporates across sectors including financial services, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, mining and technology, in both contentious and non-contentious matters. He has been appointed as an expert witness in numerous arbitration and litigation matters, preparing expert reports for submission to courts in Singapore, the UK, the Netherlands and the EU, as well as in arbitrations under ICC, HKIAC, ICSID, UNCITRAL and LCIA rules. He holds a B.Sc. in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics from Bangalore University and an M.A. in International Business and International Finance from Amity University.

Shweta Bharti is the Managing Partner at Hammurabi & Solomon Partners, with over 24 years of litigation experience across nearly every High Court in India, the Supreme Court, the Competition Commission of India, NCLTs, NCLATs and TDSAT, including pathbreaking work on reverse insolvency. She also represents clients before arbitral institutions such as the ICC, SIAC and LCIA, with expertise spanning dispute resolution, insolvency, real estate, environmental law and corporate commercial advisory. She authored a two-volume treatise on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, forewarded by Justice A.K. Sikri and Dr. M.S. Sahoo. She holds an LL.B. from the University of Delhi, dual MBAs, an LL.M. from Jindal Global Law School, and is a Harvard Business School alumna. She serves as India's Jurisdictional Council Member for the Inter-Pacific Bar Association, and is consistently recognised by Benchmark Litigation, Legal 500 and India Business Law Journal as a leading practitioner.

Eraldo d'Atri is a Partner and Solicitor Advocate at Humphries Kerstetter LLP, London, with over 15 years' experience in dispute resolution, focusing on international commercial arbitration. He joined HK in September 2024 after 14 years at Clifford Chance, where he practised in the International Arbitration Group, with secondments to Madrid, General Electric and Barclays. Eraldo has acted on LCIA, ICC, SIAC and ad hoc arbitrations seated in London, New York, Paris, Singapore and Geneva, with a particular focus on financial and private equity disputes, alongside the tech and energy sectors, and has worked on some of the largest cases before the Technology and Construction Court. A native Italian speaker also fluent in Spanish, he is described by Legal 500 as standing out for his exceptional litigation and arbitration knowledge, and was shortlisted for Chambers and Partners' Future Leader: LGBT+ Lawyer of the Year award.

Baiju Vasani is a Barrister and Arbitrator at Twenty Essex, London, and a renowned leader in investor-state dispute settlement, international commercial arbitration and public international law. Before joining the Bar in November 2022, he spent 20 years in international law firm practice, including 12 years as partner, leading the international arbitration practices of major American law firms in London, Washington DC and, until February 2022, Moscow, where he led the Russian Federation's defence in six major investment treaty arbitrations. His treaty practice spans representation of states and investors under the ICSID and UNCITRAL Rules, including seminal cases on treaty succession, disputed territories and the effect of alleged illegality on arbitral jurisdiction. He holds four law degrees, including an LLM from LSE and a BCL from Oxford, and is a Professor of Practice at SOAS, University of London.

Rahul Donde is an independent arbitrator and counsel with nearly two decades of experience in international commercial and investment arbitration, qualified in India and based in Switzerland and India. He founded Rahul Donde Dispute Resolution in Geneva in 2024, after twelve years at Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler, the leading Geneva arbitration boutique, and opened a second office in Mumbai in 2026, giving the practice a footprint in both Europe and India. He has acted as arbitrator, counsel and tribunal secretary in over 45 international arbitration proceedings under ad hoc and institutional rules including UNCITRAL, ICC, ICSID, LCIA, Swiss Rules, SIAC, HKIAC, and MCIA with particular experience in commercial and corporate disputes. He is an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen, and is fluent in English, Marathi and Hindi with a working proficiency in French. He has been recognised as a 'Future Leader' and 'Global Elite Thought Leader' for arbitration under 45 by Lexology Index.

Shaneen Parikh is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution practice at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co (SAM), specialising in International Arbitration and based in Mumbai. A dual-qualified Advocate and Solicitor with over three decades of experience, She is a Solicitor in India and in the Supreme Court of England and Wales, an Advocate-on-Record before the Supreme Court of India, a Registered Foreign Lawyer at the Singapore International Commercial Court, and is registered with the Abu Dhabi Global Market Courts and the Dubai International Financial Centre. Shaneen has acted as both counsel and arbitrator in international arbitrations seated outside India and under the rules of various international arbitral institutions.

Srishti Jain is a Managing Associate at Humphries Kerstetter LLP, London, triple-qualified as a Solicitor-Advocate in England & Wales, a New York attorney and an Advocate in India. She has practised law since 2013, focusing on cross-border commercial disputes including financial, contractual, shareholder and post-M&A disputes, insolvency, fraud, professional negligence and enforcement of foreign awards and judgments, across sectors such as banking, mining, oil and gas, telecommunications, construction and pharmaceuticals. She has represented clients before the High Courts, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of England & Wales, acted in LCIA, ICC, SIAC and AAA arbitrations, and advised investors and states in ICSID investment treaty arbitrations. Prior to joining HK, Srishti spent 12 years at leading law firms in London, New York and India, and holds an LL.M. from Cornell Law School. She is recognised as a 'Leading Associate' in the 2026 UK edition of Legal 500.

Vishrov Mukerjee is a Partner in Trilegal's Dispute Resolution and Arbitration practice, based in Delhi. He has over 15 years of experience across regulatory disputes, arbitration in the infrastructure sector, and commercial litigation. Vishrov has handled several precedent-setting matters involving change-in-law claims, the regulatory powers of Electricity Commissions, compensatory mechanisms for cancellation of coal blocks, and reopening of renewable PPAs. He regularly represents renewable power companies on issues such as tariff reduction and recovery, curtailment, contract cancellation, and force majeure claims arising from COVID-19 and supply-chain disruptions. Vishrov joined Trilegal as Partner in 2022 from J. Sagar Associates, and was earlier a Partner there since 2016. He holds an LL.B. from the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata.

Bitika Kaur leads the Litigation, Real Estate and Regulatory Practice at Apraava Energy, based in Mumbai, where she manages dispute resolution land and regulatory matters for the company's power and infrastructure portfolio. She has been recognised by Legal Era as a rising star and was recently named a recipient of the IESA 40 Under 40 Excellence Award 2026 by the India Energy Storage Alliance, honouring young professionals who have made exceptional contributions to India's clean energy ecosystem. Bitika holds her legal education from the University of Calcutta and remains actively engaged with academic and professional legal communities.

Mahesh Vipradas is Vice President – Regulatory Affairs and Power Markets at Sembcorp India, with over 23 years of experience in renewable power generation spanning resource assessment, market studies, planning, and policy and regulatory affairs. He works extensively on power market projections, procurement, tariffs, and evacuation arrangements for both conventional and renewable power, and has advised on regulatory issues in South Asian markets including Sri Lanka and Bhutan. Prior to Sembcorp, he spent nine years at Suzlon Energy and eleven years at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). Mahesh also serves as Vice President of the Wind Independent Power Producers Association (WIPPA) India. He holds an M.Tech in Energy Studies and an M.Sc. in Physics from IIT Delhi.

Namrata Kapur is General Counsel & Chief Ethics Officer at BluPine Energy, a renewable energy platform backed by Actis, where she leads legal, compliance, and corporate governance functions. With over 18 years of experience in corporate law and the energy sector, she has advised on project development, PPA and EPC agreements, financing, regulatory matters, and commercial litigation across conventional and renewable energy. Before joining BluPine, Namrata held senior in-house roles at Enel Green Power India, Cairn India, and Isolux Corsan, and began her career at J. Sagar Associates. She holds a BA LL.B. (Hons.) along with postgraduate legal credentials, and has completed executive programmes at the Wharton School.

Sunei Kapur is the Chief Business Officer at Resolven, where he leads the company's commercial strategy, business structuring, partnerships, and growth initiatives. He brings over 15 years of experience across infrastructure and renewable energy, combining legal expertise with strong commercial and regulatory acumen. Prior to Resolven, Sunei served as General Counsel at O2 Power, and has also held roles at ReNew Power and HSA Advocates. He is an active voice in India's renewable energy industry, regularly contributing to industry forums and associations focused on wind and clean power policy.