Advisors

Board of Advisors

Abhinav Bhushan, Indian

Chief Executive for Asia & International Arbitrator, Member at 39 Essex Chambers

Abhinav Bhushan, Indian

Chief Executive for Asia & International Arbitrator, Member at 39 Essex Chambers

Abhinav focuses on helping companies, investors, and attorneys in the Region understand how they can efficiently resolve international commercial disputes by raising their awareness on the ICC’s Dispute Resolution Services and its commitment to international arbitration, the procedure, and thought leadership. Prior to serving as Regional Director as the Court’s first Indian Director, he was also the first Indian Deputy Counsel of the Court, where he gained first-hand experience working on arbitrations arising out of common law jurisdictions, in particular working with parties from the United Kingdom, India, Singapore and other regions of Asia. Mr. Bhushan is a regular contributor to various publications on developments in international arbitration and Indian arbitration law. Additionally, Mr Bhushan is the co-chair of ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (YAF), Asia Chapter.

Debolina Narayanan Saha

Global Portfolio Officer (LIBOR Transition) IFC -World Bank Group; Ex-Senior Legal Counsel, Dorsey & Whitney

Debolina Narayanan Saha

Global Portfolio Officer (LIBOR Transition) IFC -World Bank Group; Ex-Senior Legal Counsel, Dorsey & Whitney

Debolina is a multilingual dual-qualified lawyer, having qualified in England & Wales as well as India. She specializes in representing and advising corporate and investment banking clients in connection with debt securities offerings pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933. Debolina is also the Founder of Internship Bank (an online platform that seeks to connect senior women professionals with first generation female professionals via internship opportunities), and has in the past worked for many reputable organizations including among others, Dorsey & Whitney, Cantor Fitzgerald, Allen & Overy, Ashurst LLP and Amarchand Mangaldas. She continues to regularly preside over many interviews and webinars and find mention in media for her work on Internship Bank. She has also authored several publications and has been a panelist on discussions on legal developments and is often invited as a guest faculty to Indian law schools.

Ana Sambold

Mediator, Arbitrator, Chair-Elect of ABA Dispute Resolution Section

Ana Sambold

Mediator, Arbitrator, Chair-Elect of ABA Dispute Resolution Section

Ana is a California based Attorney, Mediator, and Arbitrator with over a decade of experience as a conflict resolution specialist. She is the Founder and Principal of Sambold Law & ADR Services. She has served as a neutral in over 1,000 cases across a broad spectrum of civil litigation matters involving commercial, insurance, property, employment, and succession, multinational and multilingual clients. She conducts mediations in-person, Online and in 3 languages: English, Spanish and Spanglish. Ana is an internationally IMI certified mediator and an international ArbitralWomen. She is on the neutral panels of the American Arbitration Association (AAA), ADR Services, Inc., and several U.S. courts, federal and state agencies. She is an unstoppable advocate for ADR and a devoted leader in the legal and ADR field. She currently serves as the ABA Dispute Resolution Section Educational Programming officer, ABA Advanced Mediation and Advocacy Skills Institute Co-Chair, California Lawyers Association ADR Committee past Chair and San Diego County Bar Association ADR Vice-Chair, President of the San Diego Law Library among many leadership roles.

Sheila Ahuja, British

Partner, Allen & Overy LLP

Sheila Ahuja, British

Partner, Allen & Overy LLP

Sheila Ahuja is a Partner in Allen & Overy's Global Arbitration group based in Singapore. She advises on a wide range of arbitration matters and arbitration related court proceedings, involving jurisdictions such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Myanmar, Malaysia, Japan and in particular India. Sheila has particular experience of energy and infrastructure disputes, disputes arising from joint ventures and distributorship arrangements, and disputes relating to complex financial products. She represents clients in both commercial arbitrations and investor-State arbitrations. Amongst other positions, Sheila is Co-Chair of the Asia Pacific Arbitration Group Sub-Committee of the IBA, Co-Chair of the Steering Committee of the Young MCIA and a member of the Steering Committee of the IBAArb40 Sub-Group of the IBA Arbitration Committee. She speaks English, Hindi, Sindhi, Cantonese and Mandarin.

AJ Jawad, Indian

Digital Dispute Resolution Specialist at DDRS & Global Faculty, ADR ODR International, UK

AJ Jawad, Indian

Digital Dispute Resolution Specialist at DDRS & Global Faculty, ADR ODR International, UK

Jawad has been a mediator since 2007. He has extensive experience in mediating commercial, contractual, matrimonial and child custody. He is a trainer with the MCPC, Supreme Court of India and has trained lawyers and judges in mediation all over India, including Training of Trainers (ToT) workshops. Jawad is empaneled with the SIMC as an India-specialist mediator. He is accredited as a SIMI Level 3 Mediator. Jawad works for ADR ODR International, UK, a thought leader in ADR and ODR, as a mediator and global faculty and has been involved in mediation training programs in universities in the UK and India.

Claude Amar, French

Managing Partner at Mediation & Resolution

Claude Amar, French

Managing Partner at Mediation & Resolution

Claude Amar is a registered architect, a hotel developer, a real estate asset manager and a mediator. He was trained as an architect (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Paris), has studied Finance at INSEAD and Negotiation at Harvard (with Robert Mnookin’s team). He was trained as a mediator by Gary Friedman, at the Centre for Mediation in Law in San Francisco. Claude, a founding partner of Mediation & Resolution (https://mediation-resolution.net), is an IMI, as well as IFCM and SIMI, certified mediator and has been accredited by several international mediation centres, including ICC France and IEAM in Paris, SIMC in Singapore, JIMC in Japan, BIAMC in Indonesia and ICM in Santa Monica. Moreover, Claude is a member of the Board of Governors and a Distinguished Fellow of the IAM (International Academy of Mediators), the President of the Académie de la Mediation, an IMI (International Mediation Institute) Standards Commission member, the President of IFCM (Institut Français de Certification des Médiateurs) and a member of the Working Group of the ICC International Mediation Competition. Claude is a founding member of Mediation & Resolution as well as mediator with “Espace d’Accès à la Médiation”, a pro bono organization dedicated to providing mediation services to people with limited means. He is the founder and President of the EyeTech Foundation, an NGO dedicated to cataract blindness treatment.

Meriam Al-Rashid Egyptian, Iraqi, USA, UK

Partner Global Co-Chair of International Arbitration, Eversheds Sutherland

Meriam Al-Rashid Egyptian, Iraqi, USA, UK

Partner Global Co-Chair of International Arbitration, Eversheds Sutherland

Co Head LatAm Arbitration; Film Producer Founder & President of Allusionst Pictures Author Writer & Public Speaker; CHIEF; Gender Race & Ethnic Equality Change Maker. Meriam Al-Rashid represents and advises clients across the globe on complex international disputes with a focus on public international law including issues related to human rights, international investment arbitration, international commercial arbitration, and foreign investor risk management. Her practice spans multiple industries and her experience includes participation in arbitrations before the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), International Court of Justice (ICJ), Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at The Hague, International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), and International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

Alok Tiwari Indian

Advocate, Dispute Resolution [Litigation & Arbitration] & Commercial Advisory; Former Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas & Dua Associates

Alok Tiwari Indian

Advocate, Dispute Resolution [Litigation & Arbitration] & Commercial Advisory; Former Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas & Dua Associates

Alok Tiwari is an experienced litigator and has successfully represented Indian & foreign clients in a variety of complex, high stake & cross border litigations and arbitrations. He regularly advises & represents Indian & foreign clients across industries including aviation, banking & finance, oil & gas, real-estate, FMCG, telecom, manufacturing, infrastructure. He presently runs AT Lit & Law, a Law Practice focused on dispute resolution, litigation and legal advisory. Alok is an avid reader and takes keen interest in history, philosophy, sciences & literature. He also enjoys Chess and trekking. He holds a Masters’ degree in Business & Corporate Laws.

Nicholas Peacock, British

Partner and Head of International Arbitration at Bird & Bird

Nicholas Peacock, British

Partner and Head of International Arbitration at Bird & Bird

Nicholas is a Partner and Head of International Arbitration at Bird & Bird based in London. He was previously a Partner in the International Arbitration Group at Herbert Smith Freehills, London office. Nicholas is an English law qualified solicitor-advocate who has appeared before arbitral tribunals in Europe and Asia, as well as in the London High Court. Nicholas also sits as an arbitrator under various institutional rules and ad hoc.

Dr Charu Mathur, India

Advocate on Record, Supreme Court of India

Dr Charu Mathur, India

Advocate on Record, Supreme Court of India

Dr Charu Mathur has rich and diverse expertise in corporate commercial civil criminal and constitutional matters. She is Advocate on Record Supreme court of India. Dr. Mathur is a regular practitioner before the Hon'ble Supreme court and represented parties like Cricketing bodies, educational institutions like IITJodhpur, NLU-Jodhpur, BPUT-Orissa, Maharana Pratap Agricultural University, Gujarat University, Jodhpur University, Private Engineering and Medicine colleges of Gujarat, Rajasthan and Orissa. She is also counsel for various High Courts, PSUs like National Fertilizer Limited, State instrumentalist like State Road Transport Corporations and leading private groups like Texmaco. She is also on the panel of Energy Companies. She is a published author and a frequent speaker at various forums.

Peter Ruggle, Swiss

Attorney at Law, Ruggle Partner

Peter Ruggle, Swiss

Attorney at Law, Ruggle Partner

Peter Ruggle, founder of Ruggle Partner, studied Law at the University of St. Gallen; he worked at a local district court, at the end as Judge. After his bar exam he was employed with a well known law firm in Zurich. Peter Ruggle publishs on a regular basis in the field of Commercial and Corporate Law, Financial Services Law, FinTech and Dispute Resolution. Ruggle Partner is a boutique law firm. The law firm offers individuals and companies in set-up, groth, crises and change phases our extensive knowledge and experience. The firm advices national and international clients in all matters of corporate development, transactions (M&A), tax, contract negotiations, company restructuring and succession planning. Ruggle Partner advices and supports clients in legal matters, mediate conflicting situations and accompanies clients throughout your business and private life.

Kannan Krishnamoorthy

Former Judge at High Court of Madras and Punjab & Haryana High Court

Kannan Krishnamoorthy

Former Judge at High Court of Madras and Punjab & Haryana High Court

He had been a judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court between 2008 to 2016 and served as Chairman of the Railway Claims Tribunal between 2016 to 2019 at the Principal Bench at New Delhi. Awarded Weinstein JAMS Fellowship in 2017, he has undergone certificate courses at the Harvard Law School and Hastings College of the Law, California University to master mediation. He has mediated family and corporate disputes referred to him by the Supreme Court of India and High Courts. He is the Founder-Director of Madhyasthm, a one-stop conflict resolution portal.

Dr. Aman Hingorani

Advocate & Mediator, Supreme Court of India and Delhi High Court

Dr. Aman Hingorani

Advocate & Mediator, Supreme Court of India and Delhi High Court

Dr. Hingorani has also been appointed as an arbitrator by Delhi High Court and PHDCCI. He has been engaged in teaching law and professional skills as adjunct faculty in India and abroad, and has run training programmes for judicial officers, lawyers, law teachers and students. Dr. Hingorani has prepared the ADR preparatory material for the All-India Bar Examination conducted annually by the Bar Council of India; the ADR Manual for FICCI as its National Consultant; and the Mediation Rules for PHDCCI. Dr. Hingorani has authored the SAGE bestseller, Unravelling the Kashmir Knot, and numerous other publications, both national and international.

Jasbir Singh Bajaj, Indian

Director at BE N BY IAS and Judicial Disha

Jasbir Singh Bajaj, Indian

Director at BE N BY IAS and Judicial Disha

A former Indian Administrative (I.A.S.) Officer of 1987 batch Tamil Nadu Cadre and a former Investigating Officer of the premier investigating agency of India, the Central Bureau of Investigation (C.B.I.), he has strong academic background in the fields of Public Administration (M.A.), Management (M.B.A. in International Business from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and Master in Marketing Management from Pondicherry University) and Law (Bachelor of Laws, LL.B. from Delhi University, Master of Laws, LL.M. from Indian Law Institute, I.L.I. and Master of Business Laws, M.B.L. from National Law School of India University, Bangaluru). He is an International Accredited Civil / Commercial Mediator from SIMI, Singapore, CMC, UK and ADR ODR International, UK and an Accredited Negotiator from ADR ODR International, UK. Presently he is Managing Partner in two law firms, KD Lex Chambers LLP-Centre for Conflict Resolution, Gurgaon, a premier institution imparting accredited training courses in Mediation and Arbitration and a full service law firm Legal Intellects LLP, New Delhi. He is Director of Be N BY IAS, New Delhi, a coaching institute for aspirants of Civil Services of India.

Jayant Bhatt

Advocate

Jayant Bhatt

Advocate

Mr. Bhatt is an independent litigator based in New Delhi, India. He holds dual Masters of Law (LL.M.)from New York University, USA and National University of Singapore. Mr Bhatt is a member of International Bar Association besides being a member of Supreme Court Bar Association and Delhi High Court Bar Association. The Chambers look after matters involving complex and substantial questions of Constitutional, Commercial, Criminal, Arbitration, Employment, Energy, Oil & Gas and other related laws in various Courts, Tribunals and other adjudicatory bodies across the country. The Chambers caters to varied clients comprising of Governmental and Non-Governmental Bodies, Multinationals, Financial Institutions and individuals in an array of matters.

Pascal Comvalius, Dutch

Mediator and Crisis Negotiator at Erickson Mediation Institute

Pascal Comvalius, Dutch

Mediator and Crisis Negotiator at Erickson Mediation Institute

PASCAL COMVALIUS MSc is an IMI-Certified Mediator, a MFN Registered mediator and a Certified Hostage /Crisis Negotiator. He obtained a Masters Degree in “Communication, Behavior and Credibility analysis” at the Manchester Metropolitan University, followed mediation trainings in the USA and Holland, received the hostage negotiation training at PATC, USA. Pascal practices and teaches mediation, crisis negotiation and credibility analysis around the globe. He is specialized in family/divorce and criminal law mediation. He is the former vice-president of the Academy of Professional Family Mediators, a former member of the International Standards Executive Committee of IMI and is the current chair of the IMI appraisal committee.

Matthew Rushton, British

Co-Founder and Legal Mangagement Consultant at Lexogic Consulting

Matthew Rushton, British

Co-Founder and Legal Mangagement Consultant at Lexogic Consulting

Matthew is a former legal and business journalist, author and business owner. He has 20 years’ experience in ADR both as a commentator and manager, and currently directs JAMS’s commercial activities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He is a regular conference speaker, guest lecturer on international arbitration at the University of Leicester, and a non-exec director of a corporate art consultancy. He is a graduate of the University of Manchester and holds post-graduate business qualifications from the OU Business School.

Michael Robbins, Australian | Hong Kong Resident

Special Counsel at DLA Piper

Michael Robbins, Australian | Hong Kong Resident

Special Counsel at DLA Piper

Michael began his career in his native Perth, Australia, where he practised for over 4 years before attending Georgetown University Law Center, participating in an LLM in international arbitration. Thereafter he was a Deputy Counsel in the Hong Kong office of the ICC Court of International Arbitration before joining Dorsey & Whitney in 2015. Michael is admitted to the practice of law in Western Australia, New York and Hong Kong, where he currently practises as a solicitor. He is admitted as a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators, and is currently an adjunct professor of the law faculty of Hong Kong University teaching international arbitration to LLM students.

Chakrapani Misra Indian

Partner, Khaitan & Co

Chakrapani Misra Indian

Partner, Khaitan & Co

Chakrapani Misra is a Partner in the Disputes Resolution Practice Group of the Firm based in Mumbai. With over two and a half decades of experience in the field, he specialises in commercial disputes resolution. Chambers & Partners, Asialaw & Legal 500 have regularly ranked him for his expertise as a leading lawyer in the field of disputes resolution. Chakrapani also regularly acts for and advises clients in domestic and international arbitrations including maritime arbitration. He also acts as arbitrator in complex disputes before various courts and tribunals across India, international commercial arbitrations under the rules of ICC, LCIA, SIAC and other international dispute resolution bodies, domestic arbitration in India, Securities laws related disputes, intellectual property rights and related matters, contract drafting and negotiations. He is a certified Mediator and regularly presides as Mediator over various corporate commercial disputes. The range of matters handled by him is vast and varies from general commercial litigation to admiralty disputes. Besides the above, he routinely advises the Firm’s clients on complex matters under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. Chakrapani also regularly contributes to various international and domestic publications on arbitration and other current legal issues of importance.

Sangeeta Mehrotra

Accredited trained Mediator - SAMADHAN, MAADHYAM, Supreme Court MCPC, SIMI Basic Level 1, SAMA odr, BIMACC

Sangeeta Mehrotra

Accredited trained Mediator - SAMADHAN, MAADHYAM, Supreme Court MCPC, SIMI Basic Level 1, SAMA odr, BIMACC

Empanelled Mediator at Supreme Court MCPC; SAMADHAN, Delhi High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre; BIMACC,Bengaluru; MAADHYAM, Delhi. A trained Mediator - completed more than 150 court referred as well as pre-litigation mediations, a persuasive individual possessing strong negotiating skills as well as oral and written communication skills. Confident professional putting forth an experience of more than 34 years in the Law/Legal sector. A unique combination of high-level training and experience in dealing with individuals / corporates as well as transactional legal experience in: 1. All matters re. property - collaboration with Developer/Contractor, Bank Finance for property redevelopment; 2. Marriage counselling, Pre-nuptial Agreements, Court Marriage 3. Marital Disputes - Pre-litigation Mediation, Permanent Alimony Settlement, Custody of children and Divorce by mutual consent. Experience Practising Mediation, Conciliation since 2011 In the present Covid_19 scenario started Online Mediation/ Conciliation in commercial as well as marital matters.

Dmitry Davydenko Russian Federation

Associate Professor at MGIMO University, Department of Private International and Civil Law

Dmitry Davydenko Russian Federation

Associate Professor at MGIMO University, Department of Private International and Civil Law

Visiting Professor, Tashkent State University of Law Based in Moscow, Dr Davydenko is Director of CIS Arbitration Forum. He has experience as an arbitrator in the ICC and other arbitral proceedings and is listed as a recommended arbitrator of a number of reputed arbitral institutions. He also acts as a Russian law expert on various matters related to international commerce. Board member of the Mediation Center at Russian Lawyers Association. Executive Secretary of the Expert Council under the ICC Russia Arbitration Commission. Listed as a Global leader for Arbitration by Who’s Who Legal and Global Arbitration Review (GAR). Lexology 2021 Client Choice Award Winner “Arbitration and ADR”.

Selina Morgan Gayle, British

Founder & CEO, SMG Mediation Ltd

Selina Morgan Gayle, British

Founder & CEO, SMG Mediation Ltd

Selina Morgan-Gayle is multi award-winning Mediator and Mediation service provider. She has a BA (Hons) Law, GDL, accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator. Selina is the CEO, Founder, Mediator of SMG Mediation Ltd based in London UK and the Co-Founder and member of Mediation Awareness Group (MAG) for Mediation Awareness Week UK in 2016. She is a member of Lincolns Inn Court, the Civil Mediation Council (CMC), The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb ), ADR-ODR International. Selina was a speaker to Attorney General Dominic Grieve and Jessica Lee MP for Erewash in the House of Commons and a Mentor for the Aspire Foundation a non profit organisation that inspires and empowers girls and women that positively impacts over 17.5 million girls and women around the globe.

Jonathan Lloyd-Jones, British

Commercial Mediator with Independent Mediators Limited

Jonathan Lloyd-Jones, British

Commercial Mediator with Independent Mediators Limited

Jonathan has been a commercial mediator since 1991. He qualified as a solicitor in England in 1979 and has worked in London and Oxford. He was chairman of his practice for about 12 years before becoming a full time commercial mediator in 2012. He is ranked in the top tier of mediators in the UK. His practice is wide ranging but with a particular emphasis on professional negligence claims and construction disputes. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators and accredited by the International Mediation Institute. He also lectures both in the UK and elsewhere on mediation topics.

Alberto Elisavetsky, Argentina

President ODR Latinoamerica

Alberto Elisavetsky, Argentina

President ODR Latinoamerica

Alberto Elisavetsky is the President of ODR Latinoamerica http://www.odrlatinoamerica.com. Ambassador of Peace. Mil Milenios de Paz, Peace Foundation, UNESCO. Director of the Observatory of Conflict in the National University of Tres de Febrero (UNTREF), Argentina. Director of the Postgraduate Course in Conflicts Resolution and New Technologies in the National University of Tres de Febrero (UNTREF), Argentina. Fellow of the Center of New Technologies applied to the Resolution of Disputes in EE.UU (NCTDR). President of the Academic Committee of e-MARC, on line annual congress on ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) http://e-marc.net. Coordinator of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese chapters of Cyberweek. Professor of Postgraduate Studies in Concepción del Uruguay University, Argentina. Professor in Online Dispute Resolution for the University of Loyola Andalucía, Spain.. Professor of Online Dispute Resolution for the Palmas Gran Canaria University, Spain. Member of the Scientific Committee of the Master in Mediation of the Padova University, Italy. Member of the Center of New Technologies and Conflict Resolution of the University of Massachusetts, USA. Founding Member of the International Forum of Professional Mediators (FIMEP). Editor in Spanish for Mediate.com. Creator and director of SIMEDIAR, project of simulated distance mediation http://www.simediar.com. Founding Member of IC ODR – International Council for Online Dispute Resolution - http://icodr.org Award Winner Best 2018 Mediator – Granted by Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.

Vivek Tanwar, Indian

Founder/Director, Law Offices of Kr. Vivek Tanwar Advocate & Associates

Vivek Tanwar, Indian

Founder/Director, Law Offices of Kr. Vivek Tanwar Advocate & Associates

Having graduated from MDU, Rohtak in B.A.LLB.(Hons.), Mr. Tanwar ventured into legal practice in the 2000. Having an excellent record in conducting heinous criminal trials he is designated as the SPECIAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR by the Haryana Government. He is a member of various prestigious institutions including NPAC & ICABA. He is a qualified professional with in-depth knowledge of ADR, conducting Arbitration for various Banking and Non-Banking entities. He has been speaker in various International as well as National seminars. He is keenly interested in arbitration and has been an adjudicator and a keynote speaker in many prestigious events. He has authoured a book which throws light on POSH Act.

John C. Turley, American

President of Turley Mediation Group

John C. Turley, American

President of Turley Mediation Group

John is a mediator in the greater Chicago area. He facilitate the mutually agreeable resolution of B2B and B2C conflicts in the workplace to realize mutually acceptable, livable and sustainable results. As an alternative dispute resolution specialist, John’s value to my clients, prospects and associates is my experience in resolving global corporate workplace conflicts, as well as disputes throughout their supply chain. He combines his facilitation skills with more than 25 years of experience in the IT industry calling on Fortune 100 Companies as an international sales, marketing and management executive for Fortune 100 Companies.

Adjunct Advisors

Ariza Choudhuri, Bangladesh

Barrister at Law, Associate at Mahbub & Company, Accredited Mediator and Certified Negotiator

Ariza Choudhuri, Bangladesh

Barrister at Law, Associate at Mahbub & Company, Accredited Mediator and Certified Negotiator

Ariza Choudhuri is a Barrister-at-law and a dispute resolution expert from Bangladesh. She attended law school in the UK and then undertook training at the Bar of England and Wales. She was called to the Bar by the Honorable Society of Lincoln’s Inn in 2018. In a career spanning over 2 years PQE, she has worked in anti-money laundering compliance, immigration and human rights in the UK and public interest litigation claims in Bangladesh. Currently, she works for one of the largest law firms in Bangladesh and focuses on corporate legal practice and civil litigation ranging widely from banking and finance, real estate and property disputes, insurance, company matters to cross border arbitration matters. She is an ADR-ODR International certified negotiator and an accredited civil and commercial mediator. In affiliation with ADR-ODR International and the European Institute for Conflict Resolution, she represented the respective organizations as an event ambassador at the ICC Mediation Competition in Paris in 2019. As a dispute resolution expert she serves in jury panels across international negotiation and mediation competitions held in India and the UAE.

Yamini Kumar, Indian

Associate, Khaitan & Co. (Mumbai)

Yamini Kumar, Indian

Associate, Khaitan & Co. (Mumbai)

Yamini works on commercial litigations, international commercial arbitrations and domestic arbitrations with the dispute resolution team at Khaitan & Co. She is accredited by the Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation as a commercial and community mediator in India and is also accredited as a civil-commercial mediator by ADR-ODR International, which qualifies her to practice mediation in England and Singapore. Further, Yamini has contributed as an organizer at the Indian Mediation Week, 2017 (http://indianmediationweek.com/). Yamini was the Director of the ADR Society (2017-18) at NUJS. Since her graduation in 2018, Yamini has judged multiple ADR competitions.

Saasha Malpani, Indian

Associate at Quinn Emanuel, Paris

Saasha Malpani, Indian

Associate at Quinn Emanuel, Paris

Saasha Malpani is an Associate with the Dispute Resolution team of Khaitan & Co. Her focus lies in proceedings before the Bombay High Court, NCLT and in domestic and international commercial arbitration. Saasha is a commercial mediator and negotiator, accredited by the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs under the aegis of the Government of India. She is also a civil-commercial mediator accredited by ADR-ODR International, London. She has completed a workshop on ‘Advocacy in Mediation’ conducted by CAMP, Bengaluru. She was also a panellist in the round-table conference on 'Mediation in Commercial Disputes in India' conducted in 2019 by BCCI.

Sharwari Pandit

MBA Candidate at Cornell University I McKinsey I Unilever I NLSIU

Sharwari Pandit

MBA Candidate at Cornell University I McKinsey I Unilever I NLSIU

MBA Candidate at Cornell Johnson and Cornell Tech, with a focus on law and technology. 4+ years with Unilever as an in-house legal counsel and a Management Trainee. Graduated from the National Law School of India with a JD-equivalent in 2017. I'm passionate about marketing, privacy, technology and negotiation!

Ms. Chaweewan Mekarporn, Thai

Mediator at THAC Thailand Arbitration Center

Ms. Chaweewan Mekarporn, Thai

Mediator at THAC Thailand Arbitration Center

Chaweewan Mekarporn is a specialist in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and provides training nationwide in dealing with mediation. She is versed in teaching on topic such as Mediation Training Course, Conflict Management Program and other related topics. She can also communicate fluently in Thai, English and Mandarin.

Nisshant Laroia, Indian

Founder & CEO, PACT

Nisshant Laroia, Indian

Founder & CEO, PACT

Mr. Nisshant Laroia is a Mediatior, Advocate and Partner at The PACT. He is a graduate of Gujarat National Law University. He is an Accredited Mediator at The Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA), Government of India, Accredited mediator at Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation (IIAM) and a Certified Cross-border mediator & Scholar, PSMA, Charles University, Prague. He is an Accredited Mediation Advocate, SCMA London and an Associate Grade Arbitrator, CIArb, London. He is a Co-founder of the Global Academy for Advocacy in Dispute Resolution. He is now an active Consensual Dispute Resolution Trainer to professionals and students, as well as a coach to competing student teams.

Ritvik M. Kulkarni, Indian

Senior Associate, Khaitan & Co.

Ritvik M. Kulkarni, Indian

Senior Associate, Khaitan & Co.

Ritvik is a dispute resolution lawyer based in Mumbai. He specialises in the law of commercial litigation and arbitration. He has advised clients in relation to arbitrations seated in India, Singapore (SIAC and SCMA), England (LCIA), and Germany (DIS). His works on arbitration and IP have been published in leading blogs and journals based in and outside India. In 2018, he founded Koinos (previously, the Indian Arbitration Blog) at www.indianarbitrationlaw.com - Koinos is currently listed as one of the top 20 arbitration blogs in 2020.

Abhay Raj Singh Bundela

Associate, AZB & Partners I NALSAR

Abhay Raj Singh Bundela

Associate, AZB & Partners I NALSAR

I am a corporate lawyer with nearly three years of experience as an Associate at AZB & Partners. I have worked on matters across practices, including General Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Compliance & Investigation / White-Collar Crime. My work experience inter alia includes advisory on CSR, ESOPs, M&A, ESG, corporate governance, white-collar crimes and general corporate compliance matters. I have also assisted clients with internal investigations as well as white-collar crimes defence, including fraud, bribery and corruption, and advised on related disclosure and reporting requirements, liability mitigation and regulatory investigations.

Advisors

Board of Advisors

Abhinav Bhushan, Indian

Debolina Narayanan Saha

Ana Sambold

Sheila Ahuja, British

AJ Jawad, Indian

Claude Amar, French

Meriam Al-Rashid Egyptian, Iraqi, USA, UK

Alok Tiwari Indian

Nicholas Peacock, British

Dr Charu Mathur, India

Peter Ruggle, Swiss

Kannan Krishnamoorthy

Dr. Aman Hingorani

Jasbir Singh Bajaj, Indian

Jayant Bhatt

Pascal Comvalius, Dutch

Matthew Rushton, British

Michael Robbins, Australian | Hong Kong Resident

Chakrapani Misra Indian

Sangeeta Mehrotra

Dmitry Davydenko Russian Federation

Selina Morgan Gayle, British

Jonathan Lloyd-Jones, British

Alberto Elisavetsky, Argentina

Vivek Tanwar, Indian

John C. Turley, American

Adjunct Advisors

Ariza Choudhuri, Bangladesh

Yamini Kumar, Indian

Saasha Malpani, Indian

Sharwari Pandit

Ms. Chaweewan Mekarporn, Thai

Nisshant Laroia, Indian

Ritvik M. Kulkarni, Indian

Abhay Raj Singh Bundela

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