MAHARASHTRA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY MUMBAI

CENTRE FOR ARBITRATION AND RESEARCH

ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION

'PRACTICE & PROCEDURE IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION'

6 December, 2019 | 9:00 A.M. - 6:15 P.M.

2nd Floor, MNLU CETTM Campus, Technology Street, Powai, Mumbai 

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE ABOUT THE THEME

The Centre for Arbitration & Research (CAR)'s The conference is aimed at hearing from and discussing
Annual Conference is intended to be an with leading experts on the complexities and challenges
international conference featuring preeminent and faced in the broader field of international commercial
eminent experts in the field of arbitration providing arbitration and the specialized fields of maritime
their views on the practice and procedure of arbitration, sports arbitration and investment arbitration.
international arbitration and discussing the various In the dynamic area of law that is international
challenges faced in arbitration today. The arbitration, such an exercise would be of great
conference will be a full-day event featuring 4 significance for expert and budding practitioners alike
while adding to the discourse on identifying the
panel-discussions on varied themes. It will also serve
challenges and finding solutions in these specialized
as the formal inauguration of the Centre,
fields of arbitration.
earmarking the launch of the research and training
projects to be undertaken by the Centre in the
upcoming year.

International Commercial Arbitration

PANEL DISCUSSIONS ON:

Maritime Arbitration
Sports Arbitration
Investment Arbitration

SUPPORTING PARTNERS
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8:30 A.M. – 9:40 A.M. Registrations & Breakfast

9:45 A.M. – 9:50 A.M. Welcome Address

Mr. Chirag Balyan (Coordinator, Centre for Arbitration &
Research)

9:50 A.M. – 10:00 A.M. Address

Dr. Adish C. Aggarwala (Senior Advocate, Supreme
Court of India; President, International Council of Jurists,
London)

10:00 A.M. – 10:10 A.M. Special Address

Ms. Neeti Sachdeva (Registrar & Secretary General,
Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration)

10:10 A.M. – 10:15 A.M. Presidential Address

Prof. (Dr.) Dilip Ukey  (Vice-Chancellor, Maharashtra
National Law University Mumbai)

10:15 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. Formal Inauguration of the Centre

10:30 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Panel discussion - "International Commercial

Arbitration"
Mr. Sameer Jain, Managing Partner, PSL Advocates &
Solicitors, New Delhi; (Moderator)
Ms. Sheila Ahuja, Partner, Allen & Overy, Singapore
Mr. Raj Panchmatia, Partner, Khaitan & Co., Mumbai
Ms. Sapna Jhangiani, Partner, Clyde & Co., Singapore
Mr. Ajay Thomas, Independent Arbitrator, New Delhi
Mr. Anish Wadia, FCIArb, Independent Arbitrator &
Mediator, Mumbai
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12:00 P.M. - 1:30 P.M. Panel discussion - "Maritime Arbitration" -
Presided by Shri Amitabh Kumar (I.R.S.),
Director General of Shipping, Government of
India
Mr. A.W.J. (Tony) Fernandez, Independent Arbitrator &
Average Adjuster, Mumbai; (Moderator)
Mr. Amitava (Raja) Majumdar, Managing Partner, Bose &
Mitra & Co., Mumbai,
Mr. Ashwin Shanker, Partner, Law Chambers of George
A. Rebello, Mumbai
Mr. Zarir Bharucha, Managing Partner, ZBA & Co.,
Mumbai
Mr. Philip Teoh, Partner, Azmi & Associates, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia

1:30 P.M. - 1:40 P.M. Special Address on Maritime Arbitration

Shri Amitabh Kumar (I.R.S.), Director General of
Shipping, Government of India

1:40 P.M. - 2:15 P.M. Lunch

2:30 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. Panel discussion - "Sports Arbitration"

Mr. Peter S.K. Koh, Senior Consultant, RHTLaw Taylor
Wessing, Singapore; (Moderator)
Mr. Anish Dayal, Counsel & Arbitration Attorney,
Supreme Court of India, New Delhi
Ms. Louise J. Reilly, Barrister, Bar of Ireland, Dublin,
Ireland
Mr. Vidushpat Singhania, Managing Partner, Krida Legal,
New Delhi
Ms. Lovely Dasgupta, Faculty of Law, WBNUJS, Kolkata
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4:00 P.M. - 5:30 P.M. Panel discussion - "Investment Arbitration"
Dr. Rishab Gupta, Partner, Shardul Amarchand
Mangaldas & Co., Mumbai; (Moderator)
Mr. Hasit Seth, Counsel, Bombay High Court, Mumbai
Ms. Katie Chung, Counsel, Norton Rose Fulbright,
Singapore
Ms. Shwetha Bidhuri, Head (South-Asia), Singapore
International Arbitration Centre

5:30 P.M. - 5:45 P.M. Valedictory Ceremony

5:45 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. Vote of thanks

Mr. Yashraj Samant  (General Secretary, Centre for
Arbitration & Research)

6:00 P.M. onwards Networking & High Tea

REGISTRATION DETAILS MEET THE TEAM

Patron : Prof. (Dr.) Dilip Ukey, Vice-Chancellor, MNLU Mumbai
Registration Fee
Students - Rs. 1,500/-
Centre Coordinator : Mr. Chirag Balyan, Faculty of Law, MNLU
Professionals and others - Rs. 2,500/-
Mumbai
Name of Account Holder: Maharashtra National Law
University, Mumbai General Secretary : Mr. Yashraj Samant
Punjab National Bank Account Number:
8709000100017230 Research Assistants : Ms. Natasha Kavalakkat & Mr. Aditya
IFSC Code: PUNB0870900 Gupta
Branch Name: Powai
Account Type: Saving Organizing Committee : Praharsh Verma | Rohan Kharche |
Saisha Singh | Shivam Sonkar | Sohil Sankalp | Manisha Katyal
| Saisha Bacha | Anoushka Mehta | Janhavi Pise | Anushka
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FOR MORE DETAILS

Visit : http://www.mnlumumbai.edu.in/
Email : arbitrationcentre@mnlumumbai.edu.in
Chirag Balyan : +91 7799197841
Yashraj Samant : +91 9829412764