2019 ICC INDIA ARBITRATION CONFERENCE

2019 ICC INDIA ARBITRATION CONFERENCE

PROGRAMME
09:00 – 10:00 REGISTRATION

10:00 – 11:00 INAUGURAL SESSION

10:00 – 10:05 Welcome Address

Kunal Vajani
Member (India), ICC International Court of Arbitration; Head of Chambers,
BlackRobe Chambers, New Delhi

10:05 – 10:15 Opening Remarks

Ciccu Mukhophaya
Senior Advocate; Chair, ICC India Arbitration Group and Former Vice President, ICC
International Court of Arbitration

10:15 – 10:30 Special Address

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Nandrajog
Chief Justice, High Court of Bombay

10:30 – 10:45 Keynote Address

Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.A. Bobde (TBC)
Judge, Supreme Court of India

10:45 – 10:55 Director’s Address

Abhinav Bhushan
Director, South Asia, ICC Arbitration & ADR, Singapore

11:00 – 11:30 TEA / COFFEE BREAK SPONSORED BY PwC

11:30 – 13:00 Panel Discussion – ‘Dialing 101 - Emergency Arbitrations - Clarifying concepts:
applicability, admissibility, jurisdiction and urgency of Emergency Arbitration’

Moderator David Bateson

Arbitrator, 39 Essex Chambers, London

Speakers Andrew Battisson

Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright, Sydney

Vyapak Desai
Partner, Nishith Desai Associates, Mumbai

Dimitrios Katsikis
Senior Associate, Shearman & Sterling, Singapore

Shivani Sanghi
Associate, Covington & Burling LLP, London

13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH BREAK

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14:00 – 15:30 Panel Discussion - “Arbitration in India – (still) a quagmire or learning from the
past?”

Moderator Prakash Pillai

Partner, Clyde & Co. Clasis, Singapore

Speakers Alok Jain

Associate Partner, Economic Laws Practice, Mumbai

Vivekananda Neelakanthan
Partner, Allen & Gledhill, Singapore

Dhirendra Negi
Partner, J. Sagar Associates, Mumbai

Raj Panchmatia
Partner, Khaitan & Co., Mumbai

15:30 – 15:45 TEA / COFFEE BREAK SPONSORED BY MASIN PROJECT

15:45 – 17:15 Oxford Style Debate: “Time and Cost Efficiency – a myth in Indian Arbitration?

Jury Janak Dwarkadas

Senior Advocate, Mumbai

Kabir Singh
Partner, Clifford Chance, Singapore

Montek Mayal
Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting, New Delhi

For the Motion Rishika Harish (TBC)

Advocate, High Court of Bombay

Speaker TBC

Against the Motion Madhur Baya

Principal, LexArbitri, Mumbai

Arti Raghavan (TBC)

Advocate, High Court of Bombay

17:15 – 17:30 VOTE OF THANKS

Sameer Jain
ICC YAF Representative (India); Founder and Managing Partner, PSL Advocates
& Solicitors, New Delhi

17:30 – 19:00 NETWORKING DRINKS

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ABOUT THE ICC INTERNATIONAL COURT OF
ARBITRATION

The International Court of Arbitration is the

world’s leading arbitral institution. Since
1923, we have been helping to resolve
difficulties in international commercial and
business disputes to support trade and
investment.

We perform an essential role by providing

individuals, businesses and governments
alike with a variety of customisable services
for every stage of their dispute.

Although we are called a court in name, we

do not make formal judgments on disputed
matters. Instead, we exercise judicial
supervision of arbitration proceedings.

Our purpose is to ensure proper application

of the ICC Rules, as well as assist parties and
arbitrators in overcoming procedural
obstacles. These efforts are supported by the
Court’s Secretariat, which is made up of
more than 80 lawyers and support
personnel.

English and French are the Court’s official

working languages. However, we can
administer cases in any language and
communicate in all major languages,
including Arabic, Chinese, German, Italian,
Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.

We continuously seek to improve efficiency,

control time and costs and aid enforcement
and confidentiality by introducing
innovative new arbitration tools and
procedures. This ongoing focus makes
certain that we are always in touch with the
concerns and interests of trading partners
throughout the world.

www.iccarbitration.org

ABOUT ICC INDIA

Set up in 1929, Indian National Committee of

International Chamber of Commerce is one
of the most active chapters of the ICC, the
world's apex business organisation. In its fold,
it has a large membership of law firms,
enterprises, chambers of commerce, trade
& industry associations among others. It is the
forum, which makes it easier to do business
internationally.

www.iccindiaonline.org