Senior Advocate Gaurav Pachnanda Fast-Tracked To The English Bar

After being granted an unconditional exemption from all academic and vocational components of qualification and training, Gaurav Pachnanda was called to the Bar at a formal ceremony at the Middle Temple London, earlier this week.

The Bar Standards Board (UK) ordinarily requires that foreign qualified advocates (and sometimes even senior advocates) take some parts of the Bar Transfer Test followed by a short pupillage, as a precondition for being called to the Bar of England and Wales. However, a complete and unconditional exemption from the academic and vocational components of qualification and training is granted only in exceptional cases, based upon assessment of a particular lawyer’s body of work, professional experience and expertise in law.

While Gaurav Pachnanda is India-based and practices as a Senior Advocate in Delhi, he has a substantial practice in international commercial arbitrations in London and Singapore, which he undertakes from Fountain Court Chambers, London and Singapore, where he is a Door Tenant.