Colloquium On Institutional ADR

Mr. Gauhar Mirza, Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.; Dr. Rajesh Sharma, Senior Lecturer, RMIT University, Melbourne;Mr. Pranav Budihal, Associate Counsel, Singapore International Arbitration Centre; Ms. Ekta Bahl, Partner, Samvad Partners & Empanelled Arbitrator, Centre for Mediation and Conciliation, Bombay; Mr. Sravan Unnam, Head, Hyderabad Arbitration & Mediation Centre; Ms. Apoorva Vishnoi, Research Fellow, Centre for Trade and Investment Law, Government of India and Ms. Laura Jiménez, Associate, Ashurst LLP, Dubai were panelists on the first day. Mr. Anubhab Sarkar, Partner & Co-Founder, Triumvir Law moderated the session that focused on the Singapore Convention on Mediation, its potential role in the rise of Institutional Mediation in India, and the benefits for institutions to diversify into offering multiple centralized ADR mechanisms.

The second day panel comprised of Mr. Tejas Karia, Partner & Head of Arbitration, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co., Mr. Simon Weber, Junior, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan (Schweiz) GmbH in Zurich, Switzerland, Ms. Smrithi Ramesh, Director, Asia Case Management Centre of the American Arbitration Association – International Centre for Dispute Resolution; Ms. Shwetha Bidhuri, Head (South Asia), Singapore International Arbitration Centre; Mr. Anubhab Sarkar, Partner & Co-Founder, Triumvir Law, Bangalore;Ms. Iram Majid, Director, Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation, New Delhi, Mr. Rajdeep Choudhury, Partner, Archeus Law & Empanelled with Hyderabad Arbitration and Mediation Centre and Mr. Satwik Shekhar, Legal Consultant, Centre for Trade & Investment Law, Government of India, New Delhi.The themes for the second day discussion were ⸺ the Challenges faced by Institutions in the Indian ADR Setup and the Hybridization of the UNCITRAL rules into practical institutional models. The discussion concluded with suggestions for development of dispute resolution mechanism in India. 386 participants attended the colloquium