India Disputes Mumbai

Perspective on issues in Indian and cross-border transactions with particular focus on London, Singapore & The Middle East

1&2 December 2023 - In Person | Sofitel Mumbai BKC

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Agenda

Day 1 Day 2

09.30

Registration

10.00

Chair Welcome Remarks
Sushmita Gandhi - Lawyer - India

10.15

Keynote Presentation

Chaired By Ritin Rai

Justice L. Nageswara Rao - Supreme Court of India -
Ritin Rai SA - Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India - 7 KBW (India)

10.45

Discussing Insolvency in India and Cross Border

The implementation and effectiveness of Cross Border Insolvency
An overview of ever evolving insolvency regime in India
NCLTs and NCLATS and regime plays out in Cross Border
Changing legal landscape – corporate and personal guarantee in insolvency proceedings (Double dip concept – insolvency – in corporate guarantee

Sushmita Gandhi - Lawyer - India
Rajat Malhotra - Partner - Laware Associates (India)
Sanjay Kaushik - Managing Director - Netrika (India)
Amit Kumar Jha - Executive Director - Grant Thornton Bharat LLP (India)
SIDDHANT KANT - Partner - Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co (India)

11.30

Refreshment Break

11:45

Highlighting the Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards

Recognition and enforcement – The Public Policy Defence
Enforcement of foreign judgements and arbitral awards – reciprocal territory arrangements.
Enforcement of actions in India – Recent trends and way forward
Early – stage considerations – drafting arbitral clause, seat etc.
State arbitration and sovereign immunity and enforcement

Prateek Bagaria - Partner - Singularity Legal (India, UAE & Singapore)
Rajendra Barot - Senior Partner - AZB (India)
Srishti Jain - Managing Associate - Keidan Harrison (London)
Ashish Chugh - Legal Principal - Baker McKenzie (Singapore)
Naresh Thacker - Partner - Economic Laws Practice (India)
Priyank Srivastava - Director - Duane Morris & Selvam LLP (Singapore)

12:30

Reviewing Mediation in India Compared to England & Singapore

Bill currently being passed in India
Comparison between England and India and Singapore
Growth and significance of mediation in the commercial space in India
Commercial Courts Act 2015 – compulsory mediation
Is India open to institutional mediation?

Amit Jajoo - Partner - IndusLaw (India)
Marc Keidan - Partner - Keidan Harrison (London)
Avinash Pradhan - Deputy Head, International Arbitration Co-Head, South Asia Desk Partner, Rajah & Tann Singapore Partner, Christopher & Lee Ong - Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP
Abhishek Sinha - Deputy Head-Retail Litigation - ICICI Bank Limited (India)

13:15

Networking & Lunch Break

14.30

Addressing Construction Disputes

Foreign investment in construction projects
Damage and delay claims
Importance of expert evidence in construction disputes
Multi layered construction contract – binding non-signatories – law in India
Liquidity
Risk management

Rupa Lakha - Partner - Charles Russell Speechlys (London)
Sarbjit Singh Chopra - Managing Director - Duane Morris & Selvam LLP (Singapore)
Parveen Arora - Partner - BTG Legal (India)
Sushmita Gandhi - Lawyer - India
SHWETHA BIDHURI - DIRECTOR & HEAD, SOUTH ASIA - SIAC (India)
Samit Shukla - Partner - DSK Legal (India)

15:15

Identifying Recent Updates to Commercial Disputes

Judicial trend in commercial matters in disputes in last 2 years and whether that has changed or not in Indian law and courts and how they are evolving.
Forward looking on commercial landscape - how it will impact dispute market
Role of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms
Enforceability of settlement agreements

Sumanta Ghosh - HEAD – LEGAL LTIDPL INDVIT SERVICES LIMITED (INVESTMENT MANAGER TO INDINFRAVIT TRUST) (INDIA) - IndInfravit Trust (India)
Sharan Jagtiani - Senior Counsel - Senior Counsel (India) and 39 Essex Chambers (England & Wales)
Rajagopal Venkatakrishnan - Senior Vice President - Reliance Industries Ltd (India)
Tariq Khan - Registrar - IAMC Hyderabad (India)
Neeti Sachdeva - Secretary-General and Registrar - Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration (India)

16:00

Refreshment Break

16:30

Exploring The Monetisation of Non-Performing Loans

The prevalent laws in India
Enforcement (domestic and international)
The roadblocks
IBC as a measure

Dhananjay Kumar - Partner - Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (India)
Sameer Abhyanker - Partner - Innovatus Law (India)
Prashan Patel - Partner - Grant Thornton (London)
Thomas Rodwell - Managing Director - Rodwell Disputes Advisory
Ishita Sharan - Head of Legal - National Asset Reconstruction Co Ltd (India)

17:15

What’s next for Indian Arbitration?

India the next hub for International disputes and International commercial arbitration
Singapore and London as alternative Arbitration destinations - Making the case for revisiting having London as a seat for arbitration (and as a selected jurisdiction for litigation).
Indian parties choosing foreign seat of arbitration – recent trends and law.
Other recent trends – Arbitration Council of India
Bilateral treaty arbitrations and enforcement

Kingshuk Banerjee - Partner - Khaitan & Co (India)
Gopal Subramanium SA - Senior Advocate - 3 Verulam Buildings (India)
Zal Andhyarujina SA - Barrister - Fountain Court (London)
Manish Aggarwal - Partner - Three Crowns (London)
Priyank Srivastava - Director - Duane Morris & Selvam LLP (Singapore)

18:00

Chair Closing Remarks
Priyank Srivastava - Director - Duane Morris & Selvam LLP (Singapore)

18:10

Networking Drinks Reception

19:00

Dinner

20:00

Close Of Day 1

9:30

Registration

10:05

Chair Opening Remarks
Marc Keidan - Partner - Keidan Harrison (London)

10:15

Investigations and How to Obtain Evidence in Support Of Proceedings
Meenakshi Arora - Senior Advocate - Supreme Court of India (India)
Rajat Sethi - Partner - SNR Law (India)
Tine Abraham - Partner - Trilegal (India)
Tariq Khan - Registrar - IAMC Hyderabad (India)
Michael Harrington - Principal - Control Risks (India)

11:00

Networking & Refreshment Break

11:20

Asset Recovery and Asset Tracing

Importance of preliminary due diligence
How do you trace the money and assets
Fraudulent transfer of assets
Transfer of assets/ enforcement outside of India
Forensic to assist with tracking any non-compliances and asset identification

Sanjay Nambiar - Senior Group President & General Counsel - YES Bank (India)
Edward Palmer - Partner - Mintz Group
Naief Yahia - Partner - Al Tamimi & Company (Dubai)
Zarir Bharucha - Managing Partner - ZBA Advocates & Solicitors (India)
Prashan Patel - Partner - Grant Thornton (London)
Thomas Rodwell - Managing Director - Rodwell Disputes Advisory
DK Singh - Managing Partner - KBH (Dubai)

12:05

Cross Border Financial Crime Enforcement

Civil Fraud – White collar crime
Cross Border financial crime enforcement
Use of English court in aide or Indian hearing
Extradition request – white collar criminals (Indian in UK) white collar criminals seeking haven in UK – is UK a haven?
Cross border financial crime enforcement – between India, UK, and Singapore
Reporting obligations, obligation of banks and FI’s to report fraud to authorities
Interplay between Prevention of Corruption Act in India, UKBA, FCPA – differences and effectiveness
Mechanisms of dealing with internal investigations and best practices
Is UK a “Safe Haven?”

Neerav Merchant - Partner & Head of Disputes - Majmudar & Partners (India)
Kaizad Hazari - General Counsel - The Chatterjee Group (TCG) (India)
Priyank Srivastava - Director - Duane Morris & Selvam LLP (Singapore)
Sara Sundaram - Partner - Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas

12:50

Chair Closing Remarks
Prashan Patel - Partner - Grant Thornton (London)

13:00

Networking & Lunch

14:00

End of Conference