ICC India Arbitration Conference – Mumbai 2024

11:00 – 11:45

Registration and morning coffee

11:45 – 12:15

Opening Session

• Welcome Remarks: Sunil Sanghai, Vice President ICC India, Founder & CEO, NovaaOne Capital Pvt Ltd, Mumbai
• Opening Remarks: Tejus Chauhan, Director, Arbitration and ADR, South Asia, ICC Dispute Resolution Services
• Keynote Address: Hon'ble Mr Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan, Judge, High Court of Bombay

12:15 – 13:30

Panel I: Tackling third party funding in arbitration – Beyond pitfalls and towards a working regime?

While the popularity of third-party funding has met with some scepticism owing to the lack of judicial certainty domestically, parties remain open to the financial lifeline that both conditional fees and damages-based remuneration models offer to resolve complex and potentially expensive disputes. The discussion will begin by assessing the current regime of third-party funding and delve into the key considerations for investors and companies to evaluate funding options and propose the required reforms. The speakers will share insights and practical examples of the push points to be assessed for third party funding options in specific sectors and the impact of third-party funding in ensuring access to justice.

• Scheherazade Dubash, Senior Practice Development Lawyer (International Arbitration), Pinsent Masons LLP, Dubai
• Kshama A Loya, Partner, Dentons Link Legal, Mumbai
• Paul Tan, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Singapore
• Varghese Thomas, Partner, JSA Advocates & Solicitors, Mumbai
• Moderator: Nitesh Jain, Partner, Trilegal, Mumbai

13:30– 14:30

Networking Lunch

14:30 – 15:45

Panel II: Disrupting disputes in a globalized world - Strategies for arbitration, consolidation and joinder in complex disputes

The legal and practical landscape of interwoven contracts and multi-party disputes is constantly evolving and demands innovative resolution strategies. The panel will consider key issues in consolidation and joinder, shed light on consolidation techniques for streamlining multi-party cases, effective joinder strategies to ensure cohesive resolution, and share insights on navigating conflicting decisions from arbitral tribunals and courts in these cases.

• Kingshuk Banerjee, Partner, Khaitan & Co, Mumbai
• Kanika Goenka, Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, Mumbai
• Rebecca James, Partner, Linklaters, Singapore
• Vishi Sundar, Partner, WongPartnership LLP, Singapore
• Moderator: Sharan Jagtiani, Senior Advocate, High Court of Bombay

15:45 – 16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 – 16:45

Debate: This House believes that an arbitration clause permitting one party to unilaterally appoint the sole arbitrator is valid under law

• Abhileen Chaturvedi, Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Mumbai
• Ankita Godbole, Senior Associate, Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler, Geneva
• Rhia Marshall, Partner, Jerome Merchant + Partners, Mumbai
• Hari Veluri, Counsel, Providence Law, Asia, Singapore
• Moderator: Alok Jain, Partner, Economic Laws Practice, Mumbai

16:45 – 17:45

Closing Remarks and Cocktail Reception

• Shania Elias, Deputy Director, Arbitration & ADR, ICC India, New Delhi