The fundamentals of international legal business practice part 2: Resolution of cross border disputes

Amir Singh Pasrich is a commercial lawyer with a wide range of experience in contentious and non-contentious work. He has practiced in India since 1992. He co-founded the law firm 'International Law Affiliates' (I.L.A.) in 1998. Today Pasrich also acts as counsel for Commercial Disputes and Arbitration. He has been involved with international work from the time when he returned to India with a law degree from Oxford University (1989-1992) where he studied International Trade & Commercial Law (under Prof. F.M.B Reynolds, Prof. G.H. Trietel & Prof Roy M. Goode). IBA: Pasrich joined the International Bar Association (IBA) in 1997 and was appointed a sub-committee chair in 2000. He went on to co-chair the IBA's International Commerce & Distribution Committee. He served two terms as a member of the IBA's Legal Practice Division (LPD) Council. He has been a member of the IBA's Bar Issues Commission Policy Committee (2017-22) and is a former Vice-Chair of the Asia Pacific Forum. Positions, Work & Recognitions: Pasrich Chaired the Law & Justice Committee of the PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry (PHDCCI) from 2018 to 2020 and Chair of the PHDCCI Expeditious Access to Justice Forum in 2021-22. He is presently Vice-President of the Oxford & Cambridge Society of India. Pasrich has been recognised individually in the 2023 Legal 500, Chambers Asia and 2022 Who's Who Legal in multiple disciplines. As a counsel he has several reported judgments to his credit and has spoken at several dozen international conferences of the IBA, IPBA, UIA etc. Clients: He is Honorary Legal Advisor to the British High Commissioner (reappointed October 2022). His client list has included the Canadian High Commission and the Government of Canada (from 1995 till today), Ashok Leyland Ltd. (the Hinduja Group) since 1992, Accenture India Pvt. Ltd. (since 2020), Ambuja Cements Ltd. (since 2021), Achenbach Buschhütten GmbH & Co. KG (2017 onwards), over a dozen international airlines (such as British Airways PLC, Swiss International, Delta Air Lines Inc., Air France & KLM), the Embassy of France and the Ambassador of France, the Delegation of the European Union, the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society etc. Pasrich has acted as lead counsel in commercial cases ranging from international arbitrations to company cases. He appears regularly in the High Court of Delhi, in the Supreme Court of India, NCLT, NCLAT, CCI tribunals and in various High Courts outside Delhi. In 2017 he led the firm (now known as I.L.A. Pasrich & Company) to join the non-exclusive NextLaw network. He has been a passionate advocate of reform to speed up the Indian legal system and is pursuing an 'India Project' for which he has written articles on the pendency pandemic and consequences of delayed justice. Other: Amir likes to play polo on horseback, is a keen swimmer and plays squash. He enjoys trekking, golf and reading. He is married to Shivani Wazir Pasrich and has two daughters Ameera & Ayesha.

Dr. Zeina Obeid is a Partner at Obeid & Partners in the UAE and Paris, where she practices in the Arbitration department. She has acted as lead counsel in major international arbitration cases across the Middle East and North Africa region. She also acts as arbitrator and as an administrative secretary in several domestic and international arbitrations, both ad hoc and under international institutional arbitral rules, including those of the ICC, DIAC, LCIA, CRCICA, BCDR-AAA, and DIFC-LCIA. Zeina holds a PhD from the University Panthéon-Assas (Paris II) in France and an LLM from Columbia University in New York. Zeina is qualified to practice law both in Beirut and Paris. She frequently publishes articles on various topics notably in arbitration. In 2017, she published her book “Setting aside arbitral awards in the Arab Countries”, which has been cited as a reference book for practitioners around the MENA region. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and committee member of the UAE branch. She is also member of the International Bar Association (IBA) where she holds the position of Officer in both the IBA Young Lawyer’s Committee (as co-secretary) and the IBA Anti-Corruption Committee (as Middle Eastern representative).

Arush Khanna (FCIArb) is an Advocate & Legal Consultant enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi. He started his practice in 2012 after graduating from the Symbiosis Law School, Pune and has also done his Masters (Business Laws) from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. He co- founded Numen Law Offices in 2019. A multi-disciplinary law firm having its office at New Delhi and Mumbai. Arush specializes in Commercial Disputes in the field of Arbitration, Insolvency, Real Estate, Projects & Infrastructure. He has advised and represented several fortune 100, multinational as well top Indian companies before several courts and tribunals across India. Arush is deeply rooted in legal academia and writing. He has over 25 publications for international and national law journals. Arush is also a regular lecturer and speaker at leading international associations. Some of his noteworthy accomplishments include: • Admitted to the “Fellowship” at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), London. • Appointed the “Asia Pacific Regional Forum Liaison Officer” of the Young Lawyers Committee, International Bar Association. • Appointed the “Vice Chair” of the IBA India Working Group. • Appointed to the ‘Steering Committee’ of the Young Members Group of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb India) • Appointed as member of the “CII National Task Force on Legal Services” by the Confederation of Indian Industry.

More than 25 years’ experience in international arbitration and dispute resolution. Sits as presiding , sole, co-arbitrator and emergency arbitrator. Appears as advocate in international arbitrations. Experienced in commercial disputes: private equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, share options, agency, licensing, hotel management, commodities, insolvency, oil and gas, energy, letters of credit, refund guarantees, performance bonds, offshore engineering, ship and and rig building, construction. Jurisdictional experience: Singapore,India, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, US and Australia.

Laurence Lieberman is a senior partner in Taylor Wessing LLP's London-based Disputes and Investigations team. He has specialised in complex commercial litigation and arbitration for nearly 25 years, with a particular focus on the life sciences, financial services and technology sectors. His practice is broadly equally spread between court litigation and international arbitration; with the latter he has conducted cases before the LCIA, ICC, HKIAC, SIAC, CIETAC, as well as ad hoc. He also conduct internal investigations and regulatory and compliance investigations for clients in cases of fraud, corruption and other white collar issues. Laurence advises pharmaceutical, biotech and other life sciences clients on their commercial disputes concerning royalties, licencing, market entry, collaboration and R&D ventures. He recently acted for the commercial arm of one of the UK's leading medical research entities in a substantial arbitration concerning royalty payments on the development of a blockbuster medicine. He advises banks, financial institutions, and senior financial services executives, on a vast range of financial disputes and regulatory investigations. He recently acted for Professor Russel Griggs, the Independent Reviewer to the compensation scheme set up by Lloyds Bank in relation to one of the UK's biggest ever SME lending frauds. In the technology arena, he advises a wide range of digital platforms, from start-ups to Amazon, and has developed a recent focus on crypto-businesses. Laurence is the Head of Taylor Wessing's India Group, the Lead Partner for Israel Disputes, the Lead Partner for the firm's litigation technology offering and the Co-Head of the firm's Wellbeing network.