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Mr. Amir Singh Pasrich is a Senior Advocate designated by the Hon'ble Delhi High Court. He is currently Treasurer of the International Bar Association (IBA) and Secretary Treasurer of the IBA's Legal Practice Division (LPD), he is a member of the IBA Management Board. He has been elected to serve as Vice-Chair of the IBA’s Legal Practice Division from 2027 onwards. He is a commercial lawyer with over three decades of experience. He has acted for various international clients including several foreign governments, airlines and Fortune 500 companies. He has been Hony. Legal Advisor to two British High Commissioners and Agent of Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada as Legal Advisor to the Government of Canada. Mr. Pasrich has several reported judgments to his credit and has argued cases up to the Supreme Court of India as also various arbitration disputes in institutional and ad-hoc arbitrations. His specialisations have included dispute-resolution for complex engineering disputes (Arbitration and Litigation), aviation, product liability, various types of commercial disputes and writ proceedings. His practice areas include aviation, asset recovery, company law, employment and labour law, insolvency, environmental law, maritime & transport, product liability and consumer law, competition/antitrust law, diplomatic immunity, cross-border litigation and real estate. He has acted as outside general counsel in India to companies like Fabindia, Air France, KLM, Turkish Airlines, as also international organisations like the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society of Pennsylvania. Mr. Pasrich read law at Worcester College, Oxford University to receive his M.A. (Oxon) in Jurisprudence and while he was there, he captained the Oxford University Polo team. He has a B.Sc. degree in science (1st Divn.) from St. Stephens' College, Delhi University and is an alumnus of The Doon School, Dehradun. He is also an active member of the Indian Public Schools Society that administers The Doon School. He was President of the Oxford & Cambridge Society of India till October 2025 and has held several board and other positions. Mr. Pasrich co-founded the law firm International Law Affiliates in 1998 and served as its Counsel and Managing Partner until he was designated as a Senior Advocate. He is also currently the Honorary Secretary of The Study School Society. Beyond his professional life as a lawyer, Mr. Pasrich has a keen interest in sport, particularly polo, squash, tennis and golf. Mr Pasrich lives in New Delhi with his wife, Shivani Wazir Pasrich and they have two daughters: Ameera Nanki is a national dressage riding champion and presently an international equestrian with FEI credentials, Ayesha Naina is a graduate law student in her third year, an artist and a competent aerialist.