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Biography

Anurag has over sixteen years' experience in the international law and policy sector, having worked across jurisdictions as a practitioner, legal researcher and advisor. He is an Indian qualified lawyer with a BCL from the University of Oxford. Anurag started his legal career as a Judicial Clerk with a Supreme Court of India Judge, then interned at international organisations including the UNCITRAL Secretariat at Vienna and the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference at The Hague. He has practiced in Indian Law courts and worked briefly in the corporate sector with Skoda Auto in Czech Republic. Anurag is an influencer and thought leader in the emerging areas of disruptive innovation, internet of things, digital assets and attorney-client privilege and confidentiality issues. He has published and presented several specialist papers on technology law related issues covering cyber security, blockchain technology, digital identity and social media laws. As former Chair of the IBA Social Media Working Group, he led the development and adoption of the international social media principles for the legal profession by the IBA in 2014. Anurag regularly contributes to, presents at and participates in key fora. He is an expert contributor for the UN-CEFACT, and for UNCITRAL, he is the IBA representative at the UK Attorney General’s International Pro Bono Committee meetings, a founding member of the Chinese European Legal Association, a fellow of the European Law Institute, member of the ABA and a life member of the Oxford Union Society.