Prior Career
2021-2024 | Partner, International Dispute Resolution; Head of London Arbitration practice
2022-2024 | Co-Head India Group
Bird & Bird LLP
2007-2021 | Partner, Litigation & Arbitration
2012-2021 | Head of India Disputes practice
2009-2012 | Head of Singapore International Arbitration practice
1999-2007 | Associate (Litigation & Arbitration)
1997-1999 | Trainee solicitor
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
(previously Herbert Smith)
Education
1991-1994 | University of Oxford, BA (Hons), Modern History
1995-1997 | Nottingham Law School, Post-Graduate Diploma in Law & Legal Practice Course
2007-2008 | King’s College London, Diploma in EU Competition Law
Appointments
Member of the ICC UK Arbitration and ADR Committee
Delegate to ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
Users’ Council Member for the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC)
Users’ Council Member for the London Court of International Arbitration
Council Member for the Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration (MCIA)
Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) Steering Committee Member for Guidelines on Privilege and Attorney Secrecy in International Arbitration
Non-Executive Director at the International Dispute Resolution Centre (IDRC), London
Panel Arbitrator: SIAC, Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC), Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA), Maldives International Arbitration Centre (MIAC), Badan Arbitrase Nasional Indonesia (BANI), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Appointed under rules of the ICC, LCIA, SIAC and ad hoc (including UNCITRAL)