Bikram is a highly experienced legal professional with over 18 years, specializing in domestic and international arbitration, mediation, negotiation and complex commercial litigation.

He has a proven track record representing clients in high-value commercial and construction disputes across key global hubs, including London, Singapore, Stockholm, Muscat, New Delhi and Mumbai.

Bikram is adept at proceedings under major international arbitration rules (LCIA, ICC, SIAC, and UNCTRAL) and has advised clients in diverse sectors such as private equity, wealth management, manufacturing, shipping, infrastructure, energy, and telecommunications.

Recognized consistently in global rankings as a leading arbitration practitioner for his commercial and infrastructure disputes expertise, Bikram also possesses extensive experience in Indian civil and commercial litigation. He also regularly advises clients on cross-border dispute strategies, as well as in navigating and managing foreign litigation and regulatory issues.

He is also a regular speaker at industry conferences and a published author in the ‘Handbook on Construction Law & Arbitration’.

Bikram is known for his client-focused approach, meticulously aligning legal strategies with broader business objectives.

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Infrastructure & Energy

• A listed Indian PSU against one of India’s largest infrastructure MNCs in high-value arbitrations across multiple complex underground construction projects.
• A Chinese infrastructure company over ongoing disputes with Indian PSUs arising out of projects in Tamil Nadu and Gujarat.
• An Indian EPC contractor in a Mumbai-seated arbitration against an Indian public sector railway corporation over a railway electrification project.

Commercial

• A listed Indian corporation on disputes with its joint venture partners in Tunisia over governance of the (Tunisian) JV entity as well as a long-term chemical supply contract.
• A US MNC and its group companies (engaged in manufacture and sale of tractors and farm machinery) in multi-jurisdictional commercial litigations and arbitrations with its Indian supplier and brand licensee.

Shipping & Logistics

• A listed Indian chemicals company in LMAA arbitration under the English Arbitration Act arising out of damage sustained by a vessel transporting corrosive cargo.
• An Indian shipping company in disputes against a Ukrainian entity under an English law-governed charterparty and other contracts before courts in Singapore and India and in ad hoc Mumbai-seated arbitration.

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Professional Memberships

• Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa
• Bombay Bar Association

Education

• LLM, School of International Arbitration, Queen Mary University of London
• BSL, LLB, Symbiosis Law School, India