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

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

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

Recognised thrice by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific as a leading arbitration practitioner for his commercial and infrastructure disputes expertise, Bikram also possesses extensive experience in Indian civil and commercial litigation.

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.
• An Indian EPC contractor in a Mumbai-seated arbitration against an Indian public sector railway corporation over a railway electrification project.
• An Italian fit-out contractor and its Oman-based parent company in a multi-million-dollar Stockholm-seated ICC arbitration arising out of an international construction contract governed by Kazakhstan law.

Commercial

• 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.
• A global asset management company in multiple Singapore-seated SIAC arbitrations relating to investments made in Indian road assets and non-conformities under concession contracts with the NHAI.
• A Mauritius-based PE fund and its Indian affiliates in a Singapore-seated SIAC arbitration to enforce a put option against the promoters for exiting an Indian RE company.

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