Niyati Gandhi is a Partner in the firm’s market-leading dispute resolution practice.

She specializes in international dispute resolution, and her practice spans international and domestic fora, from investment and commercial arbitration, complex commercial litigation, multi-jurisdictional enforcement and sanctions.

She represents a wide range of clients, including multinational corporations, with a particular focus on disputes involving States and State-owned entities. Niyati has worked on several cross-border enforcements of large foreign judgments and awards in multiple jurisdictions including India, UAE, Singapore, Mauritius, US, UK and Cayman Islands. She has managed litigations in multiple jurisdictions, including in international commercial courts, and has also advised and acted in a wide range of international arbitrations, under institutional (including ICC, SIAC, SCMA, LCIA, AAA-ICDR, UNCITRAL-PCA and ICSID) and ad hoc arrangements seated throughout the world.

Niyati has been recognized as a Future Leader in Commercial Litigation (Lexology, 2025 and 2026) and Arbitration (2026); and a Client Choice Future Leader in Commercial Litigation (2026).

Niyati is the ICC YAAF Regional Representative for South Asia (2026-2028). She previously served as a secretary to the Drafting Committee for the Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration Rules, having assisted in the establishment of the MCIA.

Niyati is a graduate of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, where she has served as a Visiting Professor. She also serves as a mentor with Young ITA.

Before joining Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co, Niyati worked with leading law firms in Mumbai, Bangalore and Paris, the ICC International Court of Arbitration and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law in Vienna.

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Professional Memberships

• Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa

Education

• B.A. LL.B (Hons.), National Law School of India University