Tejas Karia

Arbitration

Tejas Karia is a partner and head of arbitration practice at Shardul AmarchandMangaldas & Co. and specialises in international commercial arbitration. He hasrepresented multinational and Indian corporations in domestic and internationalcommercial arbitrations as a counsel, both in ad hoc and institutional arbitrations withseats in India, London and Singapore. He has extensive experience in handling disputesacross sectors, including, oil and gas, real estate, hospitality, construction and alsoarising out of shareholders’ agreements, joint ventures and private equity investments.He has been involved in and argued landmark cases relating to arbitration before IndianHigh Courts and the Supreme Court of India. Tejas also regularly sits as an arbitrator.Tejas was part of committee of Law Commission of India for recommending amendmentsto Indian Arbitration Act and also high-powered committee for institutionalisation ofarbitration in India.

He is ranked in ‘Band 2’ for Arbitration by Chambers & Partners andrecognised as ‘Distinguished Lawyer’ in dispute resolution by Asialaw Profiles. Who’sWho Legal: Arbitration recognises him as a ‘Global Leader’ and ‘Thought Leader’,Benchmark Litigation as ‘Dispute Resolution Star’, Forbes India Legal Power List amongstTop 100 Lawyers in India and Legal 500 as ‘Leading Individual’ for Arbitration.  He is a Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London(CIArb) and also the Director of India Branch of CIArb. He a member of Governing Councilof Indian Law Society, Director and Convenor of Indian Arbitration Forum and ViceChairperson of Society of Construction Law – India. He has co-authored numerouspublications and regularly speaks at international seminars and workshops on arbitration.

He is dual-qualified in India as advocate and solicitor in England and Wales. He read his LLM atLondon School of Economics.