Drew & Napier LLC

(Foreign Law), Dispute Resolution

Director, (Foreign Law), Dispute Resolution

Abhinav represents clients in international arbitration and dispute resolution with a focus on India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia and Europe. He is the first Indian lawyer to be hired by the ICC Court as its Deputy Counsel for the Commonwealth team in Paris and, later, as the first Indian Director of the ICC Court for South Asia in Singapore. In his role as counsel and later Director, Abhinav has administered hundreds of commercial arbitration cases. Abhinav also sits as an arbitrator in ICC, SIAC, LMAA and ad hoc matters panning sectors such as energy, aviation, construction, commercial cases and ship building contracts He has been appointed to the Reserve Panel of Arbitrators of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), Panel of Arbitrators by the Shanghai Arbitration Commission (SHAC), Panel of Arbitrators by the Vienna International Arbitration Centre and Panel of the Asia International Arbitration Centre (AIAC). He also serves on the Governing Council of the International Arbitration & Mediation Centre (IAMC), Hyderabad, India.

English (native), Hindi (fluent), Urdu (conversational)

Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrator (CIArb), Singapore ​Appointed on the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) SIAC Reserve Panel of Arbitrators, Singapore Appointed on the Governing Council of the International Arbitration & Mediation Centre (IAMC), Hyderabad, India  Appointed on its panel of arbitrators by the Vienna International Arbitration Centre (VIAC), Vienna, Austria Appointed on its panel of arbitrators by the Shanghai Arbitration Commission (SHAC), Shanghai, China Appointed on its panel of arbitrators by the Asia International Arbitration Centre (AIAC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Member, Core Committee, ICC India Arbitration Group Member, ICC India Strategy Group Member, ICC Singapore Arbitration Group

B.L.S. (First Class Honours), Government Law College, Mumbai LL.B. (First Class Honours), Government Law College, Mumbai LL.M., Columbia Law School, New York, U.S.A.