BRUS CHAMBERS, Advocates & Solicitors

International and Domestic Commercial Arbitration; Shipping & Admiralty; Commercial, Contractual & Infrastructure Project Litigation

Binita Hathi is ranked consistently by Legal500 as 'Leading Individual' in India since 2005.

Binita Hathi co-heads dispute resolution practice including international and domestic commercial arbitration and litigation.  She excels in commercial disputes; shipping and shipping litigation and arbitration including ship arrest anywhere in India ; contracts; infrastructure and infrastructure litigation and arbitration.

She has extensive experience in resolving international and domestic client disputes through litigation and arbitration and is also known for negotiating amicable settlement between the parties. She is also known for her contractual skills for projects on shipping; infrastructure and the entire gamut of shipping work. enforcement of arbitral award.

She has acted in several institutional international and domestic arbitration under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC),  London Court of International Arbitration, LMAA, Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, American Arbitration Association (AAA), ICSID, UNCITRAL, SCC, DIAC, SIAC, CICA, PCA, CIArb, AFA, OHADA (CCJA), ICJ and also under the Indian Council of Arbitration (ICA) and ad hoc cases.

Brus Chambers specialisation in arbitration has led to close relationships with arbitration specialists in other countries when the law or procedure of some other jurisdiction becomes pertinent. For all these reasons Brus Chambers has been frequently engaged to handle all aspects of complex international disputes or to serve as lead or co-counsel in international arbitration proceedings, where seat of arbitration is in India or outside India.

Binita Hathi and other solicitors at Brus Chambers are well versed in the many different ADR areas. Thus the firm can respond quickly and effectively to client needs in complex and foreign business disputes. Very often, just knowing the array of choices may shorten the time and energy required to bring the matter to an early resolution.

She is also co-author of the book International Arbitration, Maritime Practice in India and Ship Arrest in India and Admiralty Laws of India. Binita Hathi has sound knowledge and offers practical solutions to clients and has notable expertise in commercial related litigation and arbitration matters. She is praised for her multi-jurisdictional reach.

Successfully completed Contract, a course of study offered by Harvard University .

Successfully completed 'The Arbitration of International Disputes', a course of study offered by Leiden University, Netherlands under the guidance of Prof Dr. Eric De Brabandere and Prof. Dr. Giulia Pinzauti. This course covered the entire gamut of the Arbitration of International Disputes, generalities on the international courts and tribunals in The Hague, work of international criminal courts and tribunals, aspects of international arbitration as one of the most common method of international dispute settlement.

LL.B from Government Law College, Mumbai; LL.M from Government Law College, Mumbai; Admitted as Advocate with the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa (1994); Admitted as Solicitor with the Bombay Incorporated Law Society, (1999); Admitted as Advocate on Record (AOR) with the Supreme Court of India (2004); Advocate Bombay High Court and Supreme Court of India; Legal assistant Desai & Dewanji, Advocate Assistant at Hariani & Co, Advocate Assistant at Bhatt & Saldanha, Solicitor Assistant at Mulla & Mulla, Craigie, Blunt & Caroe (1994-98). Solicitors; Partner with Brus Chambers, Solicitors; Co-author of the book ‘Maritime Practice in India’; Co-author of the book ‘International Arbitration’.

English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujrati and Bengali.

Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa as an Advocate; Bombay Incorporated Law Society as Solicitor; Supreme Court of India as Advocate on Record.

Government Law College, Bombay University (LLB); Government Law College, Bombay University (LLM); Bombay Incorporated Law Society (Solicitor). Admitted to the Supreme Court of India as Advocate on record.