Gaurav Rai is an Senior Associate at Legafin Law Associates and his practice focusses on Domestic Arbitration. He completed his B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) from National Law University Odisha in 2015 and his Master of Laws (LLM) from University College London in 2016.  He has previously worked as an Associate and AKS Partners  and as a Legal Assistant in the office of Justice A.K. Patnaik, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India and assisted him in his work as an Arbitrator. His interests lies in the area of Arbitration Law, Contract Law and Law of Sale of Goods.

He has written and published more than 15 papers on blogs and journals, most notably in the International Arbitration Law Review as Gaurav Rai, Gautam Mohanty and Anushna Das, Pre-arbitral steps in a multi-tier dispute resolution system in India - analysing the current quagmire and the way forward, Int'l Arb. L. Rev., 2020, 23(3), 212-232.  

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He can be contacted at gaurav@thearbitrationconsultant.in

Gautam Mohanty is currently a Doctoral Candidate at Kozminski University, Warsaw Poland. He has completed his B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) from National Law University Odisha in 2015 and has a Master of Laws (LLM) from Central European University, Hungary in 2017. He is working as an Arbitration Consultant in the offices of Justice Deepak Verma, Former Judge Supreme Court of India. He is also an Assistant Professor on leave at Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) with a keen interest in International Commercial Arbitration, International Investment Law and Private International Law.

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He is a graduate of the coveted Arbitration Academy, Paris. He has recently published his first book titled ‘Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards and Public Policy Exception- Including an analysis of South Asian State Practice’ published by Springer Publications.

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He can be contacted at gautam.mohanty1414@gmail.com

Advaya Hari Singh
Senior Staff Editor

Advaya Hari Singh is currently reading for a Master of Law degree at the University of Cambridge. He completed his undergraduate studies in arts and law from the National Law University, Nagpur in 2021. During his undergraduate studies, Advaya interned in the arbitration and corporate teams of law firms, at the Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal and was a research assistant to a Member of the International Law Commission. He currently serves as a Managing Editor of the Cambridge Human Rights Law Journal and a General Editor of the Cambridge International Law Journal.

Abhay Raj
Junior Staff Editor

Abhay Raj is currently a fourth-year law student pursuing B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) from Jindal Global Law School, Sonepat. Being an avid mooter, he has done Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot and has coached multiple teams, providing him with an insight into the field of Investment Arbitration. Abhay takes immense interest in researching and legal writing. He has previously interned with the dispute resolution team of P&A Law Offices and Chambers of Aditya Shankar, Advocate, Supreme Court of India, and assisted them on matters pertaining to arbitration and contract law.

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He can be reached at rajabhayuk@gmail.com

Arnav Doshi
Junior Staff Editor

Arnav Doshi is currently a fourth-year law student pursuing B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) from Jindal Global Law School, Sonipat. He has a keen interest in investment and commercial arbitration with the intersectionalities of insolvency and human rights law. The predilection for arbitration stemmed from the participation at the Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot that provided a great insight into International Investment Arbitration. Apart from being an avid mooter, he was also selected as a student participant at the VIII Arbitration School organized by the Ukrainian Arbitration Academy.

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He can be reached at: 19jgls-arnav.jd@jgu.edu.in

Ishu Gupta
Junior Staff Editor

Ishu Gupta is a graduate from Symbiosis Law School, Noida, with a focus on commercial arbitration and litigation. He has worked as an intern with the dispute resolution teams of various law firms in India including Khaitan & Co., L&L Partners, and Link Legal India Law Services. His main interest lies in the area of  arbitration law and commercial laws. He has participated in numerous moot court competitions on divergent areas of law and mentored mooting teams from his college. He is also a published author with several esteemed journals and blogs.

He can be reached out at ishu.gupta.law@symlaw.edu.in.

Rituparna Padhy
Junior Staff Editor

Rituparna Padhy is a graduate law student from at National Law University Odisha. She is keenly interested in Alternative Dispute Resolution and Public Policy. She has been a content developer for Memo Pundits and CLAT Decodified and participated with distinction in conferences, paper presentations and even drafting competitions in the field of ADR.

She can be contacted at 17ba079@nluo.ac.in.

Shivangi Tiwari
Junior Staff Editor

Shivangi Tiwari, a fifth year law student at Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. Shivangi have 14 months of prequalification experience and have authored around 15 research papers and articles on various subjects of law, including but not limited to law of Contracts, CPC, Arbitration, CrPC, and Tax law. She is acutely keen to understand the various nuances and facets of Alternative Dispute Resolution, primarily arbitration. She enjoy taking part in co curricular activities, particularly moots and debates. Playing keyboard and rollerblading are my favorite pastimes.

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He can be reached out at shivangi.181995@hnlu.ac.in.

Sneha Rath
Junior Staff Editor

Sneha Rath is currently a fourth-year law student pursuing B.A. LLB. (Hons.) at National Law University Odisha. She has a keen interest in debating, mooting, and legal drafting. In law, her interest extends to Arbitration, Securities, and IPR Laws. Some of her recent works include papers written on the recognition of Emergency Arbitrators in India, delineating NCLT's Jurisdiction under the IBC 2016, and criticism of the SAT's orders in the matters of disgorgement and regulation of credit rating agencies in India, which currently feature on SCC Online Blog, IndiaCorpLaw, and The Competition and Commercial Law Review. She has worked with different editorial boards and is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Constitutional Law Society at NLU Odisha.