This post looks at the opening of the brand new Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration (MCIA). A first-of-its-kind arbitral institution in India, established in a joint initiative between the Government of Maharashtra and the domestic and international business and legal communities. The MCIA will be formally launched at a Conference at the Trident Hotel, Mumbai on Saturday, 8 October 2016.
Nick Peacock, Head of the India Disputes practice at Herbert Smith Freehills, and who is a member of the founding Council of the MCIA, speaks with the MCIA's Co-Chairman, Vyapak Desai (also Head of International Litigation & Dispute Resolution at the Indian law firm, Nishith Desai Associates) to discuss the aims and offering of India's newest arbitral institution.
For more information, please contact Nicholas Peacock, partner, or your usual Herbert Smith Freehills contact.
Key contacts
Simon Chapman KC
Managing Partner, Dispute Resolution and Global Co-Head – International Arbitration, Hong Kong
Andrew Cannon
Partner, Global Co-Head of International Arbitration and of Public International Law, London
Kathryn Sanger
Partner, Head of China and Japan, Dispute Resolution, Co-Head of Private Capital, Asia, Hong Kong
Christian Leathley
Partner, Co-Head of the Latin America Group, Co-Head of the Public International Law Group, US Head of International Arbitration, London
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