Tejas Karia
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. · Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
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Tejas Karia is a partner and head of arbitration practice at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. specializing in international commercial arbitration. He has represented multinational and Indian corporations in domestic and international commercial arbitrations as counsel, both ad hoc and institutional, with seats in India, London, and Singapore. His experience covers disputes across sectors including oil and gas, real estate, hospitality, construction, shareholders' agreements, joint ventures, and private equity investments. He has argued landmark arbitration cases before Indian High Courts and the Supreme Court of India and regularly sits as an arbitrator. He served on the Law Commission of India committee for amending the Indian Arbitration Act and on a high-powered committee for institutionalizing arbitration in India. He is ranked in Band 2 for Arbitration by Chambers & Partners, recognized as a Distinguished Lawyer in Dispute Resolution by Asialaw Profiles, a Global Leader and Thought Leader by Who's Who Legal: Arbitration, a Dispute Resolution Star by Benchmark Litigation, on the Forbes India Legal Power List among Top 100 Lawyers in India, and a Leading Individual for Arbitration by Legal 500. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London) and Director of its India Branch, a member of the Governing Council of Indian Law Society, Director and Convenor of Indian Arbitration Forum, Vice Chairperson of Society of Construction Law – India, a member of the SIAC Court of Arbitration and the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR. He is dual-qualified as an advocate in India and a solicitor in England and Wales, with an LLM from the London School of Economics. He has co-authored publications and speaks at international seminars on arbitration.
Practice areas
Office
Expertise
Education
- LLM, London School of Economics
Admissions
- India (Advocate)
- England and Wales (Solicitor)