- Experience
- Representations:
Sakshi is a Trainee at Singularity Legal. She holds an LL.M. from American University Washington College of Law in International Arbitration and Business Laws (2022). Her range of experience includes advising clients in their cross-border disputes in arbitrations under various rules such as SIAC, and litigation before courts in India, Dubai and the DIFC. She has previously worked as a legal consultant at the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, India, where she advised on consultations and negotiations of investment treaties and free trade agreements. Prior to that, she also worked at a prominent commercial disputes law firm in Mumbai.
Arbitration
- Representing an Indian hyper-scale data centre developer in an arbitration under agreements for the construction and lease of data centres in India against the Indian subsidiary of a multinational technology company (SIAC Rules, Singapore seated, Indian law)
- Represented an Indian construction company in an ad hoc commercial arbitration involving claims arising out of the Construction Agreement to construct a cement plant (Mumbai seated, Indian law)
- Represented an Indian company in a commercial arbitration under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to design and develop coaches on the bus chassis against an Indian wholly-owned subsidiary of a German company (Mumbai seated, Indian law)
Litigation
- Representing an Indian offshore construction company in proceedings against a Liberian company relating to the recognition and enforcement of an MCIA arbitral award, obtaining worldwide freezing orders, and contempt proceedings (DIFC Courts)
- Representing and advising an Indian offshore construction company against a Liberian company in proceedings related to the setting aside of an MCIA arbitral award and a challenge to DIFC courts' jurisdiction (Bombay High Court, Dubai Courts)
- Representing an Indian offshore construction company against a Liberian company in proceedings relating to the execution of an MCIA arbitral award (Bombay High Court)
- Represented an Indian Company in filing an interim application and application for the appointment of a sole arbitrator under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Bombay High Court)