Contact
Ajar Rab
Founding Partner
Arbitrator
Languages
Mother tongue: Hindi, English
Working languages: English
Nationality
India
Gender
Male
Specialisation
CISG, Commercial Disputes & Transactions, Company & Corporate M&A, Construction, Contract Law
Legal system
Common Law
Main jurisdiction
India
Details
Position
Founding Partner
Year of birth
1987
Education
Bucerius Law School
Degree: Doctor of Law
Bucerius Law School
Degree: Master of Law & Business
National Law School of India University, Bangalore
Degree: Bachelor of Law (Honors)
Practiced Experience in Arbitration
How many arbitrations have you participated in (domestic/international); under which Rules?
40
How often have you acted as Chairperson?
0
How often have you acted as Sole Arbitrator?
0
How often have you acted as Co-Arbitrator?
1
How often have you acted as Counsel?
39
How often have you acted in a different function (e.g. Administrative Secretary)?
0
Publications and Other Activities in Arbitration
e.g. training sessions, seminars, conferences, articles and others
Interim Relief in International Commercial Arbitration, 2022 (Kluwer Law International)
Drafting of Contracts: Basic Principles, 2022 (Eastern Book Company)
Drafting of Contracts: Advanced Principles, 2024 (Eastern Book Company)
Chapter 1, Presiding Arbitrator, Award for the XX VIS Moot 2012-2013 – Leisure Clothing, in Danubia Files 2: Lessons from the Vis Moot, published by Jus Mundi, 2024
Arbitration & Conciliation Amendment Act, 2015 – Enforcing Interim Orders, Where is the Relief?
Arbitration & Conciliation Amendment Act, 2015 – Enforcing Interim Orders, Where is the Relief? (2017) 4 NLU Delhi Student Law Journal 89 (2017)
Aftab v. Emaar: The End of Line for Consumer Arbitration in India? – 6, International Journal on Consumer Law and Practice, 41 (2018)
Defining the Contours of the Public Policy Exception - A New Test for Arbitrability in India, Indian Journal of Arbitration Law, Volume 7 Issue 2, 161 (2019) (Cited by a Full Bench of the Supreme Court of India in Vidya Drolia & Ors. v. Durga Trading Corporation 2020 SCC OnLine SC 1018)
Revamping Arbitrator Immunity: A Case for Reconsidering Section 42-B of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996, 1 NUJS Journal on Dispute Resolution, 1 (2021)
Comparing Specific Performance under the Specific Relief (Amendment) Act 2018 with the CISG and the UNIDROIT Principles: The Problems of the “Un-common Law” in India, 7, NLS Business Law Review (2021)
Immunity of Arbitrators: Time for the Model Law to Take a Stand, International Arbitration Law Review, Issue 2, 130 (2022)
26 Years of The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996: A Critical Review VII UPES Law Review (2022)
Asymmetrical Clauses, Unilateral Appointments and Bilateral Reference: Rethinking the Intervention for Court Intervention, Volume 11, Issue 2, Indian Journal of Arbitration Law (2023)
UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts: An Article-By-Article Commentary, Second Edition, Wolters Kluwer, Volume 13, Issue 1, Indian Journal of Arbitration Law (2025)
Bridging the Gap: Why India Should Adopt the CISG for International Sales of Goods (under print in the Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law & Arbitration)
Use of Soft Law in Matters of Procedure, (under print The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management)
Membership in arbitral institutions / functions in arbitral institutions/organisations
Asian International Arbitration Centre
Singapore International Arbitration Centre
India International Arbitration Centre
CBMA, Brazil
Singapore International Mediation Centre
Mother Tongue
Hindi, English
Working Languages
i.e. languages in which you have both a spoken and written command so that you may conduct arbitral proceedings in this language
English
In which legal systems have you trained?
Common Law
What is your main jurisdiction of practice?
India
In which jurisdictions are you admitted to the bar?
India
Special expertise or specialisations
CISG
Commercial Disputes & Transactions
Company & Corporate M&A
Construction
Contract Law
