A shipment of steel leaves Mumbai bound for Houston. A software license is signed between a Bangalore start-up and a buyer in Berlin. A letter of credit moves through three banks before a single dollar reaches its destination. Every one of these transactions carries the same quiet risk: the moment something goes wrong, the parties
When Deals Cross Borders, So Do the Fights That Follow Read More »
Trade between the United States and India has grown quickly enough that the contracts underpinning it have started to outpace the legal thinking around them. Supply agreements, joint ventures and long-term commodity contracts are drafted across two legal cultures at once, and when they go wrong, the parties are often surprised to discover how much
What Actually Makes for an Experienced American Arbitrator in India Read More »
When a multinational signs a contract with an Indian counterparty, the governing law clause rarely makes headlines. Yet it is often the single most consequential page in the entire agreement. For two decades, foreign investors have watched India’s courts wrestle with case backlogs running into the tens of millions, and the lesson has been absorbed
Why Foreign Investors Choose Arbitration for Disputes in India Read More »
One of the earliest and most consequential decisions parties face, whether at the contract-drafting stage or once a dispute has already arisen, is whether to proceed before a sole arbitrator or a three-member tribunal. The choice shapes the cost, duration and texture of the entire proceeding, yet it is often relegated to a single boilerplate
