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Dr Kabir Duggal FPD Location: London, UK & New York, United States Contact details:
+12128367141 Detailed CV available on request from Prime Dispute. Qualifications: SJD Candidate (Harvard), PhD (Leiden), LLM (NYU), BCL (Oxford), LLB (Mumbai), FCIArb, FPD Specialisation: Lawyer & Dispute Resolution Languages: English and Hindi Regions served: New York, District of Columbia, England & Wales India and further international regions as requested 
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Articles & Publications
Emerging Challenges and Opportunities in International Investment Law and Investor-State Disputes: W(h)ither Central Asia? Read More With Rights Come Responsibilities: Sustainable Development and Gender Empowerment under the 2019 Netherlands Model BIT Read More Understanding racial representation in International Investment Arbitration - Dispute Resolution Journal - Vol. 72, No. 2 Read More Diversity and The Court of Arbitration for Sport International Arbitration Insights: CAS and Lex Sportiva, American Bar Association Section of International Law, Vol. 1, Issue 1 (co-author) Read More Principles of Evidence in Public International Law as Applied by Investor-State Tribunals Read More Evidence in International Investment Arbitration Read More |
Background information:
Dr. Kabir Duggal is an attorney in Arnold and Porter's New York office focusing on international investment arbitration, international commercial arbitration and public international law matters, serving as arbitrator, mediator, and counsel. Dr. Duggal's experience includes complex disputes under numerous bilateral/multilateral investment treaties and contracts in South Asia, Latin America, Central Asia, Middle East, Europe and Africa. His experience flows from his triple training in international law, common law, and civil law traditions. The total value of the disputes he has been involved in exceeds 80 billion dollars. He has served as an arbitrator in over 40 disputes involving parties from all over the world and across several different industries. He is recognized as a “Chartered Arbitrator” (the highest ranking for arbitrators) by both the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution. He has facilitated the mediation and negotiation of complex disputes. He also acts as a Consultant for the United Nations Office of the High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS) on the creation of a novel "Investment Support Program" (which was shortlisted by Global Arbitration Review for the category of “Best Developments” for 2018). He also serves on the Steering Committee of the Investment Support Program. Dr. Duggal works closely with the U.S. Department of Commerce's Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) as an expert and has undertaken capacity-building workshops in Georgia, Kosovo, Bosnia & Herzegovina. He has also conducted training and capacity-building sessions for several Governments including Colombia, Saudi Arabia, Myanmar, India, Philippines among others on public international law and dispute resolution matters. He also serves on the Federal Republic of Somalia’s New York Convention Task Force as well as the WTO Negotiating Team (International Board). Dr. Duggal has considerable experience in various aspects of public international law and dispute resolution. He was a consultant at The World Bank Group in Washington, DC, where he worked with the Development Research Group focusing on socioeconomic rights in the developing world, and for UNICEF on issues of child rights and child protection. He has also worked as a judicial clerk for an Indian Supreme Court Judge. Dr. Duggal is a Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia Law School, teaching "International Investment Law and Arbitration." He is also an Adjunct Professor at Fordham Law School teaching “Transnational Litigation and Arbitration.” He is also a Course Director and Faculty Member for the Columbia Law School-Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Comprehensive Course on International Arbitration and serves as an academic coordinator for the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators’ Diploma Course. He has also taught dispute resolution courses in educational institutions all over the world including Georgetown University Law Center, Fordham Law School, The Graduate Institute (Geneva, Switzerland), ESADE Law School (Barcelona), National Law University (Jodhpur, India), University of Carlos III (Madrid, Spain), National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow, Russia), Government Law College (Mumbai, India) among others. He also hosts a leading webinar series entitled “TagTime” which involves conversations with leading arbitrators from all over the world. Dr. Duggal has published several articles and books and is regularly invited to speak at conferences globally. He is the Managing Editor for Columbia Law School’s “The American Review of International Arbitration” and is an editor for investmentclaims.com hosted by Oxford University Press. He has co-authored a book entitled "Evidence in Investment Arbitration" published by Oxford University Press and "Principles of Evidence in Public International Law as applied by Investor-State Tribunals" by Brill Publishing. He co-edited a book entitled “Force Majeure in the Asia Pacific Region in 2022.” He has received the Burton "Law360 Distinguish Legal Writing Award" for his scholarly writings. His writings have been cited by arbitral tribunals and by the Supreme Court of Switzerland. He also serves as an Associate Editor for "ICSID Review" and also serves on its Peer Review Board and is also an Associate Editor for Brill-Nijhoff’s “Perspectives in International Investment Law and Arbitration.” He is also a co-chair of the Juris Conference on Investment Treaty Arbitration. He is a Fellow at Columbia Center on Sustainable Development. He has been awarded the “2018 Academic Prize” by the Belgian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation (CEPANI) and is listed in Leiden University’s “2019 Hall of Fame.” Dr. Duggal has received several accolades for his work in international arbitration and public international law. He was awarded the Hind Rattan ("Jewel of India") award which is the highest diasporic award for people of Indian origin. Who's Who Legal ranked Dr. Duggal as the youngest Thought Leader in International Arbitration (2022). He has been ranked as the 4th Most Highly Regarded Future Leader in the Americas by Who's Who Legal (2020) and is the youngest practitioner to be listed in the Global Listing of Arbitrators by Who’s Who Legal (2021 and 2022). He received the "40 under 40 Rising Star Award" by Legal Era - Legal Media Group in 2018. He has been ranked as a "Rising Star" by Experts Guides (2019 and 2921), has been recommended by Legal 500 US for "International Arbitration," is listed as a "Super Lawyer" in the New York metro region (2019 to 2021), and is listed as a "Rising Star" in Commercial Arbitration by Euromoney Legal Media Group (2019 and 2020). In 2019, he was also awarded the "Inspiring Citizen Award" by the Institute of Self Reliance and the "Young Lawyer of the Year 2019" by the Indian National Bar Association (the largest voluntary professional association in India). He was also awarded the "Counsel of the Year (US)" by the Indian National Bar Association (2021). Dr. Duggal has been ranked as among the "Top Ten Arbitrators" for the Asia Pacific Region by the Bali International Arbitration and Mediation Center (BIAMC) and received the "2019 Equality and Diversity Award in Dispute Resolution" by Prime Dispute in 2020. In 2021, Dr. Duggal was awarded the "2020 Dispute Resolution Practitioner of the Year for the Americas” and in 2022, he received the “2021 Dispute Resolution Award of the Year--Global.” The Association for Conflict Resolution for Greater New York (ACR GNY) awarded Dr. Duggal with an award for “Significant Impact in International Arbitration.” Dr. Duggal is a graduate of the University of Mumbai (University Medal), University of Oxford (DHL-Times of India Scholar) and NYU School of Law (Hauser Global Scholar) and Leiden Law School (2018 Academic Prize by CEPANI). He is currently pursuing an SJD Degree at Harvard Law School. Detailed CV available on request from Prime Dispute. |
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