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Name:
Dr Kabir Duggal FPD Location: 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
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. 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 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). Dr. Duggal 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 the Columbia Law School, teaching "International Investment Law 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. 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. 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 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 on "ICSID Review" as an Associate Editor and on the Peer Review Board and is also an Associate Editor for Brill-Nijhoff publisher's international law and arbitration section. 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). Dr. Duggal has been awarded the inaugural "Diversity Fellowship" by the American Bar Association, Section of International Law. He is the American Arbitration Association's "Higginbotham Fellow." He also serves on the Chartered Institute of Arbitrator Young Members Steering Committee and is the co-chair of ASIL’s Private International Law Committee. Dr. Duggal sits on the Advisory Committee for Government Law College’s Arbitration Cell, Mumbai, the Harvard International Arbitration Law Students Association (HIALSA), and Georgetown’s International Investment Law Center (IILC). In 2018, Dr. Duggal was elected a Fellow of the U.K.'s Royal Society of Arts, in recognition of his contributions to international law. He also serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the California International Arbitration Council, Inc. (CIAC) and also serves on its Academic Council. Dr. Duggal also sits as an arbitrator and mediator. He is admitted to the American Arbitration Association (AAA): Panel of Arbitrators, International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR): Panel of Arbitrators, International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR): Panel of Distinguished Neutrals, SIAC's Panel of Arbitrators, HKIAC'S List of Arbitrators, Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution: ABTA arbitration scheme, FINRA's arbitration roster, Resolute System's Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators, the Asian International Arbitration Centre (formerly the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration) Panel of Arbitrators and Panel of Mediators, the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA) Arbitrator's Roster, Costa Rica's Center of Conciliation and Arbitration (CICA), Panel of Arbitrators, and is also listed on the LCIA, the LCIA Mauritius' Neutrals Database, and the USCIB Panel of Arbitrators. Dr. Duggal is also a Council Member of the American Arbitration Association and the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR).” Dr. Duggal has received several accolades for his work in international arbitration and public international law. He has been ranked; 4th Most Highly Regarded Future Leader in the Americas by Who’s Who Legal (2019). 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), has been recommended by Legal500 US for "International Arbitration" and was listed as a "Super Lawyer" in the New York metro region (2019). In 2019, he was also awarded the “Inspiring Citizen Award” by the Institute of Self Reliance. 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 the Leiden Law School (2018 Academic Prize by CEPANI). He is admitted to practice law in England and Wales (Solicitor), New York, Washington D.C. and India. Detailed CV available on request from Prime Dispute. |
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