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Pranav V Kamnani

PDLegal LLC
Pranav is a Registered Foreign Lawyer and a member of PDLegal’s International Arbitration and India Desk practice. He is a dual qualified lawyer and admitted to practice in India (2019) and the state of New York (2024).

Pranav’s main areas of practice include complex commercial and cross-border disputes, international arbitration, and advisory services, with a primary focus in disputes relating to joint-ventures, shareholder disputes, dry-shipping and construction. Pranav also has a strong interest in industry sectors such as technology and telecommunication, aviation and defence, and oil and natural gas.

In India Business Law Journal’s 2024 report, a client commented that he “played a very active and hands-on role in the arbitration proceedings and was extremely efficient”.

Prior to joining the PDLegal, Pranav served as an Associate at the New Delhi office of a leading pan-India law firm for three years. Pranav was also recognised by The Legal 500 (2021 and 2022 Ed.) for his contribution to the dispute resolution practice of his former firm.


Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 2019 (India) and 2024 (the state of New York)

Experience

  • Dua Associates (2019 - 2022)

Membership

  • Young International Arbitration Group
  • Young ICCA
  • Young SIAC

Qualifications

  • BBA LLB (Hons) (2019)
  • Master of Laws – LLM (2023)

Education

  • Columbia Law School (2022 - 2023)
  • Christ University, Bangalore (2014-2019)

1 Contributions by Pranav V Kamnani

Singapore arbitration: jurisdiction challenges, repudiation, anti-suit relief, stays, non-party proceedings, winding-up and indemnity costs
PRACTICE NOTES
Singapore arbitration: jurisdiction challenges, repudiation, anti-suit relief, stays, non-party proceedings, winding-up and indemnity costs
Challenging the jurisdiction of the tribunal pre-award—Singapore’s Arbitration Act and International Arbitration Act Singapore operates a dual-track arbitration framework: the Arbitration Act, 2001 (AA) applies to domestic references, while the International Arbitration Act 1994 (IAA) governs international arbitrations whether the seat is in Singapore or abroad, including those conducted outside Singapore. Both statutes recognise separability, treating the arbitration agreement or clause as autonomous, distinct and independent from the underlying contract. They likewise embody the doctrine of Kompetenz-Kompetenz, vesting the tribunal with competence to rule on its own jurisdiction—including the conclusion that it lacks authority over the parties’ dispute should that be the case. The High Court of Singapore in Malini Ventura v Knight Capital Pte Ltd observed that the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (Model Law) empowers the arbitral tribunal to decide if it has jurisdiction to hear the disputes in question, including issues concerning the validity and existence of the arbitration agreement...
Arbitration
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