Dharshini Prasad
Dharshini Prasad is a triple-qualified lawyer with the International Arbitration Group of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP in London where she focuses on complex multi-jurisdictional disputes. She has advised States, State entities and corporations on commercial, investment and international law issues and has represented clients in ad hoc and institutional arbitrations under various arbitral rules (including the ICC, SIAC, LCIA and UNCITRAL rules). She has worked on disputes in civil and common law jurisdictions in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas and has particular experience with the energy, mining, private equity, ammonia and pharmaceutical sectors. Ms Prasad has also sat as arbitrator.
Prior to joining WilmerHale, Ms Prasad worked at a leading law firm in Singapore where her practice focused on international arbitration and litigation. She also worked at the United Nations International Law Commission in Geneva on issues of public international law, including the immunity of State officials and the scope and application of most-favoured nation clauses.
In addition to LexisNexis, Dharshini is recognized for her expertise in international arbitration in Legal 500, Expert Guides and Who's Who Legal: Arbitration – Future Leaders. Clients describe her as a ‘strategic thinker’ and ‘destined for great things’. Apart from her work as counsel, Ms. Prasad contributes to industry publications and is an assistant editor for the Journal of International Arbitration. She also speaks on issues of international arbitration and has taught at New York University (Paris) and at the Austrian, SIAC and London School of Economics arbitration academies.
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SIAC Investment Arbitration Rules 2017: scope, procedure, early dismissal, emergency relief, third-party funding and transparency—comparisons with ICSID, PCA and SCC
An introduction to the SIAC Investment Arbitration Rules (2017)
From 1 January 2017, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) Investment Arbitration Rules (SIAC IA Rules) took effect, applying—where agreed—to investment arbitrations begun on or after that date. Although tailored for disputes involving states, state-controlled entities or intergovernmental organisations, the SIAC IA Rules draw on features of SIAC’s international commercial arbitration rules to make investment proceedings more straightforward and efficient. They seek to respond to common user concerns, notably the belief that cases last too long and that the process can lack openness. The SIAC IA Rules also introduce several novel provisions tackling current themes, including third-party funding and emergency interim relief. These Rules emerged from a wide public consultation launched on 1 February 2016, when SIAC circulated a draft of the SIAC IA Rules for feedback—see News Analysis: Draft SIAC Investment Arbitration Rules 2016—an overview. SIAC then received and evaluated extensive submissions from law firms and in-house counsel based in jurisdictions across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North America. The draft rules were...
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