People
Amrutanshu Dash
Biography
Amrutanshu advises and represents private clients, sovereign states and state-owned entities in complex commercial and investor-state disputes.
He usually works on high value international commercial arbitrations, investor-state arbitrations and related court litigations such as challenge to, and enforcement of arbitral awards. Over the years, Amrutanshu has worked on disputes spanning multiple sectors like energy, infrastructure, health services, FMCG, real estate and banking and finance being arbitrated under the major arbitral rules (like SIAC, ICSID, ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL). Amrutanshu has also worked as a disputes lawyer in New Delhi (India). During his time in India, he focussed on commercial law and constitutional law disputes across various judicial forums including the Indian Supreme Court and the High Courts of Delhi and Bombay. Amrutanshu completed his undergraduate law degree as the overall topper and was awarded ten gold medals for his academic and all-round performance. Following this, he received a full scholarship (from the British Council and Balliol College) to complete his master of laws degree (BCL) from the University of Oxford. At Oxford, Amrutanshu graduated with an overall distinction and the Law Faculty Prize for topping the Intellectual Property law paper.
Practice areas
- International arbitration
Selected experience
- Representing Korea National Oil Corporation and its subsidiaries in a ICSID treaty arbitration against the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The claim concerns the frustration of the client’s investments in the energy sector and acts of the State’s ministry, head of State, judiciary, and a State-owned corporation.
- Representing Vedanta Resources Limited in a UNCITRAL treaty arbitration against India concerning India’s divestment obligations with respect to a major mining company.
- Representing a Southeast Asian state in a treaty dispute involving a significantly valuable real estate project in the state.
- Represented Republic of Korea on post-award proceedings before the Singapore International Commercial Court in respect of an investment treaty dispute with Mason Capital involving corruption allegations against the highest officials of the Korean government.
- Advised a major Korean company in relation to potential treaty claims in the energy sector against an APAC State.
- Advised a global mining conglomerate on the strategic structuring of its prospective mining investments in the Asian and African region respectively to optimize treaty-based protections.
- Advised an Australian resource company on the applicability of international treaty protections for its mining investments in an Asian jurisdiction. International commercial arbitration, and related litigation:
- Representing Shell (formerly BG) and Reliance Industries Limited on multi-phased arbitration proceedings commenced under the UNCITRAL Rules against the Government of India relating to disputes exceeding USD 5 billion arising out of two production sharing contracts and advising them in related court proceedings.
- Successfully represented a Taiwanese company in a post M&A ICC arbitration in the FMCG sector. Advising and representing them in follow on expert determination proceedings involving post M&A completion accounts adjustment issues.
- Advised a major Indian state-owned entity on its prospects for challenging an adverse ICC arbitral award before the English Courts in relation to its investments in a South American state.
Education
- BCL, Law, University of Oxford, 2017 (Overall Distinction & Law Faculty Prize)
- B.A., LL.B. (Hons.), Law, National Law University Delhi, 2016 (Overall topper and gold medallist)
Admissions
- Solicitor, England and Wales, 2022
- Registered Foreign Lawyer, Singapore, 2022
- Advocate, India, 2016
Languages
- English
- Indian (Hindi)