Archit is counsel in the Dispute Resolution Team.

He is dual qualified in India and England & Wales and has previously worked at a leading law firm in Singapore and litigated in India. He has specialised knowledge in the commercial aspects of shipping, having pursued a MSc degree in Maritime Economics and Logistics from Erasmus University.

Archit’s experience covers the whole spectrum of shipping work including charterparty, bills of lading, bunkers, ship sale, ship repairs, trade finance, maritime insolvency, sanctions, collisions and commodities disputes. He has acted for a wide range of clients including owners, charterers, P&I Clubs, insurers, traders, cargo interests and maritime investment companies. He has substantial experience in arbitration (SIAC, SCMA, LCIA, LMAA and ICC). He has also advised clients in drafting and the negotiation of shipping contracts and more recently in the sphere of trade digitalisation.

His practice often has a cross-border dimension, leveraging on his education, work experience and the firm’s footprint across multiple jurisdictions. He has regular involvement in arrest and other security-taking measures across jurisdictions and is also highly experienced in assisting clients in foreign court litigation by leveraging the firm’s international presence and its extensive network of contacts around the world.

Apart from English, Archit is fluent in Hindi and Punjabi.

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  • Advising owners in a trade finance dispute under a sale-lease back arrangement before the English High Court. The case involved a multi-million-dollar dispute over the payment of swap break costs on the invocation of purchase options across multiple charterparties.
  • Advising charterers and guarantors in a multi-million-dollar dispute and a five-day trial before the English High Court involving issues of implied consent, conduct and interpretation of guarantee clauses.
  • Advising owners in claims under a ship-building contract involving patent infringement issues.
  • Advising owners in a claim against Charterers for the recovery of losses suffered in relation to Charterers’ employment of the Vessel for the carriage of a cargo which resulted in contamination of the Vessel’s tanks and damage to the Vessel’s pipelines.
  • Advising owners in a dispute related to collision of vessels and collapse of containers.
  • Advising owners in disputes arising from termination of a Pool Agreement.

Education

2019 – 2020 · MSc (Distinction), Maritime Economics and Logistics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2007 – 2012 · B.A. LLB. (Hons), National Law School of India University, Bangalore, India
2011 · Singapore Management University, Singapore (Exchange Student)

Memberships and Associations

  1. Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa
  2. Law Society of England & Wales