Rishab is a triple-qualified English barrister, Indian counsel, and New York lawyer with over 15 years’ experience in all forms of international disputes. He is based in Mumbai (India) and is regularly engaged as a Counsel in relation to international disputes and regularly advises on matters involving international law. He is a leading arbitration lawyer and is regularly ranked as a ‘global leader’ in the field of international arbitration. He was named in the 2023 edition of the Global Arbitration Review‘s (GAR) 45 under 45 global list of world’s leading international arbitration practitioners below 45 years of age, making him the only India based practitioner to have ever been included in this ranking. He is also ranked by Chambers and Partners in ‘Band 1’ (highest band) of English barristers practicing in the field of arbitration in Singapore.

Prior to joining Twenty Essex, Rishab worked at major international law firms: Allen & Overy in London, Debevoise & Plimpton in New York, and Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. in India (where he led the firm’s arbitration practice in Mumbai). Rishab regularly represents clients in commercial arbitrations brought under the auspices of a variety of institutional rules. His experience includes arbitrations seated in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, New York, Washington D.C, Singapore, the Hague, Stockholm, Delhi, Mumbai, Sudan and Rwanda, conducted under the LCIA, ICC, SIAC, HKIAC, ICDR, SCC and UNCITRAL. The subject matter of these arbitrations have included long-term energy concessions, joint venture agreements, construction contracts, and intellectual property, among others and they have involved common law, civil law and Islamic law systems.

Rishab is also vastly experienced in investment arbitration. He has acted in over a dozen investment arbitrations under most rules, including particularly ICSID and UNCITRAL. He is instructed from a wide range of regions, having acted for claimants and respondents