Rahul’s experience includes involvement in over 35 investment or commercial disputes, whether as arbitrator (president of the tribunal, sole arbitrator, and co-arbitrator), counsel, or secretary to the arbitral tribunal.
Representative commercial disputes include:
- Co-arbitrator in an ICC arbitration between a Spanish company and a Russian state-owned-entity arising out of a contract in the infrastructure sector. Seat: Paris. Applicable law: Russian law
- Sole arbitrator in a SIAC arbitration between Singaporean and Luxembourg companies arising out of a guarantee agreement in the chemical industry. Seat: Singapore. Applicable law: Singaporean law
- Sole arbitrator in an MCIA arbitration between Indian companies arising out of a distributorship agreement in the pharmaceutical industry. Seat: Mumbai. Applicable law: Indian law
- Sole arbitrator in an MCIA arbitration between Indian companies arising out of a manufacturing and supply agreement in the automobile industry. Seat: Mumbai. Applicable law: Indian law
- Presiding arbitrator in an ad hoc arbitration under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 between Indian companies arising out of the sale of a power plant. Seat: Mumbai. Applicable law: Indian law
- Co-arbitrator in an LCIA arbitration between British and American companies arising out of a contract for the supply of chemicals. Seat: London. Applicable law: English law
- Sole arbitrator in an ICC expedited arbitration between Bahraini and Turkish companies arising out of a subcontract agreement in the energy industry. Seat: Zurich. Applicable law: English law
- Sole arbitrator in an ICC arbitration between a Kenyan company and an Italian company arising out of a services agreement in the construction industry. Seat: Geneva. Applicable law: English law
- A multinational company in the consumer grooming products sector in two LCIA arbitrations with its shareholders, also advised the company in annulment proceedings before the Swiss Supreme Court (member of the counsel team)
- An American multinational company in its ICC arbitration against a consortium of multinational commodity mining and shipping companies in Africa concerning shipping rights (member of the counsel team)
- An American industrial manufacturer in its disputes with an Indian company concerning the supply of machinery for an oil and gas project (member of the counsel team)
- An Indian multinational company in its commercial disputes with an Italian company concerning the supply of steel pipes (member of the counsel team)
- An Indian multinational company in its construction disputes with an African state-owned-entity (FIDIC Yellow Book) (member of the counsel team)
- An UNCITRAL arbitration between Asian and African oil and gas companies arising out of a sales purchase agreement (secretary to the Tribunal)
- An LCIA arbitration between Middle-Eastern and European oil and gas companies arising out of an obligation to make earn-out payments (secretary to the Tribunal)
- A CRCICA arbitration between two African oil and gas companies arising out of a concession agreement (secretary to the Tribunal)
- A SIAC arbitration between Asian parties concerning disputes in the gambling industry (secretary to the Tribunal)
- An LCIA arbitration between a BVI company and a Canadian company arising out of a concession agreement (secretary to the Tribunal)
- An ICC arbitration between Central Asian oil and gas producers and a state owned oil and gas company concerning breaches of gas supply agreements (secretary to the Tribunal)
- Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation et. al. v. Yemen (ICC Case No. 19299/MCP), concerning a production sharing agreement and declaration of force majeure (secretary to the Tribunal)
- An ICC arbitration between South-East Asian parties concerning LNG sales (secretary to the Tribunal)
- An ICC “baseball” arbitration between European oil and gas producers concerning gas prices (secretary to the Tribunal)
- An ICC arbitration between European oil and gas producers concerning a gas price review (secretary to the Tribunal)
- An UNCITRAL arbitration between Middle-Eastern parties arising out of a petrochemical supply contract (secretary to the Tribunal).
Representative investment disputes include:
- Ali Alyafei v Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (ICSID Case No.ARB/15/24), an arbitration under the Unified Agreement for the Investment of Arab Capital in the Arab Countries arising out of a share purchase agreement (member of the counsel team)
- Ali Alyafei v Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, an ad hoc arbitration under the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Agreement arising out of a share purchase agreement (member of the counsel team)
- CTIP Oil & Gas International Limited v. Arab Republic of Egypt (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/27) an ICSID arbitration under the UAE-Egypt BIT concerning disputes arising out of a gas pipeline construction and operation agreement (assistant to the tribunal)
- An UNCITRAL arbitration between private entities and an African state arising out of a concession agreement (tribunal secretary)
- Rand Investments Ltd. et. al. v. Republic of Serbia (ICSID Case No. ARB/18/8), an ICSID arbitration under the Canada-Serbia BIT and the Serbia-Cyprus BIT concerning the alleged expropriation of an agricultural enterprise (assistant to the Tribunal)
- Elitech B.V. and Razvoj Golf D.O.O v. Republic of Croatia, (ICSID Case No. ARB/17/32), an ICSID arbitration under the Netherlands-Croatia BIT concerning construction of a golf resort and alleged environmental violations (assistant to the Tribunal)
- Lighthouse Corporation Pty Ltd and Lighthouse Corporation Ltd, IBC v. Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/2) an ICSID arbitration between an Australian investor and Timor-Leste concerning a fuel supply agreement (assistant to the Tribunal)
- Jürgen Wirtgen et. al. v. Czech Republic, an ad hoc arbitration under Germany-Czech Republic BIT arising out of changes to the solar energy regulatory framework (secretary to the Tribunal)
- Mesa Power Group LLC v. Government of Canada (PCA Case No. 2012-17), an UNCITRAL/NAFTA arbitration between a U.S. investor and the Government of Canada concerning feed-in tariff regulations (secretary to the Tribunal).
In addition, Rahul has been a member of counsel teams representing parties in several domestic arbitrations in India, and has appeared in more than 20 cases before various judicial and quasi-judicial authorities including the Bombay High Court, the City Civil Court, the Company Law Board and the Debt Recovery Tribunal.