Indian advocate Shivani Sanghi has joined hands with Fieldfisher as a partner and will head the firm\u2019s India practice.<\/p>\n
Shivani, a dual-qualified lawyer, and solicitor-advocate in England, is an international arbitration and litigation specialist.<\/p>\n
With a strong practice in high-value India, Russia, and CIS-related arbitration and litigation; she will join the firm’s commercial disputes team in London.<\/p>\n
She will center on developing her existing expertise and client base in India-related arbitrations, a rapidly expanding area of business, and a jurisdiction of focus for the Fieldfisher commercial disputes team.<\/p>\n
Shivani will also concentrate on furthering her Russia, CIS, and wider arbitration and commercial litigation practice, where the firm already has a leading reputation.<\/p>\n
Commenting on her appointment,\u00a0Colin Gibson, Head of Dispute Resolution at Fieldfisher said, \u201cWe are very excited to bring Shivani on board, given her experience in India and her strong foundation in Russia and CIS-related arbitration and commercial litigation.\u00a0 Our London commercial disputes practice continues to go from strength to strength, as evidenced by the high-quality talent we continue to attract to the firm.\u00a0 We look forward to Shivani joining us and to developing growing areas of geographical expertise within our firm.\u201d<\/p>\n
Shivani Sanghi added, “I am delighted to join a meritocratic firm that supports young partners to build up new areas of work and bring fresh skills to the team. Fieldfisher has an excellent reputation for commercial disputes and I am keen to add my skills and experience to its bench strength in international arbitration, with a particular focus on India.\u201d<\/p>\n
Epitome of Shivani\u2019s Work Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n Shivani is a 2009 graduate of NALSAR, Hyderabad. She previously practiced as an advocate in Delhi and has experience in the Indian courts including the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court.<\/p>\n During her time in India, Shivani advised Indian corporates on matters including cross-border disputes involving multi-party arbitrations and high stake contractual disputes involving anti-suit injunctions, challenges to foreign arbitral awards, and other aspects of private international law.<\/p>\n She was previously part of the commercial litigation and arbitration teams at King & Wood Mallesons (formerly SJ Berwin), Fried Frank, and most recently Covington & Burlington LLP.<\/p>\n Shivani acts for clients in a variety of sectors, including media, hotels, energy, telecoms, banking, private equity, pharma, and software technology, and has represented clients in many high profile cases before the English courts, including the Court of Appeal and the UK Supreme Court.<\/p>\n She has also represented clients in high stake arbitrations under the rules of various arbitration institutions in venues around the world and has significant experience in emergency arbitrations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Indian advocate Shivani Sanghi has joined hands with Fieldfisher as a partner and will head the firm\u2019s India practice. Shivani, a dual-qualified lawyer, and solicitor-advocate in England, is an international arbitration and litigation specialist. With a strong practice in high-value India, Russia, and CIS-related arbitration and litigation; she will join the firm’s commercial disputes team […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[47733,47734,47732],"class_list":["post-61149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-law-news","tag-shivani-sanghi-as-a-partner-in-fieldfisher","tag-shivani-sanghi-joins-fieldfisher","tag-shivani-sanghi-joins-fieldfisher-as-partner"],"yoast_head":"\n