The International Bar Association will be hosting the Fourth IBA India Litigation and ADR Symposium, taking place on December 5 and 6, 2025, at the Taj Mahal Hotel in New Delhi, India.
The International Bar Association's (IBA) India Litigation and ADR Symposium aims at exploring the evolving landscape of law, justice, and dispute resolution in India and beyond. This event will bring together eminent speakers from India and other countries to discuss key developments in legal systems, arbitration, white-collar crime, and digital regulation.
Participants will have the opportunity to engage with leading practitioners and gain practical insights into the evolving legal landscape in India and internationally.
The symposium is presented by the India Working Group of the IBA Asia Pacific Regional Forum and supported by the IBA Arbitration Committee and the IBA Litigation Committee.
The conference will feature panel discussions aimed at exploring a wide range of topics.
Topics and theme include:
The rule of law – will the rule of law and the justice delivery system in India offer a competitive edge over other developing economies? Can uniform laws and justice delivery mechanisms drive us towards a borderless world?
An arbitrator should also be competent to be an amiable compositeur or mediator.
What are the new rules, methodologies and developments in arbitration law and practice? Are the new amendments proposed for India’s arbitration law likely to be game changers? How do these compare with the recently enacted UK Arbitration Act 2025?
Emerging issues in intellectual property and artificial intelligence
White-collar crime, bribery and corruption
Privacy, GDPR and the new Digital Personal Data Protection Act: where is the freedom of speech on the one hand and regulation of social media on the other?
The benefits and impact of artificial intelligence on dispute resolution – is India’s Grand Trunk Road warning ‘speed thrills but kills’ at all relevant in this context?
This House believes that social media is the only safe and reliable outlet for real information in an increasingly regulated world.
Featured speakers:
Judges and judicial leaders:
Justice DY Chandrachud, Former Chief Justice of India
Rajiv Mani, Secretary, Legislative Department, Ministry of Law & Justice
Justice Hima Kohli, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India
Justice Philip Jeyaretnam, Supreme Court of Singapore
Justice Manmohan, Supreme Court of India
Justice Tejas Karia, Delhi High Court
Justice Amit Bansal, Delhi High Court
Justice Navin Chawla, Delhi High Court
N Hariharan, President, Delhi High Court Bar Association
Vikas Singh, President, Supreme Court Bar Association
Chetan Sharma, Additional Solicitor General of India
R Venkataramani, Attorney-General for India
Senior advocates:
Promod Nair, Senior Advocate, Bengaluru
Percival Billimoria, Senior Advocate, New Delhi
Soli Cooper, Senior Advocate, Mumbai
Vikram Nankani, Senior Advocate, Mumbai
Swathi Sukumar, Senior Advocate, New Delhi
Shashank Garg, Senior Advocate, New Delhi
Chander Lall, Senior Advocate, New Delhi
Sanjay Jain, Senior Advocate, New Delhi
Sidharth Luthra, Senior Advocate, New Delhi
Jayant Mehta, Senior Advocate, New Delhi
International experts and keynotes:
Lord Peter Goldsmith KC, Debevoise & Plimpton, London
Justice Philip Jeyaretnam, Judge, Supreme Court of Singapore, Singapore
James Langley, Dentons, London, UK
Mahesh Rai, Drew & Napier, Singapore
Prof Tania Sourdin, University of Newcastle, UK
Marike Patrani Paulsson, Council for International Dispute Resolution, Bahrain
Additional panelists and session participants include leading practitioners and experts from India and abroad. Full speaker details are available in the conference programme.
Fee Details:
IBA member: £220
Non-member: £250
Guest fee: £85
Deadline for online registration:
December 1, 2025
For further details regarding registration, visit the website.
For queries, contact: confs@int-bar.org
[Read conference programme]