The Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration (MCIA) has unveiled the latest steering committee for its young practitioners’ group.
The Young MCIA steering committee will be chaired by Sheila Ahuja of Allen & Overy (Singapore office) and Rishab Gupta of Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (Mumbai office).
The committee, which focuses on international arbitration related initiatives for practitioners under 40, will comprise 19 members. Nearly half of those members are based in India. The remaining members are leading young arbitration practitioners at international law firms in Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo, London, Geneva and New York City.
MCIA Registrar and Secretary General Neeti Sachdeva welcomed the new committee, remarking,
“YMCIA community of young energetic and motivated arbitration practitioners has been steadily growing since it was launched in 2017. We are confident that under the leadership of Rishab Gupta and Sheila Ahuja it will grow further and provide an excellent networking and training platform for young practitioners to hone their skills.”
Since its launch in 2017, the Young MCIA membership base has grown to become a global network of over 650 young lawyers from within various cities in India as well as a wide range of jurisdictions internationally.
The Young MCIA Committee comprises the following members: