Former FTI Consulting Senior Managing Director and economic consulting practice leader for India Montek Mayal joins Osborne Partners as partner and regional head..Mayal will also serve as Head for the Asia and the Middle East practice of the firm..He will continue to engage with expert witness and quantum/damages work, an increasingly growing field particularly in India owing to the volume of investments.In the past Mayal, has been appointed as a damages/quantum expert in domestic and international arbitration and in competition matters on over 100 occasions, both in India and globally. He has also testified before tribunals over 25 times since 2017, on claims ranging from $5 million to over $1.5 billion..Mayal will be joining his long-time mentor Chris Osborne, who earlier led FTI’s global disputes and economic consulting business..Mayal was recognised as a Global Elite Thought Leader in Who's Who Legal's Arbitration Review ‘Expert Witnesses’ for 2021 and 2022. Mayal is one of 29 practitioners, globally, and the only one from India, recognised in this listing who received the highest number of nominations from peers, corporate counsel and other market sources.Mayal also serves as a Vice Chairman of the Society of Construction Law in India, Member, Steering Committee, Young MCIA, Co-Chair, Society of Construction Law’s Young Leaders Group (India), and Member, Founding working group, Indian Association of Litigation Finance. He was recently also appointed as the South Asia Representative for Young ICCA.If you would like your Deals, Columns, Press Releases to be published on Bar & Bench, please fill in the form available here.
