Senior Advocate Arvind Datar is the latest Indian lawyer to join Fountain Court as door tenant

Senior Advocate Arvind Datar is the latest Indian lawyer to get called to chambers in the United Kingdom, having joined Fountain Court as a door tenant..An expert in the fields of Constitutional Law, Taxation Laws and Arbitration, Datar was designated a Senior Advocate of the Madras High Court in 2000. After graduating from Madras Law College, he enrolled at the Bar in 1980..On joining chambers, Datar said in a press release,“It is indeed an honor to be invited to be a door tenant at Fountain Court Chambers. With the increasing litigation arising out of cross-border transactions, I am looking forward to working with Bankim Thanki QC and his colleagues in London and Singapore.”.Datar joins fellow Senior Advocates Zal Andhyarujina and Gaurav Pachnanda at Fountain Court..Among the other lawyers to have been called by chambers in the United Kingdom over the past few years are Senior Advocate Arvind Nayar, who was called to 4 New Square, and Sherbir Panag, who was called to White Collar Crime setup Foundry Chambers. Founder and Managing Partner of Trust Legal Sudhir Mishra was called to No5 Barristers Chambers in the United Kingdom in October 2020.In 2019, Senior Advocate Ritin Rai accepted an offer to join 7 King’s Bench Walk Barristers in London. That same year, former AZB and Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Partner Percival Billimoria, who was recently designated as a Senior Advocate by the Delhi High Court, was admitted as a Door Tenant at Outer Temple Chambers..In June 2018, Swathi Sukumar was called as a door tenant at Hogarth Chambers. In September, Abhimanyu Bhandari was invited to join 4 Pump Court as an Associate Member.In 2016, Pulkit Deora was called to Enterprise Chambers. In August 2014, Nakul Dewan was invited to join 20 Essex Street. A few months later, ASG and Senior Advocate Gourab Banerji joined Essex Court Chambers.In 2012, former Assistant Profesor at Jindal Global Law School, Vishavjeet Chaudhary, was invited to join Lamb Building in LondonFormer Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium is a member of 3 Verulam Building, while leading Senior Counsel Harish Salve is a member of Blackstone Chambers.

Senior Advocate Arvind Datar is the latest Indian lawyer to join Fountain Court as door tenant

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