Senior Advocate of the Delhi High Court Prashanto Chandra Sen has joined Quadrant Chambers in the United Kingdom as an Associate Member..Sen is a commercial and arbitration lawyer, practicing in a broad range of commercial, regulatory and public law disputes. He is frequently involved in high-end commercial, mining, energy, infrastructure and environment disputes.He appeared in the landmark BALCO case, in which where the Supreme Court drew a distinction between a ‘seat’ and ‘venue’ and held that Part I of the Arbitration Act would not be applicable to arbitration in which the seat/venue is outside India..Sen graduated from Faculty of Law, Delhi University in 1995 and holds a BCL degree from Oxford University. He began his career at the erstwhile Amarchand Mangaldas before joining the chambers of Senior Advocate Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi. He went on to work in the chambers of Senior Advocate Aryama Sundaram, before starting his independent practice in 2005. He was designated as Senior Advocate by the Delhi High Court in 2017..On his joining chambers, Sen said in a press release,“I am delighted to be accepted to one of the pre-eminent and leading international commercial disputes chambers. It is a significant development for me professionally as I build my international disputes practice and also deepen my commercial disputes practice in India. I greatly look forward to this exciting synergy.”
