Gourab Banerji, SA

Professional practice

Gourab has developed his practice mainly before the Supreme Court of India as aSenior Counsel with an emphasis on commercial matters, and particularly commercial arbitration. Lately, he has been appointed the sole arbitrator by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India on four occasions since 2023.
He appears as counsel in a large number of domestic and international commercial arbitrations, and investment arbitrations in India and overseas, and routinely appears before the Indian courts on behalf of clients seeking enforcement of foreign awards. He is regularly briefed by leading multi- national companies as also Indian Public Sector Undertakings.
Currently, a private legal practitioner, Gourab has also been a government legal officer at the Federal and the Provincial levels. While Additional Solicitor General for the Union of India, Gourab represented the Government of India in a number of sensitive and landmark cases. In Republic of Italy v Union of India, [2013] 4 SCC 721, the Supreme Court held that India had concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute the Italian marines accused of shooting Indian fishermen within the Exclusive Economic Zone of India.
He has been appointed as an amicus curiae by a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on the issue of validity of arbitration agreement embedded in an unstamped contract in M/s N.N Global Mercantile Pvt Ltd v. M/s Indo Unique Flame Ltd and Ors, Civil Appeal No. 3802-03 of 2020. His suggestion were finally accepted by a larger Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court in Interplay between Arbitration Agreements under the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 & the Indian Stamp Act, 1899, In re, 2023 SCC OnLine SC 1666.
He has also advised the Government in the case of Kulvir Singh Barapind v The Government of the Republic of India, et al, a case before the U.S. courts under which the Government was sued under the Alien Torts Claim and summons were served on the Government, various governmental entities and officials (including the Prime Minister and various Cabinet Ministers); and succeeded in receiving an order from the court in the U.S. granting the motion to dismiss the case against the Republic of India. Further, on numerous occasions he has advised the Ministry of External Affairs on various matters concerning Public International Law.
He was called upon by the Supreme Court of India to assist in the interpretation of a constitutional provision relating to delegation of power, in Narmada Bachao Andolan v. State of M.P., (2011) 12 SCC 333.
In Essar Steel Ltd. v. Union of India, (2016) 11 SCC 1, he successfully represented GAIL (India) Ltd, where the Government of India’s decision to introduce a price-pooling policy was under challenge. He successfully argued that the impugned policy was in larger public interest, and beneficial for several Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs).
Gourab has often represented clients such as subordinate judiciary judges’ associations pro bono in the Supreme Court of India. Apart from that, he has been appointed amicus curiae by the Supreme Court in a number of matters relating to land laws, arbitration and international commercial arbitration, Supreme Court practice and procedure, as well as indirect tax.

Gourab is considered one of India’s foremost arbitration practitioners – both as an arbitrator and as counsel. Called to the Bar in India and England & Wales, he brings over three decades of experience in complex international and domestic arbitration.

Gourab has acted as presiding, sole and party-appointed arbitrator in disputes under the ICSID, ICC, LCIA, and ICADR Rules, in matters governed by Indian, English, and other applicable laws. His arbitral practice spans commercial, corporate, infrastructure, energy, and investor-state disputes. He has been appointed by the Supreme Court of India in multiple high-value international commercial and domestic arbitrations. He has sat in tribunals seated in London, New Delhi, and other key arbitral hubs.

As counsel, he has appeared in investor-state and commercial arbitrations across jurisdictions, including disputes involving English, Qatari, Singaporean, and South African parties. He continues to be frequently instructed by sovereigns, multinational corporations, and state-owned entities in arbitration and enforcement proceedings before Indian courts.

Gourab is President of the Arbitration Bar of India, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and a member of the Chamber of Arbitration at the India International Arbitration Centre. He is also a member of a Committee set up by the Government of India (Ministry of Law and Justice) on 14 June 2023 to relook the arbitration law in India, and a member of the expert group advising the Permanent Court of Arbitration on its future development and strategy.

Some important arbitration cases (with subject matter in parentheses) of which Gourab has been a part are as below.

SELECTED CASES AS ARBITRATOR

Presiding arbitrator in an LCIA arbitration concerning contractual disputes between an African nation and a private investor for the construction of a flagship project.
Presiding arbitrator in an ongoing arbitration administered by SIAC regarding a dispute arising out of a coal sale and purchase contract, seated in Singapore.
Co-arbitrator in an ongoing ICSID investment treaty arbitration between CTF Holdings SA v Ukraine (ICSID Case No. ARB/24/35).
Co-arbitrator in an ongoing SIAC Arbitration concerning a dispute over payment and supply of LNG, in which the agreement is governed by English law.
Appointed as a Sole Arbitrator in an ongoing arbitration by a bench of the Supreme Court of India, presided over by the Chief Justice of India, in M/s Arif Azim Co Ltd. v M/s Spice Digital Limited and Another: order dated 18.3.2024 in Arbitration Petition (Civil) No. 20/2022.
Appointed as the Sole Arbitrator in an ongoing arbitration by a bench of the Supreme Court of India, presided over by the Chief Justice of India, in Escorts Limited (Now Escorts Kubota Limited) v. Shree Balajee Infra Equipment Pvt Ltd and Others: order dated 13.12.2023 in Civil Appeal No. 8137 of 2023.
Acted as a co-arbitrator, nominated by the ICC, in an international commercial arbitration governed by English law. (reported in Balasore Alloys Ltd. v. Medima LLC, (2020) 9 SCC 136).
Acted as a Sole arbitrator in an international commercial arbitration between a Qatar based party and an Indian Party, seated in New Delhi under ICADR Rules. (68/2020- ICADR)
Acted as sole arbitrator in a multi-jurisdictional LCIA arbitration seated in London and governed by English Law. (LCIA Arbitration No. 183895)
Appointed as the Sole Arbitrator, by a bench of the Supreme Court of India, presided over by the Chief Justice of India, in Optisol Business Solutions Pvt Ltd v The Chopras Global Holdings Pte Ltd: order dated 10.2.2023 in Arbitration Petition (Civil) No. 10 of 2022.
Appointed as the Sole Arbitrator, by a bench of the Supreme Court of India, in a dispute between April USA Assistance Inc and Oriental Insurance Company Ltd in Arbitration Case No. 8-10 of 2018. The arbitral award, delivered by him, has been upheld by the Delhi High Court by way of a judgment dated 28.10.2021 OMP (Comm) No. 14 of 2020. The appeal is presently pending as FAO(OS)(Comm) 288/2022 before the Delhi High Court.

SELECTED CASES AS COUNSEL (ARBITRATION)

International commercial arbitration cases

Represented the Republic of India in its Bilateral Investment Treaty
Represented a South African PSU as the lead counsel in a multi-party arbitration concerning a dispute in relation to the sale and purchase of shares.
Represented a leading Chinese company as the lead counsel in an ICC arbitration concerning a dispute arising between the parties in relation to a contract for
Represented a major Indian conglomerate as lead counsel in an international commercial arbitration in a dispute arising from a contract for the import and supply of
Representing a Norwegian company as lead counsel in an international commercial arbitration in relation to disputes arising out of contracts for exploring and producing hydrocarbons in India and overseas.
Represented an Indian PSU as the lead counsel in an arbitration concerning a dispute arising between the parties under the Contract of Affreightment, where the PSU was the
Represented an English company against an Indian textile manufacturer in respect of disputes arising out of a finance agreement.
Represented an Indian oil company in a major international arbitration dispute pertaining to charter-hire of a drilling vessel.
Represented a consortium of foreign companies against a public sector undertaking, in a construction dispute regarding the construction of New Delhi’s new underground metro rail.

Arbitration-related court proceedings

Represented the UNCCI before the constitution bench of the Supreme Court in Central Organisation for Railway Electrification ECI SPIC SMO MCML (JV) A Joint Venture Co., 2024 SCC OnLine SC 3219. (Procedure of appointing/constituting arbitral tribunals)
Interplay Between Arbitration Agreements under A&C Act, 1996 & Stamp Act, 1899, In re, (2024) 6 SCC 1 (Was appointed as an amicus curiae by a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court to assist the Court on the issue of the validity of an arbitration agreement in an embedded unstamped contract)
M/s N.N Global Mercantile Private Limited v. M/s Indo Unique Flame and Ors, [Civil Appeal No. 3802-03 of 2020] (Was appointed as an amicus curiae by a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court to assist the Court on the issue of the validity of an arbitration agreement in an embedded unstamped contract)
Represented Amazon Inc. in its disputes against the Future Group. (Validity of emergency awards and enforcement of a domestic awards against the award debtor and related entities)
Government of India v Vedanta Limited & [2020] 10 SCC 1 (Gourab was appointed as an amicus curiae to assist the Supreme Court in interpreting the New York Convention and the interplay of Malaysian law and Indian law)
Glencore International AG v Hindustan Zinc Limited [O.M.P. (EFA) (Comm.) 9/2019] (Territorial jurisdiction in enforcement of foreign awards in India)
Centrotrade Minerals & Metals Inc. v Hindustan Copper Limited [2020] 19 SCC 197 (Enforcement of foreign awards in India)
Jaiprakash Associates Limited v Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Limited [2019] 17 SCC 786 (Levy of interest on arbitral awards)
Antrix Corporation Ltd. v. Devas Multimedia Pvt. Ltd. (2018) 4 Arb. LR 66 (Delhi) (Challenge to a multi-million-dollar arbitration award). Also advised on enforcement of the Devas award in France and in the USA.
M/S. Centrotrade Minerals & Metal Inc. v Hindustan Copper Ltd. [2017] 2 SCC 228 (Validity of multi-tier arbitration clauses).
XSTRATA Coal Marketing AG v Dalmia Bharat (Cement) Ltd [2016] 6 ArbLR 270 (Delhi) (Enforcement of a foreign award in India).

INSURANCE AND REINSURANCE

Gourab regularly appears and represents insurance companies in a wide variety of claims, mostly before the Supreme Court, the Delhi High Court, arbitral tribunals and before the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (a specialized Tribunal set up for resolving consumer/product liability disputes).

He is also routinely consulted on matters involving Indian insurance law and has advised on a matter pertaining to whether a port’s physical damage and business interruption claims pursuant to an unexpected weather event were payable by the reinsurers to the insurer under several reinsurance policies.

He has also been appointed as an arbitrator in a re-insurance dispute by the Supreme Court of India

Some matters where he has been acted in his capacity as a Counsel and Arbitrator are:

Gourab was appointed as the Sole Arbitrator in an International Commercial Arbitration by the Supreme Court of India, in a dispute between April USA Assistance Inc and Oriental Insurance Company Ltd in Arbitration Case 8- 10 of 2018. The award delivered by him has been upheld by the Delhi High Court on October 28, 2021, in OMP (Comm) No. 14 of 2020.
Gourab has successfully impugned an arbitral award passed against an insurance major in Indo Rama Synthetics India Limited v Iffco Tokio General Insurance Co. Ltd. in FAO (OS) 156/2015 decided on 15.2.2019, before the Delhi High Court. A Special Leave Petition against the Delhi High Court judgment is presently pending before the Supreme Court of India where Gourab is appearing for the Respondent.
He has represented several Insurance companies in proceedings before the Supreme Court of India at different stages, including in Board of Trustees of the Port of Mumbai Life Insurance Corporation Ltd [SLP (C) No. 32992 of 2013], Iffco Tokio General Insurance Co. Ltd v. Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers Co. Ltd [SLP (C) No. 8874 of 2016], Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority v. HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Ltd, [SLP (C) No. 5952 of 2015], among others.
Gourab was lead counsel for insurers in a domestic arbitration concerning disputes arising out of damage due to a fire at a paper manufacturing He is also currently representing a foreign insurance company in another dispute which pertains to the methodology of calculation of loss of profits under a ‘fire loss of profits’ policy.

CIVIL & COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

Civil and commercial disputes arising out of contract form a significant component of Gourab’s practice. In addition to contractual disputes generally, Gourab has been instructed in quite a few cases arising out of contractual disputes and relating to the invocation of bank guarantees, letters of credit, tenders and termination of contracts.

Some instances of cases in this field that Gourab successfully argued before the Supreme Court of India are UMC Technology v. Food Corporation of India, [2021] 2 SCC 551, Food Corporation of India and Ors. vs. V.K. Traders and Ors. [2020] 4 SCC 60, Chowgule & Company Private Limited v Goa Foundation and Others, [2020] 12 SCC 56, BHEL v Tata Projects Ltd [2015] 5 SCC 682, Air India Cabin Crew Association and Ors v Union of India and Ors, [2012] 1 SCC 619, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation v City Industrial Development Corporation, [2007] 7 SCC 39, Ojas Industries v Oudh Sugar Mills [2007] 4 SCC 723, Panchanan Dhara v Monmatha Nath Maity, [2006] 5 SCC 340, Food Corporation of India v Babulal Agrawal[2004] 2 SCC 712 and Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation v GTL Infrastructure Ltd. and Ors.[2016] 12 SCALE 1002.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND SECURITIES

Gourab regularly appears before the Courts in intellectual property disputes. Gourab currently represents leading global SEP implementers, in their disputes relating to FRAND obligations before Indian Courts.

Gourab represented a leading global SEP implementer, in proceedings for deposit of interim security by a leading smartphone manufacturer, before the Delhi High Court.

Gourab successfully represented Interdigital Technology Corporation, an American multi-national corporation, before the Delhi High Court against Xiaomi Corporation, in securing the first of its kind “anti-anti suit injunction” against the orders of the Wuhan Intermediate People’s Court, China. The case can be found in Interdigital Technology Corporation & Ors v. Xiaomi & Ors , IA No. 8772 in CS (Comm) 295/2020, and was decided on 03.05.2021. Earlier, Gourab had successfully obtained an ad-interim injunction in the same matter, on 29.10.2020.

He has also represented, amongst others, Unilever, in a dispute pertaining to comparative advertising and malicious falsehood before the Delhi High Court Reckitt Benckiser v Hindustan Unilever (2008) 38 Patents & Trademark Cases 139.

TAXATION AND OTHER STATUTORY LEVIES

Gourab has a considerable amount of expertise in the fields of direct taxation and has extensively represented the Union of India as lead counsel in direct and indirect taxation litigation in his capacity as an Additional Solicitor General of India. Some judgments pertaining to taxation argued by Gourab in the Supreme Court include:

Gourab is presently representing a hydro electricality generating unit against the province of Uttarakhand in its challenge against the tax levied against it as violative of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India.
Gourab successfully represented a local body before the Supreme Court of India in its levy of statutory cess in Vasant Chemicals Limited v Managing Director, Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board and Others (2019) 4 SCC 592.
Commissioner of Income Tax Classic Binding Industries, (2018) 9 SCC 753 [regarding exemptions and deductions from profits and gains]
Commissioner of Customs v N.I. Systems, (2010) 256 E.L.T. 173 (As Additional Solicitor General of India).
Liberty India v Commissioner of Income Tax, (2009) 9 SCC 328 (As Additional Solicitor General of India).
Commissioner of Central Excise v Gujarat Narmada Fertilizer Corporation, (2009) 1 SCC 101 (As Additional Solicitor General of India)
He was appointed by a leading international law firm as an expert to opine on a complicated issue pertaining to tax laws in India in a matter before the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.

SECURITIES

Gourab has represented India’s market regulator, the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) before the Indian Supreme Court in various litigations.

In SEBI v. Rakhi Trading and Others [2018] 13 SCC 753], Gourab successfully represented SEBI, wherein the Indian Supreme Court recognised circular trading the Futures and Options segment of the Indian markets as “manipulative” trading.

Gourab has also successfully represented the Indian securities market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India in a litigation before the Allahabad High Court challenging the regulations that have been issued by SEBI for the purpose of regulating the entry, licensing and business of stock exchanges throughout the territory of India in UP Stock Exchange Brokers’ Association v Security and Exchange Board of India 2014 [7] ADJ 548.

INSOLVENCY, BANKRUPTCY AND COMPANY LAW

Gourab regularly appears before the National Company Appellate Law Tribunal and National Company Law Tribunal. Recently he has appeared in Ishrat Ali v. Cosmos Cooperative Bank & Anr. Company Appeal (AT) (Insolvency) No 221 of 2018, decided on 12.03.2020, where a 5 Judge Bench of National Company Law Appellate Tribunal decided the issue of law of limitation re. insolvency proceedings.
Gourab, in Vishal Vijay Kalantri and Ors. v. DBM Geotechnics and Construction Ltd. and Ors,. Company Appeal (AT) (Insolvency) Nos. 139 of 2018 has successfully represented the Committee of Creditors.
Gourab successfully represented the Appellant in Assam Chemical and Pharmaceutical Pvt. Ltd. v. Deba Kumar Hazarika [2019] 215 CompCas 26 deciding on the issue of oppression and mismanagement.
He has successfully represented the Resolution Professional in Renaissance Steel India Pvt. Ltd. v. Electrosteels Steel India Ltd. [Company Appeal (AT) (Insolvency) No 175 of 2018, decided on 10.08.2018], and also in Neeraj Singhal v. Bhushan Steel Ltd. & Ors. [Company Appeal (AT) (Insolvency) No 221 of 2018, decided on 10.08.2018].

OIL & GAS

Gourab has considerable experience in the oil and gas sector and has represented both private parties as well as public sector undertakings in disputes in the Supreme Court of India, various High Courts of India, specialised tribunals as also arbitral tribunals. He is consistently engaged by various public sector undertakings for arbitral proceedings that cover a wide range of oil and gas related issues including exploration, pricing, supply and transportation of oil as well as gas.

In particular, Gourab has represented, and continues to represent, leading companies in the field of oil and gas, including Pure E&P AS (formerly Rocksource ASA), GAIL India Ltd., Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL), Oil India Limited (OIL), Mahanagar Gas Ltd. (MGL), GAIL Gas Ltd. (GGL) as also the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) on wide ranging issues like tariff fixation, transportation charges, Take or Pay, Ship or Pay, APM and non- APM price, and related issues of captive consumption under the Electricity Act, 2003. He has also represented several private companies dealing with energy sector in matters before the Supreme Court of India, Delhi High Court as well as the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL). In one of the leading cases decided by the Supreme Court of India, reported in (2016) 11 SCC 1, Gourab was instructed as the lead senior counsel for Essar Steel Ltd. in a dispute pertaining to price of Re-gasified Liquefied Natural Gas (RLNG)

ANTITRUST

Gourab has appeared before the Courts, before the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and also before the Competition Appellate Tribunal (a specialized appellate Tribunal set up under the Competition Act, 2002) for the purpose of representing clients across several fields in matters pertaining to Indian competition law.

He was engaged by, and represented, a cement company accused of cartelization in the Competition Appellate Tribunal.

Gourab has represented the Petitioner in Saurabh Tripathy v. Competition Commission of India & Anr. (2019) SCC Online Del 1049, a case dealing with the dichotomy between the Competition Commission’s findings vis-à-vis the report of Director General.

LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

Over the past fifteen years, Gourab has argued a number of cases relating to labour and industrial employment including Ritu Bhatia v. Ministry of Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution [2019] 3 SCC 422, State of Uttaranchal v Dinesh Kumar Sharma, [2007] 1 SCC 683, ANZ Grindlays Bank v Union of India [2005] 12 SCC 738; and Bharat Heavy Electricals v. B.K. Vijay [2006] 2 SCC 654.

MARITIME AND ADMIRALTY LAWS

Gourab has advised overseas clients on laws regarding coverage of claims made by ports in respect of losses arising out of weather conditions. Gourab has also advised and represented clients on matters of international arbitration arising out of breach of contract for construction and development of a particular port.

PHARMACEUTICAL LAWS

Gourab recently represented the Petitioner, a leading pharmaceutical company, in Sanofi India Ltd. & Ors. vs. Union of India & Ors. [2019 SC OnLine Del 7669], before the Delhi High Court, in a Writ Petition concerning ceiling pricing pharmaceutical products.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND DATA LAWS

Recently, Gourab has advised overseas clients on laws relating to information technology and data privacy and the compliance exercises to be carried out by them.

Career

Practising before the Supreme Court and High Courts of India since 1989 Barrister, Lincoln’s Inn (1990);
Designated as a Senior Advocate in 2003;
Additional Solicitor General of India (2009-2014);
Overseas Associate, Essex Court Chambers, London (2014-present);
President, Arbitration Bar of India (2024-present).

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Gourab was appointed as Member of the Expert Group on Future Development of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in 2025.
Gourab is the current and founder President of the Arbitration Bar of India set up in 2024.
Gourab was appointed as a member of a Committee set up by Government of India (Ministry of Law and Justice) on 14 June 2023 to have a relook at the arbitration law in India.
Member of the Chamber of Arbitration of the India International Arbitration Centre, set up under Section 28 of the India International Arbitration Act, 2019.
Vice Chairman of the UNCITRAL National Coordination Committee for India (UNCCI); one of the only three UNCITRAL National Coordination Committees constituted world over under the mandate of the United Nations.
Member, List of Arbitrators, Dubai International Arbitration Centre.
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Member, Panel of Arbitrators, Abu Dhabi Global Market Arbitration Centre.
Member, Panel of Arbitrators, Oman Commercial Arbitration Centre.
Speaker at the ICCA Hong Kong 2024.
Appointed as a delegate to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR.
National Correspondent of India for the UNCITRAL CLOUT System.
Member, SIAC Panel of Arbitrators.
Additional Solicitor General for the Union of India at the Supreme Court (2009-2014): The Constitution of India provides for Law Officers at the Federal and Provincial levels of At the Federal level, the Union of India is represented by the Attorney General for India, the Solicitor General for India and a team of eight Additional Solicitors General.
Member, Specialist Board in the speciality of FNB Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI & ML), National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India.
Honorary Adjunct Professor at Jindal Global Law Taught a course on the ‘Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Awards in India.’
Member, Board of Studies, School of Law, Bennett University, Greater Noida, India.
Vice-Chairman of the Permanent Court of Arbitration India Conference Committee.
Appointed/called upon by the PCA to exercise power as an Appointing Authority at the PCA.
Part of the sub-committee of experts on Investment treaties and Investment treaty arbitrations that assisted the Law Commission of India in its 260th report on India’s Model Bilateral Investment Treaty.
Contributed to the Law Commission’s 246th report on Amendment to the Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.
Part of the Attorney General’s Committee set up in 2010 to suggest changes to the Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.
The Government of India’s representative at the UNCITRAL Working Group on Arbitration in Vienna in October 2011.
Additional Advocate General for the State of Uttarakhand in the Supreme Court (2002- 2007). [Each State/Province is represented by an Advocate-General. Gourab represented the State of Uttarakhand from 2002 to 2007, and represented the State of Haryana as its Additional Advocate General before the Supreme Court from 2007 to 2009. ]
Additional Advocate General for the State of Haryana at the Supreme Court (2007- 2009).
Member, National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), New Delhi (2004-2009). NALSA is the apex body constituted to lay down policies for making legal services available under the provisions of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987. Its duties include framing effective schemes for legal services, disbursing funds and grants to State Legal Services Authorities and NGOs for implementing legal aid schemes and programmes. The Chief Justice of India is the Patron-in-chief of NALSA.
Delegate of the Supreme Court of India in the Indo Canadian Legal Forum Meet, 2001; in the Indo-US Legal Forum Meet, 2001 and in the Indo-British Legal Forum Meets, 2003 and 2008.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Gourab Banerji, ‘The Supreme Court’s Role in the Evolution of Indian Arbitration’, Justice for the Nation: Reflections on 75 Years of the Supreme Court of India, Thomson Reuters (2024).
Gourab Banerji, ‘Doctrine of Komptenz-Komptenz- Determining the jurisdictional challenge’ in Shashank Garg (ed) ‘Arbitrator’s Handbook’, (Lexis Nexis 2022).
Gourab Banerji et.al (eds), ‘International Arbitration and the Rule of Law: Essays in Honour of Fali Nariman’, a PCA publication (2021).
Gourab Banerji, ‘Third Party Funding in International Arbitration: An Indian Perspective’ in Gourab Banerji et.al (eds), India for International Arbitration and the Rule of Law: Essays in Honour of Mr. Fali Nariman’, (Permanent Court of Arbitration 2021).
Gourab Banerji, ‘India’, in Simon Bryan (ed.), ‘Encyclopaedia of International Commercial Litigation’, (Kluwer Law International BV, Netherlands 2024).
Author of the ‘India Investment Treaty Know-How’ chapter in the Global Arbitration Review in 2016 and 2017.
Author of ‘Halsbury’s Laws of India, Business Associations’.
Gourab Banerji, ‘Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in India: Recent Developments’, in Chirag Balyan and Yashraj Samant (eds.), Commercial Arbitration: International Trends and Practice, (Thomson Reuters, 2021).
Gourab Banerji, Judicial Intervention in Arbitral Awards: A Practitioner’s Thoughts, 21(2) NAT’L L. SCH. INDIA REV. 39 (2009), 39-53

RECENT RECOGNITION

Awarded the Lawyers’ of India Day award by the Bar Association of India in
Recognised by Chambers and Partners as a notable practitioner in the Asia-Pacific region in 2025.
Awarded the ‘Senior Counsel of the Year’ Award at the 11th Annual Legal Era Indian Legal Awards, 2022.
Recognised as a leading Senior Advocate in the category of ‘Dispute Resolution: Senior Advocates: Supreme Court of India’ (Band 2), Asia-Pacific Guide 2024 by Chambers and Partners.
Awarded the ‘Counsel of the Year – Independent Practice’ Award, at the Business World Legal World Global Legal Leaders Awards, 2020.

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND