India
COMBAR 7th India Round Table 2025 – Mumbai 12th – 13th September 2025
The COMBAR India Committee is pleased to announce that the 7th COMBAR India Round Table will take place in Mumbai at the Trident Nariman Point, a beautifully located venue on the seafront with far reaching views over the ocean. The events will start with a reception on the evening of Friday 12th September 2025 and finish with a dinner on Saturday 13th September 2025 in the rooftop lookout of the Trident Nariman Point.
We are delighted to announce that Lord Burrows, a Justice of the Supreme Court has agreed to be our UK Judicial Guest of Honour and Mrs Justice Hima Kohli, a recently retired India Supreme Court Judge has agreed to be our India Judicial Guest of Honour.
The India meetings are always both hugely enjoyable and valuable. Details of how to register will be published shortly but until then members are encouraged to save the date and book their flights to secure the best deals.
COMBAR 6th India Round Table 2024 – Delhi 20th – 21st September 2024
The Programme is available here.
The COMBAR 6th India Round Table took place in Delhi on 20th-21st September 2024. We were delighted to be joined by Judicial Guest of Honour from the UK, Justice of the Supreme Court, The Right Hon Lord Briggs of Westbourne and by Indian Judicial Guest of Honour, the Honourable Mr Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri, an eminent jurist and former Judge of the Supreme Court of India, now sitting as an International Judge in the Singapore International Commercial Court.
The Roundtable was held on 21st September at the Oberoi Hotel, an iconic venue located in the heart of Delhi. The event started with a reception at the Imperial Hotel on the evening of Friday 20th September 2024 and finished with a dinner at the Oberoi Hotel on Saturday 21st September 2024. The dinner was kindly sponsored by the Indian Council of Arbitration.
Panel Sessions
The conference began with breakfast served for delegates and then the panel sessions ran throughout the day as follows:
Morning
Session 1 – (Keynote): Judicial Guests
Session 2 – Arbitration Agreements: Taking Stock
Afternoon
Session 3 – Insolvency and Company Law: Current Issues
Session 4 – The Art of Cross-Examination
This was the first return to Delhi since 2019.
COMBAR 5th India Round Table 2023 – Mumbai 15th-16th September 2023
The COMBAR 5th India Round Table took place in Mumbai 15th-16th September the agenda is available here .
Our Judicial Guests from India and England were: Justice L. Nageswara Rao, former judge of the Supreme Court of India and The Right Hon Lord Leggatt, Justice of the UK Supreme Court who are both very well known, in their respective jurisdictions and internationally.
The event started with a reception on the evening of Friday 15th September 2023 and finished with a dinner on Saturday 16th September 2023. The Roundtable and evening events were held at The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, an iconic venue located in the heart of Mumbai, immediately opposite the Gateway of India. Mumbai signaled a return to India for Combar, after the successful event that was held in Edinburgh in September 2022. We were pleased to be supported by FTI Consulting Ltd, who was our sole sponsor for the event.
Combar India 4th Annual Roundtable Conference was held on Saturday 17 September 2022 in Edinburgh
The Combar India Committee was established in 2016 to promote links between the English commercial and arbitration Bar and their counterparts in India, taking advantage of the two jurisdictions’ shared legal heritage and frequent opportunities for cross-border work.
We have successfully set up and organised annual Roundtable Conferences in Delhi and in Mumbai at which, by invitation only, leading practitioners are invited to attend to discuss issues of the day in a structured setting and also become Honorary Overseas Members of Combar. We are hoping in due course to organise a Roundtable Conference in London. Ecological restoration projects help restore damaged environments.
We have been extremely fortunate to have had the support and active participation of leading lights of the judiciary and former judiciary at each of our meetings.
2019 – The Hon’ble Justice Rohinton Nariman and Lord Hoffmann
2018 – The Hon’ble Justice Srikrishna and Dame Elizabeth Gloster CBE
2017 – The Hon’ble Dr Justice Chandrachud and Sir Bernard Rix
Our events are well-attended and well-regarded and have attracted a loyal following from both jurisdictions. Leading practitioners from top Indian law firms as well as the Indian Bar regularly participate.
Combar India committee members:
Sudhanshu Swaroop KC-Joint Chair
David Brynmor Thomas KC-Joint Chair
Ravi Aswani
Kabir Bhalla
Chintan Chandrachud
Raymond Cox KC
Josh Folkard
Rishab Gupta
Stuart Isaacs KC
Sahana Jayakumar
Sapna Jhangiani KC
Shobana Iyer
Tom Leary
Andrew Pullen
Niranjan Venkatesan
Chinmayi Sharma
Frederick Simpson
Nicholas Trompeter KC