India and Asia
COMBAR 7th India Round Table 2025 – Mumbai 12th – 13th September 2025
The Programme is available here.
Registration is now closed for the 7th COMBAR India Round Table in Mumbai. The conference will take place during the day on Saturday 13th September 2025 at the “Roof Top” in the Trident Nariman Point Hotel, 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 at the “Rendezvous” in the iconic Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and finish with a dinner on Saturday 13th September 2025 also in the “Roof Top” of the Trident Nariman Point Hotel.
We are delighted that Lord Burrows, a Justice of the Supreme Court has agreed to be our UK Judicial Guest of Honour and Justice Hima Kohli, a recently retired India Supreme Court Judge has agreed to be our India Judicial Guest of Honour.
We are also pleased to announce that FTI Consulting will be returning as sole sponsor for this year’s round table.
Indian ADR Week
India ADR Week will be taking place from the 15 – 19 September and we hope that members from London will consider staying on for the event.
Family Members are welcomed
Members are encouraged to bring their spouse or partner and family members will be welcome to accompany members to the drinks reception on the Friday evening at the Taj Mahal Palance Hotel and to the dinner on the Saturday night in the “Roof Top” of the Trident Nariman Point Hotel .
Juniors Barristers are Welcomed
We strongly encourage junior members of the Bar to attend. A reduced registration fee has been set and as with previous conferences significant grants are available for members under 7 years call from the Bar Council and British Council. Junior members may apply to the Young Barristers’ Committees’ International Grant Programme, which may pay up to two thirds of junior members’ total attendance costs.
The India meetings are always both hugely enjoyable and valuable. We look forward to meeting you in Mumbai.
The meeting is open to COMBAR Members and Indian Guests. If you are interested in attending please send your CV or bio to admin@combar.com
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:
Sapna Jhangiani KC – Chair
Chintan Chandrachud- Vice Chair
Ravi Aswani
Kabir Bhalla
Promit Chatterjee
Raymond Cox KC
Nakul Dewan KC
Hannah Fry
Josh Folkard
Rishab Gupta
Stuart Isaacs KC
Sahana Jayakumar
Shobana Iyer
Tom Leary
Amanda Lord
Andrew Pullen
Niranjan Venkatesan KC
Chinmayi Sharma
Frederick Simpson
Drishti Suri