Fountain Court is very pleased to have Gaurav Pachnanda SA join Chambers as a new door tenant with effect from 1 September 2016.
Gaurav is an experienced lawyer, a Senior Advocate at the Indian Bar and a Registered Foreign Lawyer at the Singapore International Commercial Court.
He read law at the University of Jammu (LL.B., 1996) and at Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford (B.C.L., 1997), where he was elected a Felix Scholar.
From 2010 to 2015, he was the Senior Additional Advocate General for the State of Jammu and Kashmir, at New Delhi for representing the State before the Supreme Court of India in cases involving intricate issues of administrative and constitutional law.
He is currently engaged in private practice as counsel and also sits as an arbitrator.
Gaurav’s private practice is focused mainly on commercial and corporate litigation. He has successfully represented clients like LG Household and Healthcare Limited, Pacific Convergence Corporation Limited, Aditya Birla Group in various commercial disputes, including several high profile international and domestic arbitrations.
Gaurav Pachnanda SA …“I am delighted to be a part of Fountain Court. While the bulk of my legal practice is before courts and tribunals in India, a significant part is already comprised of international commercial arbitrations. This association will formalize my presence as a counsel in the international commercial arbitration space. Of course, Fountain Court’s tremendous reputation for excellence in commercial litigation and arbitration internationally was the main reason why I decided to associate with them. This gels very well with my core areas of interest.”
Stephen Moriarty QC, Head of Chambers at Fountain Court Chambers … “We are delighted to have Gaurav Pachnanda SA join us as a member of Chambers, especially at a time of a number of interesting developments in the Indian legal market, such as the opening of the Mumbai Centre of International Arbitration. We look forward to a long and successful relationship”
