Arish Bharucha > Howard Kennedy LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Howard Kennedy LLP Offices
NO.1 LONDON BRIDGE
LONDON
SE1 9BG
England
Arish Bharucha

Work Department
Dispute Resolution
Position
Arish Bharucha is a leading Solicitor-Advocate who focuses on international arbitration, commercial litigation and civil fraud disputes. He chairs the firm’s India group and has strong personal and professional links with the country.
Arish advises international and domestic clients on a range of high value and complex contentious matters.
He acts on a wide array of commercial disputes in English seated arbitrations (under the LCIA, ICC, SIAC and UNCITRAL rules) and in the English Courts, including cases involving civil fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, complex contractual claims, negligence claims, economic torts, shareholder, joint venture and partnership disputes, and jurisdictional battles (amongst others). Arish advises on cases across many industry sectors including commodities, technology, energy, banking and financial services, engineering and pharmaceuticals.
Arish advises clients (both corporates and individuals) from all over the world and most of his cases have an international dimension. He has a particular interest in, and focus on, India-related disputes and spearheads the firm’s India group. He visits India regularly to develop and maintain the firm’s connections there. Arish is also dual qualified as a lawyer in Delhi.
Prior to joining Howard Kennedy, Arish trained at, and was an Associate in the Litigation & Arbitration Division of, a large international firm and subsequently practised at a specialist dispute resolution firm.
Arish read Law and History at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was awarded the Lizette Bentwich prize for law. Arish also has an LLM in Law from University College London, where he was awarded the Chief Justice Scholarship.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
(Next Generation Partners)Howard Kennedy LLP‘s ‘dispute resolution team can compete with any London practice’. The group covers the gamut of commercial and corporate litigation, including contractual disputes, misrepresentation, warranty claims and M&A conflicts. It demonstrates expertise in joint venture-related disputes, corporate governance issues, and shareholder and partnership disputes. Commercial dispute resolution head Dominic Offord specialises in contractual disputes, large-scale cross-border fraud and contentious insolvencies. Joel Leigh is ‘a great litigator’ and Duncan Bagshaw acts in energy disputes involving Africa. India group chair Arish Bharucha focuses on commercial litigation, civil fraud and international arbitration. James Wingfield, Hannah Hooper and Ayesha Salim are also experienced commercial litigators.
London > Dispute resolution > International arbitration
Howard Kennedy LLP‘s ‘energetic and dynamic team‘ acts in major international cases that often involve states or state-owned entities. It is best known for Africa and India-related international arbitrations. Duncan Bagshaw routinely acts in cases involving Africa and developing world states. Arish Bharucha is ‘developing into the market leader for Indian disputes in London’, while James Wingfield assists with disputes involving international contracts, trade, fraud and shareholders. Ayesha Salim and Eloise Crompton are both international and domestic arbitration experts.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners London > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Commercial litigation: mid-market London > Dispute resolution
- International arbitration London > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Public sector > Civil liberties and human rights
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Real estate > Residential property
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Employment > Employers
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Real estate > Planning
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Property finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration