I.L.A. Pasrich & Company

Managing partner and counsel. Amir Singh Pasrich co-founded the law firm ‘International Law Affiliates’ or “ILA” in 1998. I.L.A. Pasrich & Company was founded in 2010. He has handled cross-border work since 1992, and presently acts as counsel to the law firm for commercial disputes and international arbitration cases. Main areas of practice: Commercial Law & Contracts; Commercial Arbitration and Dispute Resolution (Co-Author Lexis-Nexis Dispute Resolution Law Guide India Chapter 2021); Constitutional / Public Law remedies for business; Franchising, Distribution and International Sale of Goods; former Co-Chair, IBA International Sales Committee (2011-13), IBA Council Liaison Officer for the International Commerce & Distribution Committee (2020-2022); Product Liability (Author – Getting-the-Deal-Through or Lexology, India Chapter on Product Liability 2022 and 2023); Public Procurement – Bid Protests & Tenders; Real Estate (Recognized in Who’s Who Legal 2017, Legal 500) and Author of the India chapter on Real Estate for Getting-the-Deal-Through / Lexology in 2014); Aviation Law (Recognized by the 2024 Legal 500, Author – Lexology / Getting-the- Deal-Through, India Chapter on Air Transport, 2024); Competition Law (reported judgments); Criminal Law, Business Crime, Prevention of Corruption, Anti-Bribery Law & Economic Offences (writ petitions, advisory work and bail); Private International Law – Government of Canada and several Governments/ diplomatic entities, former advisor to the Delegation of the European Union and the British High Commissioner; Consumer Law (several reported judgments); Employment Law (lectures, articles and counsel practice).

Recognitions: Recommended – Global Leader – Air Transport – Contentious (2024). He has been named in various editions of Who’s Who Legal for Aviation, Real Estate, Labour & Employment laws and Franchising. He has also been cited as a “Leading Individual” for his Corporate/M&A and Aviation practice in Chambers Asia 2009-24, as also in the 2016 to 2024 Legal 500 for aviation, the 2016 Chambers Asia for Real Estate and Asia Law for General Corporate Practice. A Chambers editorial cited him as being “extremely methodical and rigorous” and that “he earns praise for his commercial approach to problem solving” (2012 Chambers Asia). Who’s Who Legal: Transport 2024 – Amir Singh Pasrich is recognised as “being among the highest-ranked Lawyer’s”. Recognised in 2024’s Legal 500 with the citation – “Head of practice Amir Singh Pasrich has extensive experience advising on the full range of regulatory, compliance, contentious, and consumer-related aviation work”. Recognised in 2023’s Legal 500 with the citation – “As a long-standing aviation law expert Amir Singh Pasrich heads the practice of I.L.A. Pasrich & Company. The team is known for handling multi-party litigations in the Supreme Court which involve the Union of India.”. Recognised in 2022’s Legal 500 with the citation that “ILA Pasrich & Company’s aviation practise is led by seasoned practitioner Amir Singh Pasrich and is well-known in the market for acting for the largest international airlines, including British Airways.”. 2020 to 2023 – Recommended for Transport – Aviation (Contentious) – Who’s Who Legal. 2010 to 2022 – World Bank Certificates of Appreciation. 2018 – Award for Real Estate – International Advisory Experts. 2007 & 2008 – Asialaw Leading Lawyer Awards for General Corporate Practice. 2018 – Amir Singh Pasrich was recognised in ‘Who’s Who Legal’ for Franchise, Aviation (Regulatory, Finance & Contentious) and Product Liability Defence. International Bar Association Commendation – 2010. ‘Leading Individual’ (Corporate & M&A) India – ‘Chambers Asia’. ‘Who’s Who Legal- 2017 & 2019 (Aviation Law). ‘Who’s Who Legal – 2009 to 2017 (Franchise Law). ‘Who’s Who Legal – 2009 to 2017 (Real Estate Law).

Notable cases: Delta Air Lines, Inc. v Haresh Babubhai Daruwalla, Aviation case appeal favourably decided by the Supreme Court of India; Anjolie Ela Menon and Anr v State of Haryana & Others (Punjab & Haryana High Court) real estate case (decided May, 2013 and further relief in August 2015); Jyoti Swaroop Arora v. Tulip Infratech Ltd. (Competition case decided in favour of the real estate industry in February 2015); William Terrence Huntington v Mahabir Singh & Ors (High Court and Supreme Court favourable Orders on tort); Harjit K Dhingra v Pan American & Delta Air Lines (favourable final judgment on Successor liability).

International work experience: Appointed Agent of Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada (1996, 2006 and 2007, 2014), advisor to several governments (France, Canada, Singapore, Greece etc.), airlines and multinational companies, designated general counsel for India to Turkish Airlines (2011-2017), Air France (2003 to 2014); KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (2009 to 2014) and for Fabindia Overseas Pvt. Ltd (2007-13); concluded five nation project for the European Union; advisor to His Excellency the Ambassador of France (2007 onwards); handled cross-border agreements and disputes for several companies.

Recent positions held: Assistant Treasurer of the IBA Legal Practice Division and of the International Bar Association (2023-2024); Member, Management Board, International Bar Association; Council Member, Legal Practice Division, International Bar Association (2016 & 2017, 2019-2022); President, Oxford & Cambridge Society of India (2023-2025); Honorary Legal Advisor to H.E. The British High Commissioner, Sir Dominic Asquith KCMG (March 2018 to 2021) and H.E. Mr. Alex Ellis, British High Commissioner (2021-24); Chair, Advisory Board, India Working Group, Legal Practice Division, International Bar Association (2020-2021); Member, Policy Committee, Bar Issues Commission, International Bar Association (2017-2024).

Admitted to the Indian Bar (D-706/1992); associate, J. B. Dadachanji & Co. Advocates Supreme Court of India 1992-95; individual private practice, 1995-97; partner, Pasrich Kundra Bansal & Co, Advocates 1997-98; managing partner International, Law Affiliates 1998-2012; guest lecturer, Indian Society of International Law and Diplomacy 1999-2000; managing partner and counsel, International Law Affiliates and I.L.A. Pasrich & Company 2012 to date.

Conferences and papers/presentations: 2025 - 2nd to 7th November 2025, IBA Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada; 2nd to 3rd October 2025, 5th IBA Litigation Committee Conference on Private International Law, Milan, Italy; 12th to 13th September 2025, 29th Annual IBA Competition Conference, Florence, Italy; 2nd to 7th June 2025, London International Disputes Week (LIDW) 2025, London; 5th June 2025, 15th Annual IBA Real Estate Investments Conference, London; 5th June 2025, ICA’s International Conference on “Arbitrating Indo-UK Commercial Disputes – Synergizing India-UK Arbitration Practices”, London; 9th to 11th April 2025, IBA Annual Litigation Forum, Singapore; 3rd to 4th April 2025, 26th Annual IBA Arbitration Day, London; 29th to 30th March 2025, UIA Conference, New Delhi;  14th to 15th February 2025, IBA Management Board Meetings, Santiago; 9th to 10th February 2025, IBA Regional Litigation Conference, Abu Dhabi.  Earlier International Bar Association (IBA) Conferences at Sydney (2017), USA (2016), Vienna (2015). International Bar Association (IBA) Conferences at Tokyo (2014), Boston (2013), Dublin (2012), Dubai (2011), Vancouver (2010) etc. speaker and session chair in all of these conferences; Organised an International Bar Association (IBA) conference in New Delhi, 2013; India Real Estate reports 2010 and 2011 for the publication ‘Getting the Deal Through’, co-author: ‘International Distribution Institute India Report’ on Agency 2011, IBA, IPBA and other conferences from 1997-2009 – multiple papers and sessions chaired.

English, Hindi, Punjabi and German (basic knowledge).

Member, Supreme Court Bar Association (life); Delhi High Court Bar Association; Member, Indian Law Institute (life); Member, Bar Association of India (life); Member of the Society of Indian Law Firms; Member, ASSOCHAM; The Honourable Society of The Inner Temple, London; International Bar Association, Inter-Pacific Bar Association; Indo-Canadian Business Chamber, Indo-German Chamber of Commerce. Positions held: Council Member, Legal Practice Division, International Bar Association (2019-2022); Policy Committee, Bar Issues Commission, International Bar Association (2017-18); Council Member, Legal Practice Division, International Bar Association (2015-2016); Co-chair, International Sales Committee, International Bar Association (2011- January 2013); Sr. Vice-Chair - Asia Pacific Forum, International Bar Association (2007-09); Sr. Vice-Chair-International Sales Committee (2010-11); Vice Chair-International Sales Committee (2009-10); Co-Chair – Delhi Chapter, Society of Indian Law Firms (2009-11); Executive Committee, 17th Governing Council, Bar Association of India (2012-13); Chair - Indo-Canadian Business Chamber (Northern India Council, 2007-2009);

Executive Committee and India representative of the Society of Indian Law Firms on the Council of the International Bar Association (IBA) 2013-2014; Vice-chair, Asia Pacific Forum of the International Bar Association (2007-2008); India Advisory Group of the Legal Practice Division of the International Bar Association (2007 onwards); Chair sub-committee on Financing of International Sales (2002-03), vice-chair IBA Sub-Committee on International Sales Conventions (2000-01); Director, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (2003-06); Director, Only Research Pvt. Ltd (Legalspider.com 2001-05); Director, Cashco (India) Pvt Ltd (1997-2015) etc. Indo-Hellenic Friendship League, Founder Trustee & Governing Body Member, Fellow – Royal Society of the Arts, India, Oxford & Cambridge Society of India governing body/committee.

University of Oxford, UK (M A Oxon Jurisprudence); St Stephens’ College, University of Delhi (BSc); The Doon School.

Horse-riding and polo (competent non-professional polo player with a handicap of +1), squash, swimming, shooting, golf and trekking (been up to 18,300 ft. in the Himalayas and close to the Everest base camp).