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Mr Niranjan Venkatesan

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Position

In recent years, Niranjan has frequently been instructed to act in the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal in cases raising complex questions of law. He has also appeared in high-value litigation in the High Court and in international arbitration; and he also has a busy practice as sole counsel. Before coming to the Bar, he read and taught law at Oxford where he was a Vinerian, Eldon and Rhodes scholar. Current or recent cases include: Enka v Chubb [2020] 3 All ER 577 (Supreme Court and Court of Appeal); BAT Industries plc v Sequana [2019] 2 All ER 784 (Supreme Court and Court of Appeal); Arcadia Petroleum v Bosworth [2020] ICR 349 (Supreme Court and CJEU); Goldman Sachs International v Novo Banco [2018] 1 WLR 3683 (Supreme Court); Société Générale v Goldas [2019] 1 WLR 346 (Court of Appeal); for the claimant in a complex UNCITRAL oil and gas arbitration worth c. $300 million (ongoing); for the claimant in a 10-day ICC arbitration concerning the pharmaceutical industry (2021); for the respondent in a c. $2 billion LCIA arbitration arising out of a shareholders’ agreement (2019); for the defendant in the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal in a successful jurisdiction challenge to a claim worth c. $1 billion; and the Tesco shareholders’ litigation. He is also called to the Indian Bar (non-practising) and is able to advise on matters of Indian law.

Career

Called in 2015, called to the Indian Bar in 2010.

Memberships

Combar, LCLCBA.

Education

BA LLB (Hons); BCL, DPhil (Oxon); Vinerian, Eldon and Rhodes scholar