White & Case LLP - Lawyers - Dipen Sabharwal

Practice Experience

Dipen Sabharwal is an associate in the firm’s Dispute Resolution group in London. He deals primarily with international arbitration and international commercial litigation matters.

Dipen has experience in a number of international arbitrations under the ICC, LCIA, AAA and other regimes involving a wide range of legal and procedural issues.

Recent representations include:

Representing an oil and gas company in an ICC arbitration relating to the assignment of rights in oil and gas fields in South America;
Representing a contractor in an ICC arbitration relating to the installation of a natural gas offloading system off the Gulf of Mexico; and
Representing an oil and gas corporation in an AAA arbitration relating to the construction of a natural gas pipeline off the coast of Massachusetts.

Dipen is also active in pro bono work and has served as counsel in the successful representation of clients in political asylum matters.

Prior to joining the London Dispute Resolution group, Dipen practiced with the International Arbitration group in the firm’s New York office.

Bars and Courts
England and Wales, 2005
New York State Bar, 2005
Bar Council of India, 2002

Education
LLM, University of Michigan Law School, Graduate Fellow, 2003
BCL, Magdelen College, Oxford, Radhakrishnan Chevening Scholar, 2002
BA/LLB (Hons), National Law School of India University, 2001

Publications
"Arbitration Clauses for Contracts with Indian Parties", Global Arbitration Review, Volume 3, Issue 2, March 2008
"Another Setback for Arbitration (and Investors)", The Business Standard, 13 March 2008
"Competence-Competence - An Indian Trilogy", Mealey's International Arbitration Report, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2007
"Indian Arbitration at a Crossroads", Global Arbitration Review, Volume 1, Issue 6, December 2006
"What Next for Indian Arbitration", The Economic Times, 29 August 2006

Languages
English
Hindi
Punjabi

Citizenship
India