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Sulabh Rewari

Senior Partner, New Delhi

Sulabh is a senior partner at the New Delhi office of Keystone Partners and has represented Indian and foreign clients in institutional arbitrations under the aegis of institutions such as the ICC, LCIA and SIAC as well as in ad hoc arbitrations with their seats in London, Singapore and India. He has also represented clients in associated litigation before courts such as challenges to, and enforcement of, arbitral awards.

Apart from acting as counsel in arbitrations, Sulabh has been appointed as arbitrator by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the Delhi International Arbitration Centre. He is also a member of the SIAC reserve panel of arbitrators. He is also a member of the editorial board of the dispute resolution bulletin of the ICC.

Sulabh also has significant experience in commercial litigation and insolvency. He regularly represents clients before the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court, NCLAT and NCLT, in high-value disputes arising out of joint venture and shareholder agreements, and commercial contracts. Sulabh was previously part of the arbitration and dispute resolution team at Amarchand & Mangaldas.

Qualifications

B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) (National Law School of India University, Bangalore, 2007)

LL.M. (Geneva Law School and Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, 2012(Hans Wildorf scholar; rank 2 out of 37))

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

As arbitrator:
  • Appointed as sole arbitrator by the ICC court in case no. 25797/HTG (amount in dispute approx. US$1 million) (concluded, award made)
  • Appointed by DIAC as arbitrator in case nos. 6913/09-23, 8542/06-24, 9010/08-24, 9880/12-24 and 10150/01-25 (ongoing)


As counsel:
ICC
  • 26493 – Represented a German mineral and metal processing technology company as lead counsel against an Indian state mining company arising out of setting up of a beneficiation plant in India (amount in dispute US$92.8 million)
  • 18774 – Represented an Indian manufacturer of electrical goods in an arbitration seated at New Delhi in its disputes arising out of a contract for supply of equipment to an electrical group in the U.K.
  • 17973 – Represented a Chinese power plant manufacturer in its dispute with an Indian state power corporation in relation to the construction of a power plant in India
  • 17214 – Represented an Indian steel manufacturer in an arbitration seated at London in its disputes arising out of a sale and supply contract with a German company for steel products
  • 16691 – Represented a British turbine manufacturing company in an arbitration seated at New Delhi in its dispute with an Indian company arising out of technology license and confidentiality agreements

SIAC
  • Represented a Belgian dredging company in an arbitration seated at Singapore and settlement negotiations in relation to its contractual dispute with an Indian port company
  • Represented a Danish wind turbine manufacturer in an arbitration seated at New Delhi in relation to its disputes with its Indian joint venture partner
LCIA
  • 225446 – Representing an Indian marketing and technical consultancy services firm in the oilfield services industry in arbitration proceedings against a Singapore based provider of seismic data acquisition and other services in the oil and gas industry
  • 142681 – Represented an Indian port company in its disputes with a Mauritius investor
Ad hoc
  • Representing a global solar manufacturing company in arbitration proceedings against an EPC contractor in relation to a solar power project in Tamil Nadu (amount in dispute INR 600 million)
  • Represented an Indian and Spanish joint venture company in a dispute arising out of the termination of an EPC contract for the construction of LNG import, storage and regasification terminal in Maharashtra, India


Litigation (arising out of arbitrations)
  • Represented the Respondent before the Supreme Court in the 7JB decision In Re : Interplay between Arbitration Agreements under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 and the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (2023)
  • Representing a Singapore based company and its subsidiaries in the Delhi High Court in enforcement of an SIAC award against its erstwhile joint venture partner in the education sector
  • Represented a Japanese company in various proceedings in relation to an ICC award and disputes arising out of contracts for construction of a thermal power plant in Andhra Pradesh, India before the Delhi High Court and Baroda district court and in contempt proceedings before the Supreme Court of India
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