Baiju Vasani
Head of International Dispute Resolution, Ivanyan and Partners, London and Moscow
Baiju Vasani is an international arbitration lawyer and arbitrator based in London and Moscow. For the last two decades, he has served as advocate or arbitrator in dozens of high-value international arbitrations across a range of sectors and industries involving ICSID, UNCITRAL, ICC, LCIA, ICDR, SIAC, BITs, the Energy Charter Treaty, and public international law. He has also advised States on the negotiation and drafting of investment treaties, and investors on the (re)structuring of their investments for maximum treaty protection consonant with tax and corporate governance strategies. He currently serves as lead advocate on several investor-State and international commercial arbitrations, as well as sits as arbitrator (sole, wing, and Chair) on a number of cases.
He is a Senior Fellow of SOAS University of London, where he lectures on international arbitration. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and on the arbitrator panels of various institutions worldwide. He has given well over 100 public speeches in his career, on every major continent, and is often asked to provide keynote addresses at major global conferences.