The Nani Palkhivala Arbitration Centre is pleased to announce our Annual International Conference Arbitration Matters - 2012 Saturday 18th February 2012 Venue: Vivanta by Taj President, Mumbai www.nparbitration.in With thanks to our Sponsors Arbitration Matters - 2012 With thanks to our Sponsors Arbitration Matters - 2012 ARBITRATION MATTERS - 2012 ARBITRATION MATTERS - 2012 PROGRAMME 8.15 am - 9.00 am Registration 3.15 pm - 3:30 pm Coffee/Tea 9.00 am - 9.05 am Welcome Address by Mr. S. Mahalingam (Director, NPAC) 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Panel Discussion 9.05 am - 9.10 am Introduction by Mr. Arvind P. Datar (Director, NPAC) What Ails Arbitration as an Alternative Dispute Resolution Forum? 9.10 am - 9.30 am Address by Mr. Iqbal Chagla (Senior Advocate, Bombay High Court) Mr. Talat M.Ansari, Partner, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP 9.30 am - 10.10 am Key Note Address: Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.P. Bharucha, Chief Justice of India (Retd.) Mr. Tom Canning, Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, London Mr. Andrew B. Greenfield, Partner, Fragomen, Del Rey, 10.10 am - 10.30 am Coffee / Tea Bernsen & Loewy, LLP 10.30 am - 11:45 am Panel Discussion Mr. Stewart Room, Partner, Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP, London Judicial Intervention in Foreign Arbitrations - Defining Boundaries Mr. Chan Leng Sun, SC, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Singapore Mr. Jorge Bofill G., Partner, Bofill Mir & Alwarez, Jana - Santiago, Chile Chair: Mr. Bharat Vasani, Chief, Legal & Group General Counsel, Dr. Alexander Duisberg, Partner, Bird & Bird LLP, Germany TATA Sons Ltd. Mr. William A. Escobar, Partner, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, New York 4.45 pm – 4.55 pm Valedictory by Mr. N.L. Rajah, Director, NPAC Mr. Anirudh Krishnan, Advocate 4:55 pm – 5:00 pm Vote of thanks by Ms. Shaan Katari Libby, Registrar, NPAC Mr. Nagendra (Nick) Setty, Partner, Sheppard Mullin LLP, LA Close of conference Chair: Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Gaillard, Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Paris 11:45 am - 1:00 pm Panel Discussion Judicial intervention in Domestic Arbitration - Defining Boundaries With thanks to our Sponsors Mr. Alexander Bevan, Counsel, Shearman & Sterling LLP, London Baker & McKenzie LLP (Chicago, USA and Singapore) Mr. G.S. Hegde, Principal Legal Adviser, Reserve Bank of India Kelly Drye & Warren LLP (New York, USA) Mr. Satya Hegde, Senior VP & General Counsel, Tata Consultancy Services Loeb & Loeb LLP (Los Angeles, USA) Mr. Ravi Kadam, Advocate General, Maharashtra Sheppard Mullin (New York, USA) Mr. N.L. Rajah, Director, NPAC Tata Consultancy Services Chair: Mr. Darius Khambatta, Additional Solicitor-General of India, Bombay 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch AZB & Partners (Mumbai) 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm Panel Discussion Berwin Leighton, Paisner LLP (London, England) Improving Institutional Arbitration – Learning from International Bird & Bird LLP (Munich, Germany) Best Practice Bofill Mir & Alvarez (Santiago, Chile) Mr. James R. Hays, Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP (London, England) New York Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP (Washington DC, USA) Ms. Michelle La Mar, Partner, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Los Angeles Mr. Chan Leng Sun, SC, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Singapore Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP (London) Mr. Mark Lewis, Partner, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP, London Shearman & Sterling LLP (New York, USA) Mr. Charles Marquand, Barrister, London Chair: Ms. Zia Mody, Chairman, AZB & Partners 2 3 ARBITRATION MATTERS - 2012 ARBITRATION MATTERS - 2012 PROGRAMME 8.15 am - 9.00 am Registration 3.15 pm - 3:30 pm Coffee/Tea 9.00 am - 9.05 am Welcome Address by Mr. S. Mahalingam (Director, NPAC) 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Panel Discussion 9.05 am - 9.10 am Introduction by Mr. Arvind P. Datar (Director, NPAC) What Ails Arbitration as an Alternative Dispute Resolution Forum? 9.10 am - 9.30 am Address by Mr. Iqbal Chagla (Senior Advocate, Bombay High Court) Mr. Talat M.Ansari, Partner, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP 9.30 am - 10.10 am Key Note Address: Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.P. Bharucha, Chief Justice of India (Retd.) Mr. Tom Canning, Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, London Mr. Andrew B. Greenfield, Partner, Fragomen, Del Rey, 10.10 am - 10.30 am Coffee / Tea Bernsen & Loewy, LLP 10.30 am - 11:45 am Panel Discussion Mr. Stewart Room, Partner, Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP, London Judicial Intervention in Foreign Arbitrations - Defining Boundaries Mr. Chan Leng Sun, SC, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Singapore Mr. Jorge Bofill G., Partner, Bofill Mir & Alwarez, Jana - Santiago, Chile Chair: Mr. Bharat Vasani, Chief, Legal & Group General Counsel, Dr. Alexander Duisberg, Partner, Bird & Bird LLP, Germany TATA Sons Ltd. Mr. William A. Escobar, Partner, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, New York 4.45 pm – 4.55 pm Valedictory by Mr. N.L. Rajah, Director, NPAC Mr. Anirudh Krishnan, Advocate 4:55 pm – 5:00 pm Vote of thanks by Ms. Shaan Katari Libby, Registrar, NPAC Mr. Nagendra (Nick) Setty, Partner, Sheppard Mullin LLP, LA Close of conference Chair: Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Gaillard, Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Paris 11:45 am - 1:00 pm Panel Discussion Judicial intervention in Domestic Arbitration - Defining Boundaries With thanks to our Sponsors Mr. Alexander Bevan, Counsel, Shearman & Sterling LLP, London Baker & McKenzie LLP (Chicago, USA and Singapore) Mr. G.S. Hegde, Principal Legal Adviser, Reserve Bank of India Kelly Drye & Warren LLP (New York, USA) Mr. Satya Hegde, Senior VP & General Counsel, Tata Consultancy Services Loeb & Loeb LLP (Los Angeles, USA) Mr. Ravi Kadam, Advocate General, Maharashtra Sheppard Mullin (New York, USA) Mr. N.L. Rajah, Director, NPAC Tata Consultancy Services Chair: Mr. Darius Khambatta, Additional Solicitor-General of India, Bombay 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch AZB & Partners (Mumbai) 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm Panel Discussion Berwin Leighton, Paisner LLP (London, England) Improving Institutional Arbitration – Learning from International Bird & Bird LLP (Munich, Germany) Best Practice Bofill Mir & Alvarez (Santiago, Chile) Mr. James R. Hays, Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP (London, England) New York Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP (Washington DC, USA) Ms. Michelle La Mar, Partner, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Los Angeles Mr. Chan Leng Sun, SC, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Singapore Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP (London) Mr. Mark Lewis, Partner, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP, London Shearman & Sterling LLP (New York, USA) Mr. Charles Marquand, Barrister, London Chair: Ms. Zia Mody, Chairman, AZB & Partners 2 3 keynote speakers keynote speakers ARBITRATION MATTERS - 2012 ARBITRATION MATTERS - 2012 S. Mahalingam Arvind P. Datar S. Mahalingam Arvind P. Datar Chief Financial Officer Senior Advocate, Madras High Court Tata Consultancy Services Director 11th Floor, Air India Building Nani Palkhivala Arbitration Centre Nariman Point, Mumbai - 400 021 New No.22, Karpagambal Nagar Phone: 56689999/56689595 Mylapore, Chennai - 600 004 Email: [email protected] Ph: 65130808, 65651329, 65651330 [email protected] Fax: 24986697 Web: www.tcs.com Email: [email protected] Overview Overview Seturaman Mahalingam or “Maha”, as he is better known, started his professional career with Tata Mr. Arvind P. Datar, Senior Advocate. Mr. Datar is one of India's leading practitioners, and has been Consultancy Services in 1970. In his 41-year career with TCS, Maha has been involved in myriad aspects of designated as a Senior Advocate by the Madras High Court. He is one of South India’s prominent litigators. the Company’s operations and growth, before being appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of the Aside from an extremely successful practice, he is also a prominent author, notably on Central Excise. Company in February 2003 and as Executive Director in August 2007. Mr.Datar serves on the Editorial Board of the Madras Law Journal. His three-volume commentary on the A chartered accountant by qualification, Maha began his career as an IT consultant and thereafter played a Constitution of India has attained the status of a must-have for all Indian legal libraries major role in marketing TCS services across the globe, developing processes and creating large software Most recently he and Mr. Soli Sorabjee (former Attorney-General of India) have written a book on the life of development centers for the Company. Nani Palkhivala. This book was released early last year. Arvind Datar is one of the Trustees of the Palkhivala As an early starter in the Indian IT industry, Maha has played a key role in helping TCS become a $ 8.2 billion Foundation, and a Founding Director of the Nani Palkhivala Arbitration Centre. global company with over 200,1000 employees. The first lawyers that he worked with were Mr. Natarajan and Mrs. Ramani Natarajan. Important lessons Prior to becoming the Chief Financial Officer in February 2003, Maha has managed many of the key learnt at an early age include: “It does not matter whether you decide to be a cobbler, make sure that you functions in TCS including Marketing, Operations, Education and Training as well as Human Resources. become the best cobbler in the world”, and “Never antagonize or quarrel with a judge. Remember it is your He managed the company’s operations in London and New York in the early days of TCS’ global journey. client’s life. It is only your bread and butter”. Maha’s experience, during the formative years of the IT industry in the 1970s and 1980s, has given The things that first attracted Arvind Datar to a legal career: Independence , fresh challenges every day, no him significant standing within the IT industry. He has been the President of Computer Society of India. He limit to one’s success, a variety of work suited to each one’s practice, long vacations. is a former Chairman of the Southern Region of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), He was also the Arvind Datar has a wife and two children.