P.N. Bhagwati

Background

Bhagwati, P.N. was born in 1921.

Career

Worked at Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Company (Mumbai (Bombay)) specializing in Corporate Practice extending over Mergers and Acquisitions, Restructuring, Joint Ventures and Foreign Collaborations, International and Domestic Debt and Equity Offerings, Franchising. Anti-Trust; Project Finance including International Financing, Infrastructural Projects including Utilities (Power, Gas, Oil). Aviation, Roads and Bridges.

Hotels and Resorts.

Cross-Border Leasing, Securitisation, Derivative Transactions, Mutual Funds. Real Estate, Privatisation. Intellectual Property.

Product Liability and Consumer Protection.

Taxation, Environmental Law, Admiralty, Insurance. General Practice in all Courts including Complex Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Arbitration.

Admitted to the bar, 1945, India. Retired Chief Justice, Supreme Court of India.

Judge and Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court, 1960-1973.

Judge, Supreme Court of India, 1973-1986. Chief Justice of India, 1985-1986. Other public associations/Awards: International Labour Organisation - Member, Committee of Experts on the Application on Conventions and Recommendations, 1978—.

Chairman, Advisory Board, Centre for Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Geneva, 1989.

Member, Executive Committee, International Society for Labour Law and Social Security, 1987—. Member, Executive Committee, Commonwealth Legal Education Association, London.

Chairman, Committee for implementing legal aid schemes, Government of India, 1981-1985. Member, Human Rights Committee, International Law Association.

Chairman, Editorial Board, Indian Council of Social Science Research for encyclopedia of social legislation.

Chairman, Indian Council for Enviro-legal action (ICELA), New Delhi. Member, Editorial Board, Law Reports of The Commonwealth. Member, Executive Committee, International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (ILANA).

Honorary Member, The Conference of Chief Justice of English speaking African countries.

Recipient: Outstanding Contribution in the field of Legal Aid Award, International Bar Association. Shiromani Award; National Citizen"s award 1987 for eminent contribution to jurisprudence.

Member: Indian Arbitration Council. Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

International Arbitration.

The firm, tracing its origin to 1920, has a wide domestic and international practice with a special accent on domestic and international offerings, joint ventures and collaboration, project finance, infrastructural projects, utilities such as power and gas, telecommunications. The firm"s litigation practice is focused on complex commercial matters and international arbitration. The firm has an all India presence with a network of branches strategically located in Delhi, Bangalore, Calcutta and Ahmedabad.

Its offices are modern and well equipped with a wealth of professional and support staff headed by a close-knit set of result oriented partners.

Achievements

• P.N. Bhagwati has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member, Committee of Experts on the Application on Conventions and Recommendations, 1978—. Chairman, Advisory Board, Centre for Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Geneva, 1989. Member, Executive Committee, International Society for Labour Law and Social Security, 1987—.

Member, Executive Committee, Commonwealth Legal Education Association, London.

Chairman, Committee for implementing legal aid schemes, Government of India, 1981-1985. Member, Human Rights Committee, International Law Association.

Chairman, Editorial Board, Indian Council of Social Science Research for encyclopedia of social legislation. Chairman, Indian Council for Enviro-legal action (ICELA), New Delhi.

Member, Editorial Board, Law Reports of The Commonwealth.

Member, Executive Committee, International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (ILANA). Honorary Member, The Conference of Chief Justice of English speaking African countries.