Justice AK Sikri, Aditya Sondhi, Gourab Banerji, Gary Born among additions to new 25-member MCIA Council

The Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration (MCIA) has expanded its Council to 25 members..While some members of the erstwhile 19-member Council have left, new additions - including a former Supreme Court judge and Senior Advocates - have taken the strength to 25..The 25 MCIA Council members are (new members in italics):Domitille Baizeau, Partner, LALIVEGourab Banerji, Senior AdvocateGary Born, Partner & Chair, International Arbitration Practice Group, Wilmer HaleBindi Dave, Co-Managing Partner, Wadia Ghandy & Co.Vyapak Desai, Partner, Nishith Desai & Associates Nakul Dewan, Senior Advocate & Barrister, Twenty EssexLara Hammoud, Arbitrator, Arbitra International Haigreve Khaitan, Senior Partner, Khaitan & Co. Sae Youn Kim, Partner, Kim & Chang Rahul Matthan, Partner, Trilegal Yoshie Midorikawa, Partner, Miura & Partners Justice Gita Mittal, Former Chief Justice, High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Former Acting Chief Justice and Judge, High Court of Delhi Vikram Nankani, Senior Advocate Shaneen Parikh, Partner, Head – International Arbitration, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Nicholas Peacock, Independent Advocate & Arbitrator, Peacock Arbitration David W Rivkin, Independent Arbitrator, Arbitration Chambers Sir Bernard Rix, Former Lord Justice of Appeal, English Commercial Court & Court of Appeal Carsten van de Sande, Partner, Hengeler MuellerMilind Sathe, Senior Advocate Nish Shetty, Partner, Litigation & Dispute Resolution (Asia-Pacific), Clifford Chance Pallavi Shroff, Managing Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas Justice AK Sikri, Former Judge, Supreme Court of IndiaAditya Sondhi, Senior Advocate Patrick Taylor, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton Adrian Winstanley, Independent Arbitrator, Mediator & Consultant.Last year's members who are no longer part of the Council are Christopher Lau, Senior Counsel (Singapore); former Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court Justice Ferdino Rebello; former Chief Justice of New South Wales, Australia James Spigelman; former President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration John Beechey; Senior Advocate Promod Nair; Aarna Law Founding Partner Shreyas Jayasimha; and Partner at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Yoshimi Ohara..The MCIA Council is responsible for the implementation of the MCIA Rules. The 25-member Council has representation from across different jurisdictions including India, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, and the UAE. The Council members are a mix of international and domestic arbitration practitioners. They are tasked with ensuring that the key characteristics of international arbitration are upheld by participating in a number of procedural decisions as per the MCIA Rules. .More details of the MCIA Council Members can be found here.