Ganesh Chandru specialises in International and Domestic Arbitration as well as Commercial Litigation. He is admitted to practice in India, England & Wales and Singapore and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. He was appointed by the Government of India as a Part-time Member (from 2022 to 2025) of the ‘India International Arbitration Centre’ New Delhi, which has been declared by statute as an institution of national importance. Ganesh is one of the Directors of the India Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London.
Ganesh’s practice encompasses advising and representing parties in international arbitration matters (under Rules of SIAC, ICC, LCIA, SCMA, UNCITRAL as well as ad hoc) and arbitration matters seated in India that are conducted pursuant to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. He also advises and regularly represents parties in litigation matters before the Courts and statutory tribunals in India.
Prior to relocating back to India in 2015, Ganesh spent more than 16 years in Singapore during which time he worked with some of the top International law firms and Singapore law firms. Between 2002 and 2007, Ganesh was the Counsel & Assistant Registrar of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC). He supervised the administration of about 500 arbitrations during his 5-year stint at SIAC and also pioneered SIAC’s initiatives in India.
He has been recognised in ‘Lexology Index 2025’ and ‘Who’s Who Legal Arbitration 2024’ as one of the leading commercial arbitration practitioners. Ganesh is on the ‘Forbes Legal Power List’ as a “Top Individual Lawyer for Alternate Dispute Resolution – Arbitration & Mediation”. In recognition of his contribution to Arbitration and ADR he was conferred the ‘Capital Foundation National Award’. He has been recognised in the Asian Legal Business (ALB) “India Super 50 Lawyers 2021” based on client feedback and market survey. He has been ranked by Legal Era as a “Leading Lawyer for ‘Dispute Resolution – Arbitration & Litigation” in its ‘Legal Era Leading Lawyers Rankings’ from 2022. He has been recognised in the ‘Global Arbitration Review 100 (2009)’ as a “Significant” name.
During his law school days, Ganesh was an avid participant in moot court competitions, and he represented India at the ‘Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition’ in Washington DC, USA. He was awarded the NUS Research Scholarship and was conferred a Master of Laws degree by the National University of Singapore for his thesis on ‘International Commercial Arbitration and Information Technology’.
· Acting in arbitration related court applications and commercial litigation matters before various Courts and Forums in India including the Delhi High Court, Madras High Court, Bombay High Court and Supreme Court of India.
· Acting for an Indian Infrastructure Company in a SIAC Arbitration involving a dispute that arose out of a Consultancy Contract for projects executed in Kuwait. The place of arbitration is Singapore and the governing law of the contract is Indian law.
· Acting for French and Indian entities in a high stake SIAC Arbitration that arose out of a share purchase and related agreements. The place of arbitration is New Delhi and the governing law of the contract is Indian law.
· Acting for a Middle Eastern company (group company of an Indian conglomerate) in an ICC Arbitration involving a dispute that arose out of a sale and purchase agreement. The place of arbitration is Singapore and the governing law of the contract is English law.
· Acting and advising an Asian offshore Oil & Gas company in Mumbai seated arbitrations that arose from Engineering, Procurement, Installation & Construction Contracts, where the aggregate amounts in dispute is to the tune of about US$118 Million (about INR 790 Crores).
· Acting for Directors of an Indian software company in a SIAC Emergency Arbitrator proceeding in a dispute that arose out of a shareholders’ agreement. The place of arbitration is Singapore and the governing law of the contract is Indian law.
· Acting for an Indian company in a Delhi seated arbitration against an Indian subsidiary of a Korean Company and in related applications before the Delhi High Court.
· Acting for an Indian subsidiary of a Japanese multinational corporation in a Hyderabad seated arbitration that arose out of a contract for works for a power project in the State of Karnataka.
· Acting for a large Infrastructure Company in a Delhi seated arbitration that arose out of a Road Project in India. The claim made is about INR 1,800 Crores.
· Acted for a Japanese party in an ICC arbitration seated in London that arose out of coal trading contracts.
· Acted for a BVI company and a Dutch company (group companies of an Indian conglomerate) against an American company in a SIAC Arbitration that arose out of a Supply Contract.
· Representing Shareholders based in India against an American Company in a SIAC arbitration in Singapore that arose out of a Share Purchase Agreement.
