Gautam Bhattacharyya
United Kingdom
Reed Smith LLP
Broadgate Tower, 20 Primrose Street
London, EC2A 2RS
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)20 3116 2838
Email:
gbhattacharyya@reedsmith.com
Web:
www.reedsmith.com
Gautam focuses on international commercial arbitration and litigation in a broad number of areas. He is a former member of Reed Smith’s global board, its executive committee. He has been a partner in the firm since 2000 and is the former managing partner of Reed Smith’s Singapore office. Gautam is also chair of our India Business Team.
Gautam has extensive experience of acting in international arbitrations under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), UNCITRAL, the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), the Swiss Chambers of Commerce, and other arbitration bodies. He has also conducted numerous litigations before the English courts, as well as cases involving the courts of many other jurisdictions.
He is named as a highly recommended and leading litigation and arbitration practitioner in the independent legal directories Legal 500 UK, Chambers UK, Chambers Global, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Legal Experts, Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration, Super Lawyers, and Legal 500 Asia-Pacific. He was previously a visiting law lecturer at the University of Westminster.
Gautam has contributed to various articles in The Company Lawyer, Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, Legal Business, Journal of International Banking Law, International Corporate Law, In Brief, Tolley’s Insolvency, Commercial Law Practitioner, The Litigator, Platt’s Energy Economist, The Lawyer, PwC’s Securities Litigation Study and the firm’s external legal publications on various legal issues. He has also participated in interviews on BBC News 24, ITN, FT TV, CNBC and BBC Radio Five Live on legal topics.
- Ranked in Chambers UK for UK-wide International Arbitration, 2022-2024
- Listed as a ‘Leading Individual’ in The Legal 500 UK for Industry Focus Emerging markets, 2021-2024, and Dispute Resolution International Arbitration, 2022-2024
- Listed in The Legal 500 Private Practice Powerlist 2023 – Arbitration – United Kingdom
- Ranked as a Commercial Arbitration Expert in Euromoney’s Expert Guide 2020
- Ranked in Chambers Global for India Dispute Resolution (Expertise Based Abroad) in UK and for UK International Arbitration, 2017-2023
- Ranked in Chambers Asia-Pacific for India Dispute Resolution (International Firms) (Expertise Based Abroad in UK), 2020-2023
Reed Smith’s international arbitration practice spans the globe. With offices in the world’s leading arbitral seats, including London, Paris, New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, Miami, and Houston, we are strongly positioned to represent clients in international business disputes.
We are ranked #13 in the elite GAR 30 2023, Global Arbitration Review’s list of the world’s top 30 leading international arbitration practices.
Our clients, whether privately or publicly owned, benefit from the invaluable insights, in-depth knowledge, award-winning talent and cross-border collaboration of our global team of international arbitration lawyers, many embedded in our core industry practice areas.
We act as trusted advisers, advocates and arbitrators across a broad spectrum of complex and often multi-million/billion-dollar commercial, investor-state, and sector-specific arbitrations. Our dynamic and forward-looking practice has a strong track record of achieving results based on our clients’ needs, their commercial objectives and the characteristics of the dispute.
Our team of 3,000 people (including more than 1,700 lawyers) operate across 31 offices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
“Gautam is known for his astute representation of clients in proceedings under ICC, UNCITRAL and LCIA rules. He is commended for his ability to handle disputes in Asia and the Middle East.”