This post looks at the opening of the brand new Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration (MCIA). A first-of-its-kind arbitral institution in India, established in a joint initiative between the Government of Maharashtra and the domestic and international business and legal communities. The MCIA will be formally launched at a Conference at the Trident Hotel, Mumbai on Saturday, 8 October 2016.
Nick Peacock, Head of the India Disputes practice at Herbert Smith Freehills, and who is a member of the founding Council of the MCIA, speaks with the MCIA's Co-Chairman, Vyapak Desai (also Head of International Litigation & Dispute Resolution at the Indian law firm, Nishith Desai Associates) to discuss the aims and offering of India's newest arbitral institution.
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