Personal bio
Dr. Ajar Rab is a Partner at Rab & Rab Associates LLP, Dehradun, and an arbitrator. He attained the degree of Doctor of Law in international commercial arbitration from Bucerius Law School, Germany, under the supervision of Prof. (Dr) Stefan Kröll. With over 10 years of experience, his practice areas include international arbitration, corporate transactions, and commercial litigation. He has previously worked with Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and Co., ministries, government bodies, and policy institutes. He is also an International Policy Consultant at Lexidale, a policy firm with offices in the US, Israel and the Netherlands. He is a member of several arbitration institutes across the world and on the advisory board of several academic journals. Dr. Rab is an Adjunct Professor at National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata, Visiting Professor at National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore, and visiting faculty in other law schools in the country. He frequently trains executives and legal teams of multi-national corporations, civil servants, and teaches courses on Negotiation and Drafting of Commercial Documents, Litigation Strategy, and International Commercial Arbitration at various law universities in India. He has authored a treatise on ‘Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016’ and published several academic papers in leading national and international journals. His paper ‘Defining the Contours of the Public Policy Exception – A New Test for Arbitrability in India’ was recently cited by a Full Bench of the Supreme Court of India in Vidya Drolia and Others v. Durga Trading Corporation 2020 SCC OnLine SC 108.