Ananya is a barrister qualified in England and Wales who holds an LLB from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a BCL from the University of Oxford. She completed her LLB with the Dean's Medal for ranking first in her cohort along with prizes for the best performance in several subjects.
Her professional experience spans cross-border commercial litigation, international commercial and investment arbitration, trade law, international human rights law, and disputes arising under sanctions regimes. She has assisted counsel at Brick Court Chambers with advisory work on a range of domestic and international matters as well as with litigation before the UK Supreme Court and the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights. She has also worked as assistant to an independent arbitrator in complex commercial disputes concerning banking, foreign investment, construction and insurance. As an intern at the London Court of International Arbitration, she supported the administration of international commercial arbitrations from registration to award and contributed to the institution's thought-leadership initiatives. As a caseworker at a trade union, she represented members before the Employment Tribunal in claims concerning unfair dismissal, discrimination, victimisation and unauthorised deduction of wages. Her academic work includes teaching international human rights law and constitutional law at the London School of Economics and Political Science, undertaking a research fellowship at the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law where she supported the work of the Independent Commission on UK Health Emergency Powers, and publishing in a peer-reviewed journal on how the international trade and intellectual property regime constrains the regulatory autonomy of States, particularly in the Global South, during public health emergencies.
Nationality
India
Working Languages
English
Hindi
Areas of Expertise
Commercial Arbitration;
Investment Arbitration;
International Trade Law;
International Human Rights Law
Bar Information
London, United Kingdom, 2024