Sajal Mendiratta

Sajal is an Indian-qualified lawyer with over six years of experience in commercial and corporate dispute resolution across sectors such as construction, engineering, oil & gas, real estate, insurance, and technology. Before joining the MIDS, he worked as a Senior Associate at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. (a leading GAR 100 law firm in India), where he represented clients in complex litigations and international commercial arbitrations. He regularly appeared before the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court, various other High Courts, and tribunals in civil and corporate disputes at both original and appellate levels.

He has represented domestic and foreign clients in ad hoc and institutional arbitrations, including ICC, SIAC, LCIA, and DIAC proceedings. At Shardul Amarchand, he played a key role in representing an Indian state entity in a complex, high-value ICC arbitration seated in Singapore. His work has focused on annulment of arbitral awards and court intervention in jurisdictions such as Singapore and India. Sajal has published articles on the evolving approaches of Indian courts toward intervention in arbitration and has advised clients on diverse matters including cross-border dispute resolution clauses, shareholder and joint venture disputes, white-collar crimes, consumer litigation, and writ petitions against State entities.

Sajal graduated from Jindal Global Law School in 2019 with a merit scholarship, where he served as Board Member and President of the ADR Society. He trained as a certified civil-commercial mediator in 2018 and completed a Summer Judicial Clerkship with the Hawai’i Supreme Court in 2019, gaining exposure to federal laws and the U.S. legal system.

Beyond law, Sajal is an avid chess player with a strong interest in aviation, physics, and astronomy. He actively contributes to citizen-science initiatives and supports organisations such as Astronomers Without Borders, The World at Night, and the Cool Worlds Lab at Columbia University’s Department of Astronomy.

Nationality

India

Working Languages

English
Hindi

Areas of Expertise

Commercial Litigation
Dispute Resolution
International Commercial Arbitration

Bar Information

New Delhi, India, 2019