Gautam has joined Phoenix Legal as a Partner along with a team of 5 lawyers on 2 November 2020. He will be a part of the Firm’s Disputes and Maritime practice and will operate out of the firm’s Mumbai office. Gautam is dual-qualified in India and England, and is a veteran with nearly two decades of wide-ranging experience in offshore maritime & shipping, insurance, environment, international trade, oil & gas, energy, commercial litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). Gautam has acted for various large banks, shipowners, PSUs, oil companies and insurers in high-stakes and complex cross-border litigation and arbitration. He has been advising and representing domestic and international clients from a variety of jurisdictions including the UK, US, Europe, Middle East and South East Asia.
Gautam Bhatikar and a team of 5 lawyers (Zoeb Cutlerywala – Counsel; Pinak Bhagwat – Senior Associate; Vikram Kamath – Senior Associate; Farhad Dalal – Associate and Shruti Salian – Associate) has joined the Phoenix Legal, Mumbai office.
Gautam has represented one of the world’s largest shipping companies in its joint venture dispute before the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and has been regularly representing clients at the International Chambers of Commerce (ICC), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), London Maritime Arbitration Association (LMAA), and Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA).
