Abhinav Bhushan has joined Singaporean law firm Drew & Napier as Director (Foreign Law), Dispute Resolution.
Bhushan is an arbitrator and international arbitration specialist. He has acted as counsel and arbitrator under the rules of major arbitral institutions. Recently, he worked as International Arbitrator, Member and Chief Executive for Asia at 39 Essex Chambers.
He was the first Indian Director at the ICC International Court of Arbitration, where he helped set up the ICC's first case management team in Singapore in collaboration with the Government of Singapore. Prior to this role, he was the first Indian lawyer to be appointed by the ICC Court as Deputy Counsel for the Commonwealth team in the Paris office in 2012.
He now joined the team at Drew & Napier - headed by Director Mahesh Rai - which specialises in complex international arbitration and litigation.