About Me
Prof. (Dr.) Ajar Rab is the founding partner of ANR LAW LLP, Dehradun. He is an advocate, arbitrator and professor. His practice areas include international arbitration, corporate transactions, and commercial litigation. He handles several arbitrations and commercial litigations relating to energy disputes, EPC contracts, and infrastructure disputes, amongst others. He has previously worked with ministries, government bodies, and policy institutes. He is also an International Policy Consultant at Lexidale.
Dr. Rab is a ‘Professor of Practice’ at the School of Law, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun, an Honorary Research Chair Professor, Centre for ADR and Arbitration, NIRMA University, Ahemadabad, a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata, Visiting Professor at the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru, and visiting faculty in other law schools of the country. He is a nominated member of the Board of Studies at Nirma University and Tamil Nadu National Law University.
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 is empanelled with the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) India International Arbitration Centre (IIAC), Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC), Kuala Lumpur, Brazilian Center for Mediation and Arbitration (CBMA) as an arbitrator and is also a member of several arbitration institutes across the world, a member on the advisory board, as well as on the peer-review board of several academic journals.
He has authored books on ‘Interim Measures in International Commercial Arbitration: A Comparative Review’ (Kluwer Law International) and ‘Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016’ (EBC) and ‘Drafting of Contracts: Basic Principles’ (EBC) and ‘Drafting of Contracts: Advanced Principle’ (EBC). He has published several academic papers in leading national and international journals, and his contributions have been acknowledged by the Supreme Court of India.