Poorvi Satija
Biography
Overview
Poorvi Satija is a senior associate in the International Arbitration Group in London and is qualified to practice in England & Wales, the State of New York, and India. She has extensive experience in both international commercial and investment arbitration cases under major institutional rules, including the ICC, LCIA, SIAC, and ICSID Rules.
Poorvi has been actively involved in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot competition as an arbitrator and coach for a number of years. She is also a trained mediator and negotiator and has been coaching teams for the IBA-VIAC CDRC Vienna Mediation and Negotiation Competition since 2017.
Poorvi graduated from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad in 2013 with several laurels, including the most outstanding student of her class and the Vice Chancellor's Medal for outstanding leadership skills.
She is actively involved in a number of the Firm's pro bono projects, including for the Public International Law & Policy Group (PILPG).
Prior to joining White & Case, Poorvi was an associate with one of India's leading law firms, during which time she was involved in high profile transactions, disputes, as well as government advisory work.
Experience
Poorvi's experience includes:
Acted in a complex partnership dispute in the PE industry, involving an LCIA arbitration and injunctive proceedings before the English High Court;
Representing the lead partner in a Swiss-seated ICC arbitration between consortium partners relating to the termination of the consortium's contract with its employer;
Represented a US electricity company in ICSID annulment proceedings against the Republic of Guatemala;
Representing two US investors in the gold mining industry in an ICSID arbitration against the Republic of Guatemala under the DR-CAFTA.
Represented an investor in an Investor-State dispute against an Eastern European State under the ICC Rules;
Represented a PE fund in a JV dispute regarding the valuation of their shares in a South-Asian company under the SIAC Rules;
Represented a Spanish-Mexican consortium in a construction dispute against a Latin American State entity;
Represented a hydro-electric power company in an ad-hoc international arbitration;*
Represented a major wind-power company in a complex dispute with cross-border implications, including civil suits before Indian courts and an ICC arbitration;* and
Represented a port infrastructure company in an LCIA arbitration.*
*Matters prior to joining White & Case
"Settlement" in UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration: A Commentary, Ilias Bantekas, Pietro Ortolani, Shahla Ali, Manuel A. Gomez and Michael Polkinghorne (eds.), 2020 (with Michael Polkinghorne)
"Emergency Arbitrator Proceedings", Kluwer Arbitration Practice Plus, 10 December 2019 (with Andrew McDougall and Salma Selim)
ICC Task Force on Emergency Arbitrator Proceedings releases findings, April 2019 (co-authored)
Are Commercial Courts the answer to India's arbitration woes?, December 2015 (co-authored)
Winner, 1st KLRCA YPG Essay Competition, 2017
Hogan Lovells scholarship, International Academy for Arbitration Law, July 2016
Temasek Foundation's Leadership Enrichment and Regional Networking (LEaRN) scholarship, 2012
Sir Ratan Tata Trust Scholarship, 2009
