Arbitration · Mediation · Conciliation
A private chambers in New Delhi for commercial parties who would rather settle a matter than see it reported. Considered, discreet, and final.
The chambers
We are a small panel of arbitrators and mediators who resolve commercial disputes privately — before they become litigation, before they become news, and before they cost a relationship worth keeping.
What we do
Every dispute has a temperature. We choose the process that fits it: binding where finality is needed, facilitated where a relationship must survive.
I Arbitration
Institutional and ad-hoc references under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — domestic and India-seated international commercial arbitration. We manage the reference from constitution of the tribunal to a reasoned, enforceable award, including emergency and expedited procedures.
II Mediation
Confidential, without-prejudice negotiation guided by a neutral third party. Best where the commercial relationship — a joint venture, a supply line, a family business — is worth more than the point in dispute. We draft settlements that hold.
III Conciliation
A structured process under Part III of the Act in which the conciliator may propose terms of settlement. Useful where the parties want more than a facilitator — they want a considered view — while keeping the outcome in their own hands.
“An arbitration succeeds when both parties leave with their commercial relationship — and their reputations — intact. That is the whole of our craft.”
Aldercourt Chambers
The panel
We are deliberately small. Every reference is heard by a member who has sat with disputes of its kind before — not by whoever is free.
Founding Arbitrator
Founder of the chambers. 25+ years at the New Delhi bar across commercial and infrastructure references, institutional and ad-hoc.
Commercial · Infrastructure
Presiding Arbitrator
Sits on construction, energy and concession disputes with a particular ear for delay and quantum. Known for tight, well-reasoned awards.
Construction · Energy · Quantum
Senior Mediator & Conciliator
An accredited commercial mediator for shareholder, joint-venture and family-business disputes, where continuity matters as much as outcome.
Mediation · Shareholder
Arbitrator & Counsel
Handles technology, distribution and post-acquisition disputes, including emergency arbitration and interim relief where speed is decisive.
Technology · Post-M&A
Presiding Arbitrator
“Parties do not come to us for a spectacle. They come because they have a business to run on Monday, and they need this behind them by then — cleanly, and without an audience.
How a reference runs
A clear path, so that the only thing uncertain is the merits — never the procedure.
A first, without-obligation conversation about the dispute, the parties and any arbitration clause. Held in strict confidence, whether or not you proceed.
We agree the process — arbitration, mediation or conciliation — the seat, the timetable and the rules that will govern the reference.
The tribunal is constituted, terms of reference are settled and a procedural order fixes the shape of everything that follows.
Written submissions, documents and, where needed, oral hearings — conducted privately, efficiently and on the agreed timetable.
A reasoned, enforceable award — or a signed settlement — disclosed to the parties alone, and to no one else.
Confidentiality
Privacy is not a courtesy we offer; it is the reason clients choose a chambers over a courtroom. Our undertakings are written, and they are absolute.
Proceedings are private by default — there are no open filings and no cause list to read.
Every member and member of staff is bound by a signed confidentiality undertaking before a matter opens.
Awards and settlements are disclosed to the parties alone; documents leave chambers only on your instruction.
Secure storage, careful scheduling and, where you ask, no reference to the matter by name in any correspondence.
New Delhi · Lodhi Estate
Tell us as much or as little as you like. The first consultation is complimentary, held in confidence, and puts you under no obligation to proceed.