• Advocate Dinesh Kumar Bishnoi, is registered with Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa and now practicing at Bombay High Court, Mumbai, Hon’ble Supreme Court of India apart from other Courts and Tribunals.
• His Core areas of practice include Contractual, Commercial, Construction and Maritime Arbitration.
• He has been contributing to ADR ever since his Law Graduation in 1982 and even after his retirement from services that is for last 43 years.
• He has been sitting as Presiding Arbitrator, Sole Arbitrator and Co‐Arbitrator in a number of Domestic & International Arbitral Tribunals having been appointed by the Honorable High Courts, prime ADR Institutions, reputed Law Firms, foreign entities and also by eminent parties in various jurisdiction.
Total Appointment as an Arbitrator 92
Appointment as a Presiding Arbitrator 12
Appointment as a Sole Arbitrator 70
Appointment as a Co-Arbitrator 10
Number of Awards Issued 75
Mediation /Conciliation 28
• Conducted various Judicial Trials as Presiding Officer of various Courts and has also acted as a Prosecuting Officer, Defending Officer and also as Judge Advocate at various Courts (Equivalent to District / Session Court).
• During his entire distinguished and illustrious career, he has been awarded twice by The Hon’ble President of India.
• Achieved excellence as Assistant Director while dealing with Evaluation & Monitoring of Investments at Army Group Insurance Fund with an exposure to a corpus of more than Rs. 25,000 crores (US $ 250 Billion) apart from dealing with top 500 corporate entities, all the major Financial Institutions and Business Consortiums.
• Was part of and assisted the Legal Team headed by the Senior Advocate and Counsel Mr. Darius J Khambata (Ex. Advocate General and Ex Asst. Solicitor General) in Defense Real Estate matters in Bombay High Court with exemplary success.
• Acted as a Contract Operating Officer and handled contract matters worth more than INR 100 Crores / 1 billion USD.
• Presently sitting with Retired Chief Justices and Retired Judges of various High Courts on Arbitral Tribunals as Presiding Arbitrator/Sole Arbitrator/Co‐Arbitrator.
• Passed a Final Award as a Sole Arbitrator in an International Maritime Arbitration seated in London in accordance with LMAA Terms with English Law applied.
• Also appointed as Co-Arbitrator in International Commercial and Contractual Arbitrations by foreign entities.
• Also handling arbitration cases of Public Sector Undertakings as an Arbitrator.
• Was interviewed In Person by esteemed Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre’s (HKIArb) President, Hon’ble Kwong Chi Keung JP on 11 June 2024 at HKIArb Office in Hong Kong and approved for Fellowship (FHKAIrb).
• Empanelled as Mediator and Conciliator for the Financial Year 2025-26 by Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi.
• Attended in Person ET-LegalWorld’s ‘Commercial Dispute Conclave’; Panel Discussions on 10 “International Arbitration- Analyzing key trends for global disputes and international arbitration in 2023 and beyond’’; “Protecting Intellectual Property Rights through international Arbitration” and on “Innovative Voyage, trends and Terrain of Tomorrow: Navigating the revolutionary approaches in global dispute landscape & new angle” on 30 .06. 2023 at Hotel Hayat Regency, New Delhi also were attended in person by Hon’ble Justice Pratibha M. Singh, Judge Delhi High Court; Mr. R. Venkatramani, Hon’ble Attorney General of India and Dr. Daniel H. Sharma; Partner, Co-Head India Group DLA Piper.
Fellowship/ Membership of International Arbitral/ ADR Institutions: ‐
• Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrator (FCIArb), London, United Kingdom.
• Fellow Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (FSIArb), Singapore.
• Fellow of Philippines Institute of Arbitrators (FPIArb), Philippines.
• Fellow of Indian Council of Arbitration (FICA), New Delhi, India.
• Supporting Member London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA), London.
• Member of Executive Committee of ICC India.
• Member of Panel Arbitrator Panel of Mediators and the Panels of Neutrals eBRAM, Hong Kong.
• ICA Panel under the category of “Maritime Experts”.
International Empanelment - Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC), Abu Dhabi International Arbitration Centre (arbitrateAD), Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA), ADGM Arbitration Centre (Abu Dhabi), Bali International Arbitration and Mediation Center (BIAMC), Beijing Arbitration Commission/Beijing International Arbitration Center (BAC/BIAC), London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA), Mauritius International Arbitration Centre (MIAC), Russian Arbitration Center (RAC), British Virgin Islands International Arbitration Centre (BVI IAC), Arbitration and Mediation Center of Armenia (AMCA), Tashkent International Arbitration Centre (TIAC), Borneo International Centre for Arbitration and Mediation (BICAM), Court of Arbitration for Art (CAfA), Caspian Arbitration Society, Switzerland, Mediation & Arbitration Centre (MARC), Mauritius. Asia Pacific International Arbitration Chamber (APIAC), Maldives International Arbitration Centre (MIAC), China Maritime Arbitration Commission (CMAC)
International Commerce & Trade, Insolvency, Environment, Telecommunications, Labour, Oil, Gas & Natural Resources, Criminal, Matrimonial, Investment & Treaties, Media & Sports,
Smart Contract & Block Chain, Maritime, Entertainment, Intellectual Property Rights, Services, Mergers, Acquisition, Rehabilitation & Shareholders Disputes, Energy, Infrastructure, Stock Exchanges, Aviation & Space, Foreign Direct Investment, Climate, Construction, Real Estate, Insurance.
A. Arbitration:
• International Maritime Arbitration Diploma Course conducted Online by Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London in collaboration with Middlesex University, Dubai.
• International Maritime Arbitration Award Writing Exam, conducted by Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), London.
• Fellowship Assessment Course (FAC) 2024 and Award Writing Examination organized by Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb) at Singapore.
• ICC India.
• Indian Council of Arbitration (ICA)
• Block Chain and Smart Contracts on 21st & 22nd November, 2020 organized by Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration (MCIA), Mumbai, India.
• Qualified the NISM‐Series XII: Securities Market Foundation Certification Examination2023.
• “International Investment Arbitration” from 24.02.2024 to 25.02.2024, organized by Indian Institute of Arbitration & Mediation (IIAM), the Leading Arbitral Institution of India in New Delhi.
B. Adjudication:
• Accredited as Adjudicator / Construction Arbitrator by International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) on successful completion of Online Module 4: Management and Administration of FIDIC Contracts Course conducted by FIDIC Academy, Switzerland organized with effect from 25th August to 21st December 2021.
• DRBF Administration and Practice Workshop delivered virtually on 5th and 6th August, 2021 by Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF) North Carolina 28277, United States (USA).
• DBs in MDB Financed Contracts Workshop held online on 12th August, 2021 by Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF) North Carolina 28277, United States (USA).
• Three Days Online Conference of DRBF held in 1st Week of July, 2021 at Lisbon (Portugal) on Construction Industry and its Dispute Resolution.
C. Mediation / Negotiation / Conciliation:
• 40 Hours Online Civil/Commercial Mediation Diploma Course w.e.f. 07.09.2020 to 11.09.2020, conducted by ADR ODR International, London. Certified and accredited by Singapore International Mediation Institution (SIMI), Registered Training Program (RTP) / The International Institute of Mediators (IIM), Singapore.
• “Mediators’ Refresher Workshop” organized and conducted in Virtual Mode by the Mediation, Conciliation & Facilitation Committee of IMC Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mumbai, w.e.f. 12th to 13th August 2021.
• Handled a number of Mediation cases on ODR Platform.
• Successfully completed the Fundamentals of Negotiation Course conducted by ADR ODR International, London.
• Empaneled as Mediator on the Panel of Mediators by the Hon’ble Bombay High Court and District Courts for Court Referred and Commercial Matters.
• Diploma in Digital Dispute Resolution conducted by ADR ODR International and became an ADR ODR International accredited Digital Dispute Resolution Specialist (DDRS).
PREVIOUS FELLOW:
• Fellow of Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators (FHKIArb), Hong Kong.
• Fellow of The Dispute Board Federation (FDBF), Switzerland.
• Fellow Prime Dispute, London (FPD), United Kingdom.
• Fellow Asian Institute of Alternate Dispute Resolution (FAIADR), Malaysia
• Fellow of Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (FACICA).
• Fellow of Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand [FAMINZ (Arb)].
• Fellow Malaysian Institute of Arbitration (FMIArb), Malaysia.
• Fellow Kigali International Arbitration Centre, Rwanda.
• Fellow of International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC), Switzerland.
• Member of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) User’s Council.
• Member of Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA), Switzerland.
• Member of Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA), Texas, U.S.A.
• Member of OGEMID – (‘Oil – Gas – Energy – Mining ‐ Investment Disputes’) at OGEL (‘Oil
‐ Gas – Energy Law’) and TMD (Transnational Dispute Management), Netherlands.
• Member of California Arbitration (CalArb), USA.
• Member Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF), North Carolina, USA.
• Member of Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitrators (SCMA).
• Member of International Bar Association (IBA), 5 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A, 1 LG, United Kingdom.
