Gautam specialises in international commercial arbitration and litigation in a broad number of areas. He is a member of Reed Smith’s global board, its Executive Committee. He has been a partner in the firm since 2000 and is the former Managing Partner of Reed Smith’s Singapore office. He also co-leads our India Business Team.
Gautam has extensive experience of acting in international arbitrations under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), UNCITRAL, the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), the Swiss Chambers of Commerce, other arbitration bodies, and in ad hoc arbitrations. He has also conducted litigations before the English courts, as well as cases involving the courts of many other jurisdictions. He is named as a highly recommended and leading litigation and arbitration practitioner in the independent legal directories Legal 500 UK, Chambers UK, Chambers Global, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Legal Experts, Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration, Super Lawyers, and Legal 500 Asia-Pacific. He was previously a visiting law lecturer at the University of Westminster.
Gautam has contributed to various articles in The Company Lawyer, Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, Legal Business, Journal of International Banking Law, International Corporate Law, In Brief, Tolley’s Insolvency, Commercial Law Practitioner, The Litigator, Platt’s Energy Economist, The Lawyer, PwC’s Securities Litigation Study and the firm’s external legal publications on various legal issues. He has also participated in interviews on BBC News 24, ITN, FT TV, CNBC and BBC Radio Five Live on legal topics.
