Ritika Bharti
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Ritika Bharti

Associate

Email

Ritika.Bharti@aoshearman.com

Phone

+65 62303803

Offices

Singapore

V-CARD

Ritika practice focuses on international arbitration. She is qualified to practice law in India and holds an LLM degree in International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution from the National University of Singapore.

She has worked in arbitrations under major arbitration rules such as ICC, SIAC, ICSID, and UNCITRAL as well as on arbitration-related litigation. The matters she has worked on span various sectors, including shareholders’ disputes, construction, energy, telecommunications, real estate, technology, private equity and finance.

Prior to joining the firm, she was an associate at a boutique disputes law firm based in India. Her practice in India focused on commercial arbitration (domestic and international) and litigation across various industries and fora. She has also previously worked as a legal consultant at an arbitration institution based in India.

Experience

Representative matters

  • A major investor in commercial real-estate on a USD160 million SIAC arbitration arising out of a dispute with its business partner over the management of a joint venture comprising of multiple malls in India.
  • The Government of a Southeast Asian State on the defence of an investment treaty arbitration brought by a Korean investor. The dispute arose out of an investment in the real estate sector in that State.
  • A global technology corporation, claimant in an ICSID arbitration against the Kingdom of Sweden (ICSID Case No. ARB/22/2). The dispute relates to Sweden’s ban of a global technology corporation’s equipment from 5G infrastructures in Sweden and the claims are brought under the China-Sweden bilateral investment treaty.
  • An international joint venture in the oil and gas sector on a dispute against a European contractor subject to ICC arbitration in Paris. Algerian law applied.
  • A UAE-based software enterprise in a SIAC arbitration concerning consulting, innovation, and software development services in South Asia.The law of the South Asian State applied.
  • A South Asian health technology company in its dispute with a U.S. based company concerning consulting and development of a medical software application. New York law applies.
  • A South Asian limited liability partnership in its dispute arising from the partnership agreement. The claim was in excess of USD100m, concerning the intellectual property rights of the partnership.
  • Shell (formerly BG) and Reliance on multi-phased arbitration proceedings commenced under the UNCITRAL Rules against the Government of India relating to disputes exceeding USD5 billion arising out of two production sharing contracts, as well as advising them in related court proceedings.
  • Two Chinese banks in a Singapore-seated SIAC arbitration against a Thai-company with a Bangladesh subsidiary in relation to a dispute arising out of a financing of a major infrastructure project in Bangladesh.

Pro bono

  • Volunteer, It's Raining Raincoats, Singapore

Published Work

  • Ritika Bharti, 2023, Peeping behind the curtain – Singapore International Commercial Court rules on whether parties can obtain records of the arbitrators’ deliberations, LexisNexis 

Qualifications

Admissions

India, 2020

Academic

Master Laws (LL.M.) in International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution, National University of Singapore (NUS), 2022 – 2023

Bachelor of Business Administration and Bachelor of Legislative Law Honours (BBA LL.B. Hons), School of Law, Christ University, Bengaluru, 2015 – 2020

Languages

English, Hindi
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.