Bahram N Vakil

Directorships, Memberships & Affiliations

• Member of the Insolvency Law Academy's Thought Committee on Bank Insolvency (2023)

• Chairperson of the ASSOCHAM (The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India) National Council on Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code and Valuation (2023)

• Member of Standing Committee on Primary Markets (2024)

• Member of Expert Committee for drafting legal framework for allowing Variable Capital Company (VCC) structure in the IFSC(s) (2024)

• Member of IFSCA constitutes Committee on Framework for transfer of stressed loans from domestic lenders to permitted financial institutions in IFSC (2024)

• Member of expert committee to recommend reforms in the Arbitration Law

• Independent Expert for the review function “Compliance” under Performance Review Committee of IFSCA

• Member of Working Group on Direct Listing of Equity Shares of listed Indian companies on IFSC Exchanges

• Member of the Expert Committee for the proposed International Arbitration Centre (IAC) at GIFT IFSC

• Member of the expert committee to propose creditor-led resolution approach under the Code, constituted by Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India (2023)

• Steering Committee Member, ASSOCHAM 5th National Summit Asset Reconstruction Companies (2023)

• Co–Chair, International Development & Practice Committee, International Insolvency Institute (2022)

• FICCI National Executive Committee (2022)

• FICCI Capital Markets Committee : Sub Group on Ease of Doing Business (March – July 2022)

• Committee of Experts constituted by the International Finance Services Centre Authority (IFSC) to recommend measures / create a framework, for transfer of stressed loans from domestic lenders to permitted financial institutions in IFSC (January – February 2022)

• Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets, a private sector initiative working to scale an effective and efficient voluntary carbon credit market to help meet the goals of the Paris Agreement (2021)

• Insolvency Law Amendment Committee, constituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, to recommend amendments to the IBC (2019 – Present)

• Task Force on the Development of Secondary Market for Corporate Loans, set up by the Reserve Bank of India (2019 – Present)

• International Insolvency Institute, a non–profit, limited membership organization, set up to promote international cooperation and coordination in the insolvency field (2019 – Present)

• Technical Co–Chair, Main Organising Committee of INSOL International (2019)

• Dr. T. K. Viswanathan Committee on Bankruptcy Law Reforms, constituted by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, to draft the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (2015)

• Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Committee, SEBI Advisory Group (2011)

• U.K. Sinha Committee – Working Group on Foreign Investment in India (2010)

• New York State Bar Association (1985)

• Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa (1982)