Nish Shetty

Practice Areas

Nish Shetty specialises in dispute resolution, with a particular focus on international arbitration, restructuring & insolvency and regulatory work. He regularly advises on complex cross-jurisdictional disputes including arbitrations and is widely recognised as a leader in the field of dispute resolution in the region.

Nish is on the panel of arbitrators of most of the key arbitral institutions in the world.

He is the founder and ex-chairman of the SIAC’s Users Council, the Co-Chair of the Council of Arbitration of MCIA and the first in Asia to be appointed as a Judge of Appeal on the FIA International Court of Appeal in Paris. He is also inducted in the Hall of Fame for arbitration in Legal 500 and named as a Thought Leader for Arbitration by Who’s Who Legal 2021.

Career

National University of Singapore (LLB) 1994

Admitted as a Solicitor in Singapore 1995

Admitted as a Solicitor in England & Wales 2000

Joined Clifford Chance as a Partner 2009

Joined Clifford Chance Asia 2012