Practice Areas
Prakash has more than 20 years’ experience representing major local and international companies as well as high-net-worth individuals in high-value, complex arbitration proceedings and litigation proceedings, in Singapore.
In respect of international arbitration, Prakash regularly appears before various arbitral tribunals in both ad-hoc arbitrations and arbitrations governed by the leading institutional rules, as well as in investor-state arbitrations and he has been recognised as a leading arbitration practitioner by multiple publications over many years. In addition, he is a specialist in India-related arbitrations, having advised and represented Indian clients for over two decades on matters throughout the geographical breadth of India, including in the states of Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, NCR (Delhi), Orissa, and Maharashtra.
In respect of litigation, Prakash regularly represents clients in commercial matters involving shareholder and contractual disputes, insurance, professional liability, and fraud. His litigation experience also includes insolvency work, including court challenges to rehabilitation and liquidation proceedings, claims by liquidators against directors of the insolvent company and/ or third parties and clawback claims.
Prakash graduated from Queen Mary College, University of London, and further obtained a Master's degree in law from Cambridge University, where he specialised in public international law including investment treaty law. He was also called to the Bar at the Middle Temple in London, and is qualified as an Advocate and Solicitor in Singapore. He previously worked at the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a Foreign Service Officer.
