
Nudrat E. Piracha
Senior Fellow – Pakistan
Nudrat E. Piracha is an SJD Candidate at George Washington University, Washington, D.C., with extensive experience in arbitration in Pakistan.
About Nudrat E. Piracha
Nudrat E. Piracha is an SJD Candidate at George Washington University, Washington, D.C., with extensive experience in arbitration in Pakistan. She has practical experience as an Advocate in the areas of International Commercial Arbitration and International Construction and Investment Disputes before the ICC, ICSID, SCC, and Adhoc Tribunals. She is a Solicitor, England and Wales, a Member of the High Court of Pakistan Bar, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK (FCIArb), and the Country Reporter for Pakistan for the Kluwer Arbitration International/Board of International Transnational Arbitration. She served as a scholar in residence for six months at ICSID in 2016. She has been designated by the Government of Pakistan on the panel of arbitrators of ICSID for a term of 8 years.
Litigation Practice
Ms. Piracha’s litigation practice focuses on commercial, construction, trade, shareholder disputes, employee and service issues, including:
- Representation of prominent corporations in Pakistan
- Ad hoc arbitrations
- Representation of the Government of Pakistan, its Ministries, and Departments
- Representation of banks
- Assisting clients with mega construction, infrastructure, power, and public-private partnership projects
- Assisting various foreign consulates in Pakistan
ADR Practice
Ms. Piracha has worked on major international ADR cases involving:
- ICSID arbitration between the Government of Pakistan and a Kuwaiti Company, Agility, in a multi-million-dollar claim
- ICSID arbitration between the Government of Pakistan and a Turkish company, Bayindir
- Ad-hoc arbitration in the Bayindir case
- ICC arbitration between a Turkish company and a German supplier
- Assisting a Panelist on the review board in the WTO case of Argentina v. United States of America (“OCTG Case”)
- Ad hoc arbitration between the Government of Pakistan and an Italian firm, Astaldi
- Ad hoc arbitration between the Government of Pakistan and an Italian firm, PAVITO
- Anti Dumping Investigations in the case of master tiles against China and in the case of polyester filament yarn against the Republic of Indonesia, the
- Republic of Korea and the Kingdom of Thailand.
- The dispute before a Dispute Adjudication Board appointed by ICC in relation to a dispute between the Government of Jordan and Pakistani, Kuwaiti,
- Jordanian and Mauritian companies
- An ICC Case with regard to a dispute relating to the Jordan Light Rail System
- An ICSID Case with regard to a dispute relating to the Jordan Light Rail System
- An SCC arbitration relating to valuation of shares and matters of Competition law involving a Multinational Norwegian Company
- An ICC arbitration relating to a petroleum concession in Pakistan
She has also served as a scholar in residence in ICSID, researching certain amendments to the ICSID rules and observing the internal working of ICSID.