Ram Mashru

ram.mashru@lw.com

+44.20.7710.4659

Profile

Ram Mashru is an associate in the London office of Latham & Watkins, and a member of the firm’s Litigation & Trial Department.

Mr. Mashru has represented clients in both commercial and investment treaty arbitrations and has experience of proceedings conducted under all major arbitral rules including ICSID, ICC, UNCITRAL, LCIA, and DIFC-LCIA.

Mr. Mashru advises clients in a range of industries and sectors and has also acted on behalf of States and State-owned entities.

Mr. Mashru’s diverse range of cases have involved disputes across Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.

He has also represented clients in litigation proceedings in the UK and DIFC courts, at both the trial and appellate levels.

Alongside his practice, Mr. Mashru has worked on a number of pro bono matters including advising at legal clinics and producing substantive research on public international law and international human rights issues.

Before joining Latham, Mr. Mashru practiced at a specialist disputes firm in London. Prior to this, he trained at a Magic Circle firm in London, where he completed a secondment to the firm’s dispute resolution group in Dubai.

Experience

Mr. Mashru’s commercial arbitration and litigation experience includes advising:

A European bank in an application for an anti-suit injunction to restrain Russian litigation proceedings in a dispute related to EU sanctions
A European technology company in an LCIA arbitration involving a dispute under a shareholder's agreement, and related loan agreements, involving prohibitions on payments under EU sanctions
A Middle Eastern company in an ICC arbitration involving a dispute under a joint venture agreement in the healthcare sector
An Asian conglomerate in an ICC arbitration involving a dispute under a share purchase agreement arising out of competition issues
A pharmaceutical company in ad hoc arbitration proceedings under development and licensing agreements

Mr. Mashru’s investment treaty experience includes representing:

A Latin American state in an ICSID arbitration brought by a mining company
A European state in an ICSID arbitration brought by a construction company*
A banking and financial services investor in an ICSID arbitration against a European state*
An American investor in UNCITRAL proceedings against an Asian state*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Qualifications

Bar Qualification

England and Wales (Solicitor)

Education

Legal Practice Course (Accelerated), BPP Law School, 2017
Distinction
MSc, Area Studies, Linacre College, University of Oxford, 2013
Distinction
MA, Law, Queens' College, University of Cambridge, 2011
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Practices

January 30, 2024 Our Work

UniCredit Wins Appeal on Anti-Suit Injunction in Support of Foreign-Seated Arbitration

In a landmark ruling, The Court of Appeal held for the first time that the English Courts have jurisdiction to grant final mandatory anti-suit relief to restrain proceedings commenced in breach of an arbitration agreement seated outside England and Wales.

September 26, 2023 Client Alert

Quality Over Quantity: Law Commission Proposes Targeted Amendments to English Arbitration Act

The Law Commission’s Final Report on the Arbitration Act 1996 makes a modest number of important recommendations for reform.

August 18, 2022 Blog