Ketan Gaur is an Equity Partner in the Dispute Resolution practice at Trilegal, based in the firm's New Delhi office. He specializes in international and domestic commercial arbitration, commercial litigation, and insolvency and bankruptcy-related disputes, and is widely recognized for handling complex, high-value matters across sectors and jurisdictions.
Ketan regularly acts as lead counsel in arbitrations seated in India and overseas, and in related court proceedings, including enforcement, interim relief, and set-aside actions. His practice spans cross-border disputes involving a range of governing laws, arbitral rules, and parallel proceedings before Indian courts and foreign fora. He has also acted as Indian law counsel before courts in Singapore and is registered there as a foreign lawyer with full rights of audience before the Singapore International Commercial Court and the Singapore Court of Appeal.
In addition to counsel work, Ketan is routinely appointed as an arbitrator by Indian courts. His profile notes appointments as sole arbitrator by the Delhi High Court in proceedings under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.
He is consistently recognised by leading directories and publications. His recent rankings include Top 30 Arbitration Practitioners in India by RSGI (2026), Future Leader / Notable Practitioner by Legal 500 (2025 and 2026), Future Star by Benchmark Litigation (2022, 2025 and 2026), and Rising Star by Asia Business Law Journal (2024, 2025 and 2026). He has also been named in Forbes India’s Legal Power List as a top individual lawyer in alternative dispute resolution, litigation, and restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy.
- Represented Enel Green Power Development S.r.l. as claimant in a London-seated ICC arbitration against Waaree Energies Limited arising from a Share Purchase Agreement relating to the acquisition of Enel Green Power India Private Limited and its subsidiaries.
- Represented Shanghai Electric Group Co. Ltd. as Indian law counsel in SIAC arbitration and related proceedings against Reliance Infrastructure Limited, securing arbitral awards of approximately USD 160 million.
- Represented Panacea Biotec Limited in a London-seated LCIA arbitration initiated by Human Vaccine LLC concerning vaccine technology transfer arrangements and related claims valued at approximately USD 115 million.
- Represented Central East African Railway Co. Ltd. (CEAR) in a London-seated international arbitration arising from a railway rehabilitation project in Malawi with claims and counterclaims valued at approximately USD 40 million.
- Arbitration
- Commercial and Transactions
- Commercial Disputes
- Construction
- Insolvency
- International Arbitration
- Construction and Materials
- Energy
- Natural Resources
- Oil and Gas
- Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences
- Technology and Telecommunications
- B.A. LLB. (Hons.), Amity Law School, Delhi, 2014
- Bar Council of Delhi (2014)