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Anisha is a partner in the firm’s International Arbitration practice and is based in Singapore. Focusing on the energy sector, Anisha represents clients in high-stakes international commercial and investment disputes involving long-term foreign investments, multi-party joint ventures, and government entities. Several of her commercial and investor-State arbitrations exceed USD 1 billion in dispute and form landmark international arbitration cases. She also advises pharmaceutical companies in disputes arising from collaboration agreements, foreign supplier relationships, and U.S. FDA actions. Chambers Asia-Pacific (2023 and 2024) ranks Anisha as an "Up and Coming" partner, describing her as "an emerging name in the Singapore arbitration scene, with experience of representing clients in complex investor-state disputes" and reporting that "she provides fit for purpose advice that cuts straight to the legal and commercial issues, and she is tremendously responsive to client needs." Legal 500 Asia-Pacific (2023 and 2024) names Anisha as a "rising star" and "key lawyer" in the firm's "Tier 1" international arbitration team, and showcases her as a leading practitioner in The Arbitration Powerlist: Southeast Asia 2023. In 2021, Law360 recognized her as a "Rising Star" in International Arbitration (one of five attorneys named worldwide).
Anisha handles international disputes, with particular experience in disputes arising from LNG SPAs, production sharing contracts, concession agreements, gas sale and transportation agreements, and BITs. Her subject-matter specialties include LNG price reviews, force majeure, decommissioning, hydrocarbon contamination, subsurface reservoir characteristics, oil & gas infrastructure, and take-or-pay obligations. In Asia, she is one of the leading LNG disputes lawyers, having handled nearly a dozen price review negotiations and arbitrations since 2020 alone, along with disputes arising from force majeure, failure to take/failure to deliver, and more.
She is fluent with the major arbitration rules, with repeated experience in arbitrations convened under the ICC, ICSID, LCIA, SIAC, and UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. She works closely with technical experts on her matters and is well-versed in the technical and financial aspects of long-term investment projects and purchase and supply arrangements, in addition to their legal and contractual frameworks.
Anisha was seconded for several months between 2016-2017 to ConocoPhillips’ corporate headquarters in Houston, Texas. During that time, she joined the company’s arbitration team, and advised on its treaty and commercial arbitration matters.
Anisha received her Juris Doctor, cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School, where she was a Dean’s Scholar, Senior Judge, recipient of the Certificate of Merit in Evidence, and a Contributing Editor on the Michigan Journal of Environmental and Administrative Law. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies from McGill University where she received department honors.
J.D., University of Michigan Law School, cum laude
B.A., McGill University
Texas
ICDR Singapore Committee
March 22, 2024
King & Spalding Ranked Number One in International Arbitration For Fourth Year
February 16, 2024
King & Spalding Earns Strong Rankings in Chambers Global 2024 Guide
January 17, 2024
Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2024 Recognizes King & Spalding Among Region’s Top Law Firms
Won a $100 million award on behalf of a consortium of sellers in a Singapore-seated LNG price review arbitration.
Won an award for declaratory relief worth over US $4 billion in an ICC arbitration on behalf of two international oil majors against a Southeast Asian government, arising out of a revenue-allocation dispute under a gas service contract.
Won an award for declaratory relief worth approximately US$ 9.5 billion on behalf of Chevron Corporation against Ecuador in an UNCITRAL international arbitration under the U.S.-Ecuador Bilateral Investment Treaty. This case concerns the fraudulent Lago Agrio environmental judgment issued by the Ecuadorian courts, resulting in precedent-setting awards in favor of Chevron, including a finding of denial of justice and treaty breaches by Ecuador’s courts, as well as numerous interim measures awards ordering Ecuador to prevent enforcement of the court judgment.
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September 4, 2020
Arbitration Team of The Month (September) – King & Spalding
June 3, 2016
Energy Newsletter - June 2016
May 31, 2016
Remediation Standards: Far From Standard in Environmental Oilfield Disputes
March 22, 2024
King & Spalding Ranked Number One in International Arbitration For Fourth Year
February 16, 2024
King & Spalding Earns Strong Rankings in Chambers Global 2024 Guide
January 17, 2024
Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2024 Recognizes King & Spalding Among Region’s Top Law Firms
Won a $100 million award on behalf of a consortium of sellers in a Singapore-seated LNG price review arbitration.
Won an award for declaratory relief worth over US $4 billion in an ICC arbitration on behalf of two international oil majors against a Southeast Asian government, arising out of a revenue-allocation dispute under a gas service contract.
Won an award for declaratory relief worth approximately US$ 9.5 billion on behalf of Chevron Corporation against Ecuador in an UNCITRAL international arbitration under the U.S.-Ecuador Bilateral Investment Treaty. This case concerns the fraudulent Lago Agrio environmental judgment issued by the Ecuadorian courts, resulting in precedent-setting awards in favor of Chevron, including a finding of denial of justice and treaty breaches by Ecuador’s courts, as well as numerous interim measures awards ordering Ecuador to prevent enforcement of the court judgment.
See more
September 4, 2020
Arbitration Team of The Month (September) – King & Spalding
June 3, 2016
Energy Newsletter - June 2016
May 31, 2016
Remediation Standards: Far From Standard in Environmental Oilfield Disputes
March 22, 2024
King & Spalding Ranked Number One in International Arbitration For Fourth Year
February 16, 2024
King & Spalding Earns Strong Rankings in Chambers Global 2024 Guide
January 17, 2024
Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2024 Recognizes King & Spalding Among Region’s Top Law Firms
J.D., University of Michigan Law School, cum laude
B.A., McGill University
Texas
ICDR Singapore Committee