Mohit Khubchandani is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies at Leiden University. His topic is: "Forum and harm specific metrics of compensation for environmental damages (MCES) for major international courts and tribunals". He is an International Disputes Resolution Attorney with 10 years of experience in Public International Law, Investment & Commercial Arbitration. For close to 3 years, he was an Associate at the Office of the Attorney General of India, where, including others, he was involved in ICJ, ITLOS, and PCA cases, besides civil and commercial litigation and arbitration. He then worked at several UN bodies for 3 years, including at the UNOCHA, ILC and ICJ, thus, being involved in close to 10 ICJ cases. Then, he spent 3 years working at different international law firms: Fietta, GBS Disputes, and WilmerHale, working on international investment and commercial arbitrations at the ICSID, PCA, ICC, ICDR, SIAC et. al. Mohit regularly delivers guest lectures at universities and has presented at international organisations such as the African Union and the WWF. He also regularly judges the world finals and regional rounds of world renowned moot courts (including having authored the 45th edition of Leiden's Telders Moot). Mohit holds a Masters in International Environmental & Energy Law from Stanford Law.

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Education

Ph.D Candidate, Leiden Law School (Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies),The Netherlands (2024 - Present)
LL.M., Stanford Law School (Stanford University), California, USA (2017-18)
B.A.,LL.B. (Hons.), Amity Law School (Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University), New Delhi, India (2010-15)

Career

International Disputes Attorney with 10 years PQE. Experiences:

• Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, London, UK [Jan, 2023 - Aug, 2024]
• Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes, Paris, France [Jul, 2022 - Dec, 2022]
• United Nations International Law Commission, Geneva, Switzerland [Jan, 2022 - Jun, 2022] & [Sep, 2019 - Aug, 2020]
• Fietta LLP - International Law, London, UK [Aug, 2021 - Jan, 2022]
• International Court of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands [Sep, 2020 - Aug, 2021]
• United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), New York, USA [Mar, 2019 - Oct, 2019]
• Chambers of Justice Lisa A. Sokoloff, New York State Supreme Court (Civil Branch), USA [Mar, 2019 - Aug, 2019]
• Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, New York, USA [Nov, 2018 - Feb, 2019]
• Prof. Jonathan Greenberg, International Investment Law, Stanford Law School, California, USA [Aug, 2018 - Oct, 2018]
• Office of the Attorney General for the Republic of India, Mr Mukul Rohatgi, New Delhi, India [Mar, 2015 - Aug, 2017]

Research Areas

Law of Reparations, Environmental Compensation in the context of Inter-State Litigation & Investor-State Litigation

Teaching Activities

Have given lectures and presented in conferences on public international law and investment arbitration in English and French at these institutions and universities: Stetson, Leiden, African Union, WWF, Stanford, University of Angers (France), Universidad de la Empresa (Argentina)

Additional Activities

Regularly adjudicate and coach teams of the world and regional rounds of these moots: Jessup, FDI, Stetson, Manfred Lachs, Willem C. Vis, Frankfurt Arb. etc

Publications