Brunda Karanam

Brunda is a lawyer, a legal consultant, and an accredited mediator. She holds a B.A., LL.B. (Hons) degree from the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore, a BCL from the University of Oxford, UK, and an LLM from the University of Pennsylvania Law School (Upenn), USA where she was a Dean’s Scholar. She has pursued the study of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) including mediation and International Dispute Settlement, in her undergraduate courses in NLSIU, and as a graduate student in Oxford University and Upenn. As a part of the Mediation Clinic in Upenn, she has co-mediated disputes in Philadelphia, USA. Brunda is an accredited mediator with the Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC), the Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI), and the International Mediation Institute (IMI). She has also completed the ODR course offered by SAMA, and is an empanelled mediator and arbitrator.She has worked in law firms in India and Singapore, and has advised clients on a wide range of matters including contractual and commercial disputes, consumer cases, domestic arbitrations, international commercial arbitrations and investor-treaty disputes. She advises individual and corporate clients (in various sectors including technology, e-learning, metals and mining, performing arts, trusts, etc.) on legal risk management strategies, conflict management, dispute resolution, arbitration, mediation, civil and commercial disputes, Intellectual Property Laws (including copyright, trademark, licensing), data privacy, conveyancing, etc. A few of her select publications include:• Co-author with Ms Wendy Lin, ‘Judicial Review of preliminary jurisdictional rulings: lessons from recent developments in Singapore’, DIAC Journal of Arbitration (2021);• Co-author with Mr Alvin Yeo SC, ‘Indirect Investments and their Protection under International Investment Agreements’, in Mr Gourab Banerje et. al. “International Arbitration and the Rule of Law – Essays in Honour of Mr Fali S. Nariman”, published by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (January 2021);• ‘Choice of Law of an Arbitration Agreement – a Comparative Analysis & the Path Ahead’, Young Arbitration Review (October 2017);• ‘Finality v. International Comity – Enforcement of awards annulled in the primary jurisdiction’, Kluwer Arbitration Blog (September 2017).

• Banking
• Business and Contract Disputes
• Construction Litigation
• Corporate Dispute Resolution Training
• Debtor/Creditor
• Domestic Relations
• Employment and Labor Law
• Family Law
• Government and Regulatory
• Insurance
• Medical Malpractice
• Personal Injury and Product Liability
• Real Estate
• Intellectual Property
• Workers Compensation