Anish Wadia C.Arb is a full-time independent Mediator, Chartered Arbitrator and Adjudicator, with appointments and engagements spanning six continents. In February 2022 the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, U.K. (Ciarb) elevated him as a Chartered Arbitrator — the first Indian-qualified lawyer in Ciarb's 100+ year history as well as the youngest individual ever to hold that designation worldwide. He holds the principal international mediation accreditations:

- IMI Certified Mediator — International Mediation Institute, the Netherlands

- CEDR Accredited Mediator — Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution, U.K.

- SIMC Specialist Mediator — Singapore International Mediation Centre

- MCPC Trained Mediator — Mediation and Conciliation Project Committee of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India

- Professional Mediator — accredited and registered in the Russian Federation (FIS-FRDO)

- Fellow in Mediation — Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, U.K.

- Digital Dispute Resolution Specialist — ADR ODR International, U.K.

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He sits on the DIFC Courts Panel of Mediators, and is also empanelled as a Mediator with the Saudi Centre for Commercial Arbitration, the International Arbitration and Mediation Centre at Hyderabad (Level 4 – Specialist Panel), the eBRAM International ODR Centre in Hong Kong (including its APEC Panel), the Hon'ble Bombay High Court in India, the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution in Malaysia (on its senior-most Presidential Panel of Mediators), and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Kenya Branch), among others worldwide. He serves as a Course Director, Assessor and Tutor (including as Chief Assessor and Chief Tutor) for Mediation courses as part of Ciarb's approved faculty, training and assessing mediators across continents. He also serves as a Regional Pathway Leader (RPL) for Ciarb, for the Middle East and India regions — an RPL is inter alia recognised as a "Tutor's Tutor" and provides leadership for course quality monitoring in the region.

He is admitted to practise as an 'Advocate' in India, as a 'Solicitor Advocate (Civil)' in England and Wales, and as a 'Lawyer' before the AIFC Court in Kazakhstan, holding a current practising certificate, where required, in each since admission.

His arbitral practice runs in parallel. He has accepted arbitrator appointments under the DIAC, HKIAC, LCIA, ICC (including the Expedited Procedure Provisions), KIAC (Rwanda) and ICAC-MKAC (Russia) Rules, and in ad hoc proceedings under the English Arbitration Act 1996 and the [Indian] Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, with seats including London, Hong Kong, the Dubai International Financial Centre, Moscow, Kigali and other major commercial centres. He is empanelled as an arbitrator at over fifty institutions across six continents, including the Abu Dhabi Global Market Arbitration Centre, the Dubai International Arbitration Centre and the Saudi Centre for Commercial Arbitration. He has also undertaken specialist training in Swedish arbitration law (SCC/SAA) and investment treaty disputes (through DIAC/ICSID and Columbia University), and is an accredited sports arbitrator (AIAC and the Olympic Council of Malaysia).

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In June 2022 the European Commission's Directorate-General for Trade appointed him as one of only sixty-four individuals worldwide considered suitable to chair arbitrations under the European Union's bilateral trade agreements with third countries.

His principal areas of focus as a mediator are:

- Banking, financial services, insurance and trade finance

- Shareholder, joint venture, post-acquisition, family business and succession disputes

- Commercial contracts and international sale of goods (including under the CISG and the UNIDROIT Principles)

- Construction and infrastructure (FIDIC, EPC and contractor / sub-contractor disputes)

- Distribution, agency, franchise and dealership

- Energy, oil and gas

- Environment, climate and ESG disputes

- Executive employment and workplace disputes

- Hospitality, travel and tourism

- Intellectual property, technology and artificial intelligence

- Landlord and tenant

- Maritime

- Supply chain, procurement and international trade

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Peers writing for Lexology (Who's Who Legal) — which has recognised him in arbitration in successive editions, and elevated him to Thought Leader status in 2026 — have described him as "precise and diligent, very considerate on impartiality and due process"; "professional, supportive, open-minded, and kind"; "the most responsive and respected arbitrator in India"; and "able to adapt to whatever circumstances present themselves."

He works actively in English (mother tongue), Hindi (fluent), Gujarati and Urdu (intermediate), across common-law, civil-law and Shari'a-influenced contractual environments. He is available for in-person hearings (including in the United Arab Emirates and across the GCC) and conducts remote mediations across time zones.

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