Anika Havaldar is a senior associate in our dispute resolution group, based in Dubai.
Anika specialises in international commercial arbitration and litigation, investment arbitration, and public international law.
Anika has acted as counsel in ad hoc and institutional arbitrations, including under the ICSID, ICC, LCIA, CPR, and JAMS rules. She also has significant experience in proceedings before courts in the United States and international tribunals, including the International Court of Justice and European Court of Human Rights.
Before relocating to Dubai, Anika worked in our Washington D.C. and New York offices. Prior to joining Freshfields, she served as a law clerk to then-President Abdulqawi A. Yusuf at the International Court of Justice and Judge Judith W. Rogers at the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Anika speaks English, Hindi, Marathi, French, and intermediate Arabic.
- Representing an international oil company in a US$1 billion ad hoc arbitration against a West African state-owned company arising under a joint operating agreement.
- Representing an international oil company in commercial arbitrations against a South American state arising from major offshore oil and gas operations.
- Representing a major industrial corporation in a post-M&A Brazilian law-governed arbitration.
- Representing an Asian conglomerate in an investment arbitration against an African state concerning a construction project.
- Representing a major pharmaceutical company in a dispute with a biotechnology company arising out of a New York-law governed collaboration, license and option agreement.
- Representing a major biotechnology company in an expedited arbitration arising out of a Delaware-law governed collaboration agreement with another major biotechnology company.
- Advising on multiple United Nations intergovernmental negotiations relating to multilateral environmental agreements.
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