Niyati Ahuja Counsel
Nationality(ies):
Indian

Legal System:

Common Law, International Law

Practice Areas:

Arbitration, Commercial Law, Investment - Concession agreements, Oil - Gas - Mining

Jurisdiction:

United States

Publications

- Niyati Ahuja & Naimeh Masumy, "A Critical Analysis of Legitimate Expectation vis-à-vis EU Blocking

Regulations", Journal of Institute of Transnational Arbitration, Volume III Issue 3.

- Niyati Ahuja, "Climate Change Legislation vis-à-vis International Disputes", ThoughtLeaders4Disputes Magazine,

Issue 1, 31-32, June 2021.

- Masumy, Naimeh & Ahuja, Niyati, "Divergence from Conflict-of-Law Analysis: The Need for a Coherent Standard

of Review for Economic Sanctions in International Arbitration", Arbitration: The Int'l J. of Arb., Med. & Dispute

Mgmt 87, no. 1 (2021): 25-44.

- Niyati Ahuja & Naimeh Masumy, "The Role of Blocking Regulations in International Arbitration: A Ground for

Mandatory Rules?", American Review of International Arbitration, http://blogs2.law.columbia.edu/aria/the-role-ofblocking-

regulations-in-international-arbitration-a-ground-for-mandatory-rules/.

- Niyati Ahuja, "USMCA: An Analysis of the Proposed ISDS Mechanism", Kluwer Arbitration Blog,

http://arbitrationblog.kluwerarbitration.com/2019/11/26/usmca-an-analysis-of-the-proposed-isds-mechanism/.

- Naimeh Masumy & Niyati Ahuja, "Sanctions vis-à-vis Blocking Measures and the Dilemma Faced by Arbitral

Tribunals: Lessons Drawn from EU Blocking Regulation and U.S Extraterritorial Sanctions", Kluwer Arbitration

Blog, http://arbitrationblog.kluwerarbitration.com/2019/11/07/sanctions-vis-a-vis-blocking-measures-and-thedilemma-

faced-by-arbitral-tribunals-lessons-drawn-from-eu-blocking-regulation-and-u-s-extraterritorial-sanctions/.

- "Is there a need to reform the New York Convention of 10 June 1958?" (can be found at

https://arbitrationacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/27.pdf )

- Niyati Ahuja, "Human Right of Prisoners in India", South Asian Journal of Law & Human Rights, ISSN: 2518-6159.


Education

University of California, Berkeley, LL.M. 2018

GGSIPU, New Delhi, India, B.B.A LL.B. 2017

Firm/Organisation
Steptoe & Johnson
Bar Admission:India, New York
Selected Languages:
Languages
English
Speaking Proficiency Native Fluency
Professional Proficiency Conduct DR proceedings, Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Testify orally, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
Languages
Hindi
Speaking Proficiency Native Fluency
Professional Proficiency Conduct DR proceedings, Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Testify orally, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
Steptoe & Johnson

NewYorkCity - United States
Professional Phone: 5105705831