Promit Chatterjee

Promit joined Maitland in September 2024 following the successful completion of his pupillage under the supervision of Tim Calland, Oliver Phillips, Jonathan Allcock, Gabriella McNicholas, and Narinder Jhittay.

Promit received an LLM in Commercial Law from the University of Cambridge, where he was nominated for the Commonwealth Master’s Scholarship. He was also chosen as a Middle Temple Harold G Fox Scholar. Prior to this, he received his undergraduate degree with first-class honours in law from the National University of Juridical Sciences, India.

Before coming to the Bar, Promit gained extensive experience in international arbitration and litigation while working at Allen & Overy and Clifford Chance. He accepts instructions across all of Chambers’ practice areas, including Commercial Litigation, International Arbitration, Civil Fraud, Company and Partnership, Restructuring and Insolvency, Property, and Trusts.

Promit’s experience prior to joining Maitland included:

• Representing a bank in a London-seated ICC arbitration against an insurance company concerning disputes related to product distribution arrangements.
• Representing the main contractor of a nuclear power plant in a London-seated LCIA arbitration against its subcontractors.
• Representing a Middle Eastern petroleum trading company in insolvency proceedings to recover trade debts.
• Representing the majority shareholders of an oilfield equipment manufacturing company in a dispute against the company’s private equity investors concerning allegations of fraud and breach of non-compete obligations.
• Representing a South Asian State in two London-seated investment treaty arbitrations concerning disputes related to foreign investments in the mining and aviation sectors, respectively.
• Representing a US e-commerce company in an SIAC arbitration and related litigation concerning shareholder disputes related to its equity investment in an Indian retail chain.