European-South Asian Investment Arbitration Bootcamp 2026 at NLU Delhi (5 Days In Person, 9-13 November 2026, Fee Rs 10,000)

The European-South Asian Investment Arbitration Bootcamp 2026 is an intensive five-day programme jointly organised by the Centre for Transnational Commercial Law (CTCL), National Law University Delhi, Uppsala University, Sweden, and the CELIS Institute gUG, Berlin. It will run from 9 to 13 November 2026 at NLU Delhi's Dwarka campus.

The Bootcamp aims to build a bridge between Europe and South Asia, enabling a mutual exchange of expertise on investment arbitration and economic security law. It is hosted annually by the CELIS Institute in collaboration with premier South Asian and European universities, and the 2026 edition is being delivered with NLU Delhi.

The programme combines expert lectures, practical workshops and career-focused discussions, giving participants hands-on insight into the rapidly evolving landscape of investment arbitration, with a particular focus on economic security and the specific challenges faced by European and South Asian states.

• Centre for Transnational Commercial Law (CTCL), National Law University Delhi - an academic and research centre on domestic and international commercial law that collaborates with UNCITRAL, UNIDROIT and the Hague Conference, and hosts the Arun Jaitley International Insolvency and Bankruptcy Moot Competition.
• Uppsala University, Sweden - home to the Uppsala Master's Programme in Investment Treaty Arbitration, the first programme of its kind.
• CELIS Institute gUG, Berlin - an independent non-profit, non-partisan research institute working on the regulation of foreign investment in the context of security, public order and competitiveness.
• NLU Delhi Foundation - a not-for-profit company working in law, legal technology and alternative dispute resolution.

The programme is designed for South Asian and European students, in-house lawyers and public officials with an interest in investment arbitration and economic security law.

To preserve the quality and interactive nature of the programme, the organisers review every application and reserve the discretion to select participants. Applicants must therefore submit a CV and a statement of purpose along with the registration form.

The Bootcamp runs for five days in person at NLU Delhi and is structured around expert lectures, practical workshops and career-focused discussions, delivered in a concise, high-impact format.

Participants are guided by leading experts from South Asia, Europe and North America. Previous editions of the Bootcamp featured, among others, Prof. Giorgio Sacerdoti (Bocconi University, Italy), Justice L. Nageswara Rao (39 Essex Chambers; former Judge, Supreme Court of India), Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri (former Judge, Supreme Court of India), Prof. Nicolas Angelet (Universite libre de Bruxelles), Prof. Giorgio Fabio Colombo (Universita Ca' Foscari Venezia), Mahnaz Malik (Twenty Essex, United Kingdom), Prof. James J. Nedumpara (Head, Centre for Trade and Investment Law), Prof. Marcin Kaldunski (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland), Lorena Fatas Perez (State Attorney, Spain), Dr. Patricia Nacimiento (Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, Germany), John Kabealo (Kirkland & Ellis LLP, United States), Csaba Rusznak (Sovereign Arbitration Advisors, United States), Prof. Bimal N. Patel (Rashtriya Raksha University, India) and Shravan Yammanur (Dentons Link Legal).

The course fee is Rs 10,000 per participant.

Interested participants must fill in the official Google registration form and upload all the required details, including a CV and a statement of purpose. Applications are reviewed by the organisers, who select the participants.

The last date to register is 30 September 2026. Note that this is the registration cut-off published in NLU Delhi's own registration notice; the Bootcamp itself runs from 9 to 13 November 2026.