Kshama A Loya, a former partner at Dentons Link Legal, has launched a specialist arbitration practice in Mumbai, joining a growing cohort of disputes lawyers in India opting for boutique chambers focused on cross-border and high-value arbitration mandates.Loya will advise on domestic and international commercial arbitration, bilateral investment treaty disputes, pre- and post-arbitration advisory, negotiation of settlements, arbitration-related litigation, and enforcement of arbitral awards across jurisdictions.She intends to focus on disputes arising out of shareholder agreements, joint ventures, and trade and investment agreements.“I thought deeply before starting a specialist chamber. This is among the very few arbitration-focused chambers in India,” said Kshama Loya.“Arbitration, particularly international arbitration, is quite different from litigation. It could involve not just local law, but private/public international law, conflict of law principles, and often foreign law if chosen by parties in their contracts,” she adds.An alumnus of ILS Law College, Pune, from the 2009 batch and also King’s College, London, from the 2011 batch, Loya started her career as a paralegal at SKJ Legal Company and subsequently joined Chambers of Justice SV Gangapurwala as counsel.In 2013, she joined ALMT Legal as an associate and later joined the full-service firm Trilegal. Subsequently, in 2016, she joined the firm Nishith Desai & Associates, and in 2023, she joined Denton Link Legal as a partner.