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Tarunima Vijra is Managing Counsel at ArbBoutique, with fifteen years of experience across India and Europe.
Tarunima’s practice spans the full range of international arbitration work: she sits as arbitrator, tribunal secretary and assistant to the tribunal in international commercial and investment arbitrations, as well as in domestic India-seated arbitrations. She also acts as counsel in international arbitrations and in court litigation related to the setting aside and enforcement of arbitral awards.
Tarunima has practised under a variety of institutional rules (CEPANI, DIFC-LCIA, ICC, ICSID, LCIA, MCIA, NAI, SCC, SIAC) and in ad hoc arbitrations, including under the UNCITRAL Rules. Her cases span a range of industry sectors, including aviation, banking, broadcasting, construction and infrastructure, energy, food and beverage, luxury and leisure, mining, oil and gas, payment cards, retail, steel, telecommunications and third-party funding.
As counsel, recent instructions include advising the Republic of India in setting aside, revocation and enforcement proceedings concerning investment treaty awards issued in the satellite telecommunications and technology sector before the state courts in Belgium and the Netherlands. She also advised India in setting aside proceedings leading to the successful annulment of an investment award in Cairn Energy v. India.
Tarunima regularly writes and teaches on issues related to international commercial and investment arbitration. Amongst others, she has authored the Kluwer Practical Insights module on “Joinder and Consolidation in Arbitral Proceedings” and co-authored a forthcoming commentary on the ICSID Additional Facility Arbitration Rules. She lectures in credit and diploma courses on international commercial and investment arbitration at the National Law University, Delhi (India) and the National Law University, Jodhpur (India). She is actively involved in various mentorship and tribunal secretary training programmes, including offering tribunal secretary training in construction arbitration. In addition, she is the rapporteur of the IBA Task Force on the “Nationality of the Arbitrator as a Proxy for Independence and Impartiality”.
Tarunima sits as arbitrator, tribunal secretary and assistant to the tribunal in international commercial and investment arbitrations as well as in domestic India-seated arbitrations. She also acts as counsel in international arbitrations and in court litigation related to setting aside and enforcement of arbitral awards.
She has experience practicing under a variety of institutional rules (CEPANI, DIFC-LCIA, ICC, ICSID, LCIA, MCIA, NAI, SCC, SIAC) and in ad hoc arbitrations, including under the UNCITRAL Rules.
Her cases span a range of industry sectors, including aviation, banking, broadcasting, construction and infrastructure, energy, food and beverage, luxury and leisure, mining, oil and gas, payment cards, retail, steel, telecommunications and third-party funding.
Tarunima’s cases have involved parties and counsel from across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Americas, with matters governed by a range of substantive laws including English, Dutch, French, Indian, Malaysian, DIFC, Egyptian and Ghanaian law, as well as public international law.
Institutional Appointments and Professional Memberships
Mentor, Indian Women in International Arbitration, 2026-2027
Rapporteur, International Bar Association Task Force on ‘Nationality of the Arbitrator as a Proxy for Independence and Impartiality’, 2025-present
Member, Young MCIA Steering Committee, 2023-2025
Mentor, Young ITA Mentorship Programme, 2021-2023; Facilitator: 2020-2021
Member, ARBinBRIEF, a practical video guide on arbitration issues
Bar Council of New Delhi; Brussels (B-List)
English, Hindi
Belgian
+32 474 98 25 61
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