Jagdish Menezes

Practice Overview

Jagdish joined Chambers as a pupil in September 2025.

Before commencing his pupillage, Jagdish was an Of Counsel at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, working at its London office for 11 years. In that role, he worked on a wide range of contentious commercial matters before international arbitral tribunals (investment treaty and commercial) as well as courts in England, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, Washington D.C., New York, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, France, The Netherlands, Greece and Tanzania. In terms of subject matter, he has significant experience with complex frauds and corruption-related issues, insolvency, investment treaties and other disputes involving sovereigns. He has been a Solicitor-Advocate with Higher Rights of Audience (Civil) and was admitted as an advocate by the Bar Council of India in 2013.

Jagdish holds a dual Bachelor of Law and Arts (Honours) from the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR), Hyderabad, as well as a Bachelor of Civil Law from the University of Oxford, where he studied Conflict of Laws, Commercial Remedies, Civil Procedure and International Dispute Settlement. His studies at Oxford were on full scholarship (tuition and living) received from the British Council and Exeter College. He is also a former winner of the prestigious Willem C. Vis International Arbitration Moot (2012).

Jagdish is fluent in English, Portuguese and Hindi.