Ms. Shailja Singh
Consultant (Legal) at the level of Associate Professor, CWS
Shailja Singh is a Legal Consultant (at the level of Associate Professor) at the Centre for WTO Studies, IIFT. She is a lawyer and trade policy adviser with over a decade of experience in international economic law; and is part of the Government of India�s trade negotiation, policy and dispute teams. She leads a team of legal research fellows at the Centre.
- Master of Law (LL.M.), University of Cambridge, United Kingdom,
- B.A. LL.B. (Hons), WB National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata: Awarded the L. Jhunjhunwala Memorial Gold Medal.
- With Centre for WTO Studies since 2011, advising Government of India on WTO law and free trade agreements
- Associate at AZB & Partners, Advocates and Solicitors, Mumbai
- Worked in International Private Banking at ICICI Bank, Mumbai
- Secondment at Advisory Centre on WTO Law (ACWL), Geneva, providing legal advice on WTO disputes for Developing and Least Developed Countries
- Acted as Legal Counsel to Government of India in WTO disputes: DS430, DS456, DS503, DS510
- Sector Expert for India’s RCEP negotiations (E-Commerce, SPS, TBT chapters), 2016–2019
- Advised on India’s trade negotiations with EU, Peru, Iran, Chile, and EFTA
- Member (Trade Expert), Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Group, India Internet Governance Forum
- Trained ~1000 foreign officials from 50+ countries under ITEC programmes
- Faculty for 2-year WTO training for Afghan officials with International Trade Centre, Geneva
- Lectured in country-specific programmes for Afghanistan, Mongolia, Myanmar, and various Indian states
- Faculty coordinator and teaching faculty, Joint Academy on International Trade Law and Policy (with World Trade Institute, Bern) since 2013
- 2017 – Co-Editor, Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: A Framework for Future Trade Rules? (Sage); also authored three chapters
- 2016 – Co-Author, “Introduction” in WTO Dispute Settlement at Twenty: Insiders’ Reflections on India’s Participation, edited by Abhijit Das and James Nedumpara (Springer)
- Author of several editions of Centre’s Dispute Analysis and Working Papers on WTO law and trade issues
- Writes opinion articles in leading Indian newspapers on international trade topics
- Invited speaker at multiple international and national conferences, seminars and workshops organized by South Centre, UN-ESCAP, Jindal Global Law School, National Law University Delhi, South Asian University, among others
- Served as Judge at John H. Jackson (ELSA) Moot Court Competition and GNLU International Moot Court Competition
- Member, Asia WTO Research Network (AWRN)
- Member, Society of International Economic Law (SIEL)
- WTO Dispute Settlement
- Trade in Goods
- Non-Tariff Barriers
- Subsidies
- Electronic Commerce
- Trade and Development
