Gagan Anand

Practice Areas

Projects, Infrastructure, & Energy; Dispute Resolution and Arbitration; Contract Management; Legislative Assessment; Transaction Advisory; Corporate and Commercial Review; and Capital Markets

Career

Managing Partner of Legacy Law Offices LLP since 2010;

Chief Legal Advisor at the Punjab Infrastructure Development Board from 2000 – 2010

Professional Memberships

FIDIC Contracts Committee;

Bar Council of Delhi;

Delhi High Court Bar Association;

Punjab & Haryana High Court Bar Association;

International Bar Association;

Indo-French Chambers of Commerce and Industry; and

Consulting Engineers Association of India.

Publications

The Revolutionary Chat GPT and its Legal Policies, published on Mondaq (Awarded with the Thought Leader Award for three consecutive quarters); The need for climate-resilient infrastructure in disaster-prone India, published in the Construction Law International Journal, International Bar Association (IBA); India’s 2030 goals: a sustainable and technologically sound construction nation, published in the Construction Law International Journal, IBA; Determining the Seat of Arbitration, published in the IBA Arbitration Newsletter; The Management of Construction & Demolition Waste and Viksit Bharat, published on Mondaq; A Glimpse into The Provisions Under the Competition (Amendment) Act, 2023, published on Mondaq; The consolidation of India’s construction laws: a long overdue reform, published in the Construction Law International Journal, IBA; Creating Funds For Infrastructure Projects: Govt's NMP To Raise Capital Through Monetising Brownfield Assets, published in the Indian Journal of Projects, Infrastructure and Energy Law; The Climate Action Plan and Sustainability in Construction, published in the journal of the IABSE Congress; Pegasus project – a conspectus of laws of surveillance and the concerns over privacy, published in the Construction Law International Journal, IBA.

Clients

1. GKC Projects Ltd;

2. Intercontinental Consultants & Technocrats Pvt Ltd;

3. National Horticulture Board;

4. Nippon Koei (India) Pvt Ltd;

5. ANS Constructions Pvt Ltd;

6. CDS Infra Projects Ltd;

7. Ceigall India Ltd;

8. Arkitechno Consultants India Pvt Ltd;

9. Ministry of Finance and Planning, Revolutionary Govt. of Zanzibar (RGoZ)

10. Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited

Experience

Gagan Anand, a dual-qualified 5th-generation lawyer, holds exceptional expertise ranging over 27 years in a plethora of practice areas and sectors. Having rendered professional legal services on a variety of national and international projects, Gagan has attained a wide-reputation of being a projects, energy, & infrastructure expert, where he has also showcased his work in the form of highly appreciated literature through articles and blogs published on many forums.

Gagan is a highly knowledgeable and experienced lawyer with a vast portfolio and an unmatched grasp over law and legal procedures. Having attained a prior experience of 10 years in the capacity of the Chief Legal Advisor to a State Infrastructure Development Undertaking, Gagan joined Legacy Law Offices LLP in the year 2010 with a great vision, which was transformed into reality under his mentorship.

During the recent years, Gagan was also appointed as the Member of the FIDIC Contracts Committee, making him the only Indian inclusion to the committee, and was even empaneled as an Arbitrator with the Gujarat International Maritime Arbitration Centre. These brilliant inclusions as well as the various project and assignment stories held by Gagan speak manifold on his proficiency in the legal domain.

Industry Sector Expertise

Gagan Anand has an unparalleled expertise in a range of sectors including infrastructure and construction; real estate & transaction advisory; waste management & water supply; public procurement including PPP projects; agriculture & horticulture; renewable energy, power transmission & electricity distribution; etc. During the 27 years of his career, Gagan has worked on a number of national and international projects, many of which have received financings from International Financing Institutions like the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and the United Nations Development Programme.

A few of the projects, where Gagan has rendered his professional legal services include the

ADB Funded Clean Plant Programme;

Consultancy to provide Transaction Advisory Services for the (i)Development, Operation and Maintenance of Nairobi-Nakuru (A104) Highway as a PPP Project (approximate length of 176km) including bidding documentation for four(4) other PPP Projects i.e. (ii)Development of 2nd Nyali Bridge connecting Mombasa island with the North mainland on PPP basis, (iii)Dualling of Mombasa to Nairobi Highways on PPP basis, (iv)O&M of Nairobi Southern Bye Pass on PPP basis and (v)O&M of Nairobi-Thika (A2) Highway on PPP basis – under IFPPP of World Bank; and

Construction of 400 KV DCDS Transmission Line between Satpura and Ashta for evacuation of power from 2 x 250 MW Extension Unit at Satpura in the State of Madhya Pradesh through PPP basis.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Kenya, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mongolia, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia and Zanzibar.

Languages Spoken

English, Hindi, & Punjabi

Work Highlights

Acting as a Senior Legal Counsel in the UNDP Funded Project involving the “Setting Up of Photovoltaic Solar Power Plants in the Governorates of Al Mahra and Abyan of Yemen”;

Acted as the PPP Legal Expert in the project involving the “Development of Line (2+2A) of BRT with specific lanes in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in PPP mode at an estimated cost of USD 1.5 Billion”;

Procurement Legal Expert for the ADB Funded Project involving Amendments to the Budget Law and the Public Procurement Law of Mongolia (PPLM): ADB TA-9158 MON;

PPP Legal Expert for the World Bank Funded Project involving Consultancy Services for Feasibility Studies for Bundle of Public Private Partnership (PPP) Projects in Zanzibar under the Zanzibar Urban Services project (ZUSP);

Legal Expert for the Development/ Redevelopment Bhopal Habibganj Railway Station cum Commercial Complex and 4 (Four) other Railway Stations on the Indian Railway Network in PPP mode;

Contract Specialist for the World Bank Funded Project involving the Development of new contract modalities including new forms of PPPs under World Bank WBTA-13/2012 for the development of highways in India;

National Legal Expert for the Clean Plant Programme being undertaken by the National Horticulture Board in association with the Asian Development Bank;

Handling the dispute in relation to the Design and Construction of Civil, Building and Track works for Double line Railway including Testing and Commissioning on Design-Build Lump Sum Price Basis for Iqbalgarh – Vadodara Section for Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (Phase-1) – Contractor Package – 3 (R). (CA No. HQ/EN/PWC/Phase-1/PKG-3(R)/D&B/8/Sojitz-L&T-Gayatri Consortium), on behalf of the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited;

Handled the Arbitration in relation to the Construction, Operation, and Maintenance of Alternate Route to Ghat ki Guni by Construction of Tunnel in Jhalana Hills to connect with NH-11 (Agra Road) Jaipur in the State of Rajasthan on BOT basis” and attained an award of INR 455 Crores in favour of the Claimant;

Acted for and represented a Listed Infrastructure Company in a matter concerning blacklisting before the High Court of Madhya Pradesh.

Education

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