Nawneet Vibhaw is a Partner at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. and specialises in environmental advisory and environmental disputes. He regularly appears in environmental matters before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, High Courts and the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and has been advising clients in diverse environment related matters in various sectors, including on issues relating to Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) aspects. Nawneet received his B.A., LL.B.(Hons.) degree from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad and his LL.M. degree in Environment, Energy and Climate Change from Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Nawneet has authored three books on environment, energy and climate change, published by LexisNexis and has received awards and fellowships from Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO), UK India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI), Robert Bosch Foundation, Asian Development Bank and Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India. Nawneet has been recognized as a key lawyer for environmental disputes by Legal 500 in 2022, as one amongst the top 100 lawyers in India by Forbes India in 2021 and as one amongst the top 40 legal professionals under the age of 40 in India by Business World Legal in 2020 (BW Legal 40 under 40).
He has also been actively contributing to chapters in international publications and columns and articles in mainstream Indian media and publications such as Economic Times, Financial Express, LiveMint, The Hindu, Fortune India, Statesman, Business Standard, VCCircle, DNA, Mondaq and Lexology. He has also taught Environmental Law and Energy Law at National Law University Delhi and Jindal Global Law School, Sonepat between 2011 and 2015. He has been involved in several speaking engagements at prestigious seminars and conferences related to environment, sustainability and climate change in India, USA, UK, Australia, Germany, Spain, Philippines and Belgium.