Gautam Sharma

B.Tech (Civil), LLB (Hons), MBA (Project Management) Techno-Legal Expert – Contracts, Claims & Arbitration
Gautam Sharma

Professional Summary

Gautam Sharma is a techno-legal expert with two decades of combined engineering, project management, and legal experience, specialising in contract management, claim preparation, delay and disruption analysis, arbitration, and dispute resolution for large-scale EPC, HAM, BOOT, and item-rate projects.

He has represented leading infrastructure companies in high-value domestic arbitrations, preparing expert-level pleadings, delay analysis, and contractual arguments. His expertise spans highways, hydropower, metro, water supply, and industrial plants.

He combines technical engineering insight with deep contractual and legal expertise, and acts as an independent expert witness in contract and claim matters.

Education

  • LLB (Hons) – Magadh University
  • MBA – Project Management
  • B.Tech (Civil Engineering) – Karnataka State Open University

Specialised Training & Membership

  • Underground Excavation & Advanced Concreting – NICMAR, Pune
  • Workshop on Application of FIDIC Red Book
  • Certificate in Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code
  • Member – Society of Construction Law

Selected High-Value Arbitration Matters

Major Infrastructure Disputes
  • GMR Bajoli Holi Hydro Electric Project – INR 2,000 Cr (Scope change, prolongation, withheld payments)
  • Mira Bhainder Municipal Corporation – INR 1,400 Cr (Scope change, prolongation)
  • NHPC Ltd – INR 340 Cr (Additional works, political disruptions)
  • NTPC Ltd – INR 249 Cr (Termination, BG invocation, opportunity loss)
  • Neyveli Lignite Ltd – INR 80 Cr (Prolongation – Awarded)
  • Delhi Jal Board – INR 124 Cr (Technology change, prolongation)
  • NHIDCL – INR 186 Cr (Prolongation, scope change)
  • Bengal Energy Ltd – INR 82 Cr (Prolongation, scope change)

Availability

Available for appointment as an Independent Expert Witness in contract and claim disputes, including preparation of expert reports, delay and quantum assessments, and testimony in arbitration or litigation.