Aditya Balakrishnan Email & Phone Number

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

City Of London, England, United Kingdom

Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates

Assisted Chartered Arbitrator and Professor of Legal Studies, Nadine Debbas Achkar, on live arbitration disputes, drafting procedural histories and proofreading arbitral awards while preparing extensive research for legal conferences, Supreme Court cases, and academic interests.

Assisted Professor Paul Craig, FBA on formulating the new edition of his textbook on European Union law, researching the evolving relationship between Union institutions and the Court of Justice of the European Union, updating Treaty obligations and their socio-economic ramifications since 2020.

New York, New York, United States

Assisted Global Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies and Law, John Coughlin, on research articles and a book project exploring the nature, problem, and promise of religious law in a secular society, using a comparative methodology drawing on diverse religious texts from Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Worked with startup founders and accelerators from Sub-Saharan Africa in the fin-tech and health-tech space, screening companies, performing due diligence, estimating valuations, and preparing investment memos, for one of the biggest venture capital funds in the MENA region.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Analysed private-public market correlations, developed hedge fund/PE strategies, and compared the inflation hedge potential of various alternative asset classes to aid this early-stage startup in developing an optimum alternatives allocation portfolio for its fund-of-funds.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Developing business strategies and conducting market research for FedEx Express in Dubai, to aid its logistical operations in the Middle East and Africa. Specifically focused on the Oil & Gas sector, analysing oil rig logistics and lucrative regional opportunities.

Assisted the Center for Behavioural Institutional Design (C-BID), which researches experimental economics and behavioural science in relation to public policy.Analysed existing research on the impact of overconfidence on financial markets.Surveyed educational choices in the UAE with the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge.Helped organise a.

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics, Minor In Legal Studies

Activities and Societies: Business and Finance, Debate Union, Effective Altruism, The Gazelle (Student Newspaper) Admitted on a 100%.

Education record

Semester abroad. Coursework: Managing Financial, Climate and Geopolitical Risk; Probability; Sports Management; Entertainment Law

Education record

Activities and Societies: Parliamentary Debate, Model UN, Film, Screenwriting, Theatre. Trained and led my school's Debate and Model UN.