Anurag Bana is an Indian qualified lawyer with a BCL from the University of Oxford and over 19 years of experience, as a legal advisor, practitioner and researcher having worked across global jurisdictions, in the arena of International law and policy sector. His work trajectory spans a judicial clerkship with a Supreme Court of India Judge, internships at international organizations including the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law and the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law. He has practiced in Indian law courts and worked briefly in the corporate sector with Skoda Auto in Czech Republic.
Anurag is an influencer and thought leader in the emerging areas of legaltech, disruptive innovation, internet of things, digital assets and attorney-client privilege and confidentiality issues. He has published and presented several specialist papers on technology law related issues covering cyber security, blockchain technology, digital identity and social media laws
As the Chair of the IBA Social Media Working Group, he led the development and adoption of the international social media principles for the legal profession by the IBA in 2014. He is the IBA representative at the UK Attorney General’s International Pro Bono Committee; a fellow of the European Law Institute, a founding member of the Chinese European Legal Association; a member of the Advisory Group on Diversity and Inclusion of the Society for Computers and Law and; life member of the Oxford Union Society.
Anurag is in the expert panels of the following organizations:
- United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT);
- United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Working Group IV (Electronic Commerce) Identity Management & Trust Services;
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (Judicial Integrity Initiative) Expert Group on Social Media Use by Judges;
- Hague Conference on Private International Law Experts’ Group on Use of Video-link and Modern Technologies in the Taking of Evidence Abroad;
- Commonwealth Virtual Currencies Expert Working Group;
- Europol Platform for Experts – International Legal Policy Expert