O. P. Vaish is a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India.  After his initial career with the Indian Revenue Service and later as Chief of Taxation Division of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry, he founded the law firm Vaish Associates, Advocates.  He has been a member of long standing at the governing bodies of the Chambers of Commerce – FICCI and ASSOCHAM, the Apex Chambers of Commerce in India.  He has been President of PHDCCI, the Northern Region Apex Chamber of Commerce.

He is on the Board of Governors of the International Centre of Alternate Dispute Resolution (ICADR), headed by the Minister of Law and Justice, Government of India.  Mr. Vaish has handled, as arbitrator, international disputes. One may attribute it to his persuasive powers that arbitration awards in which he has been involved have generally been accepted by the disputing parties.  He has been a mediator in disputes coming before the Chambers of Commerce. 

Soka University of Japan conferred on him the Award of Highest Honor describing him as a “Lawyer of Conscience”.

He has been inspiring lawyers at Vaish Associates to encourage parties in disputes to first seek resolution of their disputes through mediation.  He, however, observes that mediation as a dispute resolution mechanism has not yet gained momentum in India. Some courts, however, have been encouraging the parties to any dispute to resort to mediation.

He has been Trustee of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International and a member of the Board of Directors of Rotary International.

Mr. Vaish is fluent in English and Hindi, the language spoken in Northern India.  He is comfortable with English as the media of mediation or arbitration.  To encourage mediation as a form of dispute resolution, he offers to serve at a most reasonable fee structure as may be acceptable to the parties to the mediation, so long as they are willing to come to the settlement table to give mediation a try.