For several years, Prof. of Practice- Adv./Solicitor Saju Jakob has been actively associated with the advancement and promotion of Private International Law in India and internationally. He presently serves as an Executive Council Member of the Indian Society of International Law (ISIL), New Delhi, one of India’s foremost institutions dedicated to the study, research, and development of international law. Within ISIL, he has actively promoted academic dialogue through lectures, seminars, conferences, international collaborations, and professional engagement with judges, diplomats, academics, arbitrators, mediators, legal practitioners, and scholars from different jurisdictions. The establishment of the Private International Law Club represents a natural extension of this long-standing commitment to creating a specialised international platform devoted exclusively to cross-border legal issues, comparative legal research, and international legal cooperation.

The Club also proudly carries forward the distinguished professional legacy of Late Adv. Lily Thomas, one of India’s most respected constitutional lawyers and public interest advocates. For several decades, she appeared before the Supreme Court of India in numerous landmark constitutional, election, and public interest litigations that significantly contributed to the development of Indian constitutional jurisprudence. Her unwavering commitment to justice, constitutional values, legal scholarship, public service, and fearless advocacy continues to inspire the philosophy and vision of the Club. The principles of integrity, excellence, independence, professional ethics, and service to society remain central to all of its activities.

Prof. of Practice- Adv./Solicitor Saju Jakob is also the Founder of the Indo German Law House, an international legal and professional platform established to strengthen legal, commercial, academic, and institutional cooperation between India, Germany, and Europe. Through the German legal platform Indisches Recht – Indo German Law House and the international legal practice Kanzlei Saju Jakob, he regularly advises multinational corporations, government institutions, businesses, professionals, and private clients on matters involving Indian, German, European Union, and international law. His areas of practice include foreign direct investment, international commercial contracts, corporate structuring, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, company formation, taxation, inheritance, immigration, international family law, recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, arbitration, mediation, commercial litigation, and international dispute resolution. This extensive international practice provides the practical foundation upon which the objectives of the Private International Law Club have been built.

In addition to his legal practice in India and Germany, Prof. of Practice- Adv./Solicitor Saju Jakob is admitted as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales, enabling him to advise clients on matters involving English law and international commercial practice. His work frequently involves complex cross-border legal issues connecting India, the United Kingdom, Germany, Europe, and other jurisdictions, particularly in the areas of international business transactions, corporate law, commercial agreements, international dispute resolution, inheritance, immigration, taxation, and regulatory compliance. His extensive international exposure allows the Club to approach contemporary issues of Private International Law from a truly comparative, multidisciplinary, and global perspective.

In an increasingly interconnected world, individuals, businesses, governments, and institutions regularly encounter legal issues that transcend national borders. Questions relating to international commerce, family relationships, migration, arbitration, investment, digital transactions, taxation, insolvency, intellectual property, inheritance, recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, and international dispute resolution require lawyers, judges, academics, arbitrators, mediators, and policy-makers to understand not only their own domestic legal systems but also the interaction between multiple jurisdictions, international conventions, treaties, model laws, and comparative legal principles.

The Private International Law Club has therefore been established as an international forum where judges, academics, legal practitioners, arbitrators, mediators, policy-makers, diplomats, researchers, students, corporate counsel, and professionals from different parts of the world can exchange ideas, examine contemporary legal developments, undertake collaborative research, and contribute to the progressive development of Private International Law through scholarship, education, dialogue, professional networking, and international cooperation. By bringing together expertise from different legal traditions and jurisdictions, the Club seeks to promote greater understanding, legal certainty, judicial cooperation, and the peaceful resolution of cross-border disputes in an increasingly globalised world.

Our Vision

To become one of the world’s leading academic and professional platforms for dialogue, education, research, and international cooperation in the field of Private International Law, fostering greater legal certainty, cross-border collaboration, and harmonious interaction among different legal systems.