Nihal Dsouza is enrolled as an advocate in India, he is currently employed as a legal counsel at a international cruise shipping company. In the past he has been active in giving lectures to undergraduate law students at University of Goettingen and University of Bonn. He worked as a Research Fellow (wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter) at Bonn University for over six years, during which time he researched extensively in the field of international arbitration and had the opportunity to coach the Vis Moot Court Team of Bonn University. Although his doctoral research was primarily at Bonn University, his participation as an external member of the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) on Successful Dispute Resolution in International Law helped facilitate his reasearch.