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Our Dispute Resolution practice has a strong track record of consistently achieving favourable outcomes for clients in litigation and arbitration proceedings before different judicial fora at all levels, from District Courts to the Supreme Court of India, tribunals (SAT, Consumer Commissions, NCLT & NCLAT, DRT & DRAT, TDSAT, APTEL, NGT, CAT, ATFP), arbitral institutions, as well as regulators (SEBI, CCI and RBI).
From devising effective legal strategies, including selection of the most suitable forum and legal remedy, drafting pleadings, liaising with senior counsel, to representing our clients before all judicial, quasi-judicial, and administrative bodies in India, the team advises clients on the entire spectrum of corporate, contractual, commercial, criminal, regulatory, and other disputes.
The team has 12 partners and 25 associates with deep experience across a wide range of litigation and arbitration matters, and a proven track record. Working in tandem with other practices and teams across different locations, the team is renowned for its distinct focus on specialist areas (white collar crimes, taxation, intellectual property, insolvency, employment & labour, and environmental laws) and industry sectors (banking & finance, real estate & construction, projects & energy, admiralty & maritime, retail, hospitality, FMCG, manufacturing, mining, automobile, and TMT).
We represent clients in arbitrations on a wide variety of disputes and conflicts, across different industry sectors, including representation in Indian Court proceedings and before various arbitral institutions such as ICC, LCIA, SIAC, LMAA, GAFTA, KLRCA, in institutional and ad hoc arbitrations. The team also offers comprehensive mediation services that promote constructive dialogue and resolution, including assistance in navigating mandatory mediation clauses within multi-tier dispute resolution frameworks as well as under the Commercial Courts Act, 2015.
Pre-dispute advisory including dispute strategy, risk assessment, choice of forum, etc
Arbitration (institutional, ad hoc, domestic, international, and treaty)
Liaising with external counsel and experts
Drafting and filing pleadings and documents
Representation across Courts, tribunals, and arbitrations
Mediation and settlement, including statutory mediation
Representation during investigations and enquiries
Hydraulics & Pneumatics (India) LLP on the powers of the company tribunal to waive the statutory criteria for minimum number of partners required to file an oppression and mismanagement petition against an LLP in the absence of any specific provisions under the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008.
Peerless General Finance & Investment Company Ltd on a company petition alleging oppression and mismanagement involving the reopening of allotment and sale of shares that took place 30 years ago.
Spencer’s Retail Ltd on a suit for trademark infringement valued at INR 2400 crore, seeking an injunction and deletion of the names of companies in the record of Registrar of Companies.
RP Infosystems Ltd on whether attachment orders under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 can be passed in the absence of a judicial member on the bench.
Sattva Group on obtaining an interim injunction against the transfer of undervalued optionally convertible preference shares offered during board meetings conducted without notice to the majority shareholder.
Municipal Corporation of Delhi on a challenge to an arbitral award of USD 27.67 million (~INR 235 crore) on the ground that the arbitral tribunal decided on issues beyond the scope of its reference.
West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd on an arbitration under an agreement for development and maintenance of a solar power plant involving counterclaims of INR 60.76 crore for non-performance and stolen machinery.
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