Litigation, Arbitration & Mediation

Our dispute resolution practice is characterized by the mix of litigation and alternate dispute resolution such as arbitration and mediation. We actively represent clients on gamut of litigations in India before various judicial courts and regulatory authorities across the country and offer comprehensive support to clients on complex domestic and international arbitration matters. Our practice is grounded in a team of seasoned lawyers who possess a perfect combination of advance legal expertise and research capabilities with exceptional advocacy skills and who have been part of some of the landmark judgements that influence future cases.

Litigation: Our litigation practice covers wide range of legal disputes, including civil, commercial, corporate, criminal and personal matters. Our litigation lawyers regularly appear before various district courts across the country, almost all the High Courts in India and the Supreme Court. Being an international law firm, we also have extensive experience in cross-border litigation, representing clients in multi-jurisdictional disputes. Whether handling high-profile corporate disputes or sensitive personal conflicts, our team of experienced lawyers provide strategic advocacy to obtain a favourable outcome.

• Corporate Litigation: We have extensive experience in handling wide range of corporate and business disputes including shareholder conflicts, post-acquisition disputes, conflicts between JV partners, and other transactional issues.
• Civil and Commercial Litigation: We address varied civil and commercial disputes covering Recovery Suits, Summary Suits, Contractual disputes, Cheque Dishonour, and other commercial conflicts. From pre-litigation advisory to sending legal notices to drafting and filing petitions to representation before the judicial bodies, we provide comprehensive support to the clients.
• Criminal Litigation: We also handle range of criminal matters from white-collar crimes to serious offences. Our services cover filing FIRs, seeking bail and representation through trials and appeals.
• Employment Litigation: We represent corporates as well as individuals in matters related to wrongful termination, discrimination claims, workplace harassment, employment contract disputes and remuneration issues.
• Tax Litigation:Our tax experts handle disputes related to tax assessments, refunds, DTAA disputes and regulatory compliances. We regularly represent domestic and international clients before various tax authorities and in appellate proceedings.
• Family Law & Inheritance Litigation: For our private clients, we handle cases involving divorce, child custody, domestic violence, alimony, partition suits, challenging the Wills, Probate, as well as matters related to adoption and guardianship.
• Real Estate Litigation: We have deep expertise in managing property related disputes, conflicts between landlords and tenant, builder disputes, land acquisitions and other real estate matters.
• Bankruptcy Litigation: Our lawyers have represented clients in bankruptcy proceedings, including debtor-creditor disputes, conflicts over preferential transfers, fraudulent conveyances, challenges to bankruptcy filings and dischargeability of debts.
• Intellectual Property Litigation: Our IP lawyers have extensive experience in managing disputes of patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets.

Representation before Legal Forums: Following are some of the judicial and regulatory bodies our lawyers regularly appear on behalf of our clients:

• Supreme Court of India
• High Courts across States
• National & State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission
• National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) & NCLAT
• Competition Commission of India & Competition Appellate Tribunal
• Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT) & DRAT
• Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT)
• Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT)
• Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT)
• National Green Tribunal (NGT)
• Labour Courts and Industrial Tribunals
• Various District Courts along with other judicial and quasi-judicial bodies

Arbitration & Mediation: Our arbitration practice is just as renowned as our litigation work for handling complex domestic disputes as well as representing clients in internation arbitration proceedings before the institutions like International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC). Equally, our mediation services cover broad spectrum of commercial, civil, and some criminal matters, both in domestic and cross-border. Our team of senior lawyers is adept at managing disputes whether corporate or family issues, through court referred or private mediation.