Just Law

Senior and Founding Partner

My legal career spans over four decades, having begun in 1981. I was designated Senior Advocate by the High Court of Karnataka in 2003 and am currently serving as the Vice President of the Bar Association of India. I was also appointed to the Executive Committee of LAWASIA last year. I have also been a Senior Partner at M/s Sundaraswamy, Ramdas and Anand, Advocates (SRA) before founding JUSTLAW in 2008.

My practice includes Corporate and Commercial Laws, International Trade and Business Laws, Taxation Laws, Intellectual Property Law, Infrastructure, Power & Electricity Laws, Venture Capital Investments, Arbitration and Mediation and Land Laws. Over the course of my career i have represented some of the biggest corporate names in the country, and have recently been Lead Counsel for the consortium of Banks represented by the State Bank of India against the United Breweries Group before the High Court of Karnataka, the DRT, the DRAT and the Supreme Court.

I also have an extensive constitutional litigation practice and a vast commercial litigation practice that includes disputes relating to oppression and mismanagement, bankruptcy proceedings etc. I have advised a host of clients in respect of insolvency proceedings and issues arising under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code of 2016 as well as under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act 2002. I have represented clients from the Aerospace sector including Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), the Indian Space Resarch Organisation (ISRO), Antrix Corporation and others before the Hon’ble High Court of Karnataka and the Commercial Courts before Bengaluru. I also advised the families of air crash victims regarding the Warsaw Convention of Liability of Aircraft Operators.

Amongst my intellectual property practice, I have appeared before the High Court of Karnataka as well as the Supreme Court of India in a host of IP disputes pertaining to “Tiger balm” the well-known pain relief balm, “Nandini” the Milk brand of the Karnataka Milk Federation, as well as against “Vogue,” the Conde Nast magazine on the trademark “vogue.”

I has appeared as an Amicus Curiae in a host of other contentious cases including a most recent matter to determine whether a minor could be appointed as a Pontiff of a Hindu Religious Institution which was widely reported in the press.

I have also appeared on behalf of Toyota Kirloskar Ltd. in a settlement between the Government of India and the Government of Japan with regard to tax on issues pertaining to transfer pricing. 

English, French, Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu

Conferred the 'Living Legend of Law' by the Bar Association of India.

Currently serving as the Vice-President of the Bar Association of India.

Alternate councillor and the member of the Executive Committee of LAWASIA.

Past President of the Karnataka (India) Section of the International Commission of Jurists

Chairman of Maharani Laxmi Ammani College and Trust

Trustee of the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust, and a member of their Council of Management

Member of the Lahiri Advocates Foundation.

Member of the institute of Chartered Accountants of India

INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

OF INDIA, BANGALORE -                                                            CA              1980 

[NATIONAL MERIT RANK AWARDED]

 

RENUKACHARYA COLLEGE OF LAW,

BANGALORE UNIVERSITY —                                                        LLB              1980

[THREE GOLD MEDALS AWARDED]

 

ST. JOSEPHS COLLEGE OF COMMERCE —                               B.COM          1977