JSA Law

Corporate & Disputes

Partner

About Practicing as a lawyer since 2000 in Indian courts and tribunals. Appeared in twenty High Courts of India and conducted several arbitrations. Partner at JSA since 2009. Qualified Advocate-on-Record of the Supreme Court of India since 2008. Core expertise in making strategies and handling multifarious and complex litigations as well as domestic and international arbitrations. Mediated and negotiated various settlements for clients.

Experience Representing multi-nationals as well as domestic clients in: • Corporate & commercial advisory and disputes primarily involving shareholders and joint venture disputes; • Investment disputes; • Insolvency & bankruptcy advisory and proceedings; • White collar crime including forensic and internal investigations for anti-corruption and workplace whistle-blower complaints; • Compliance issues including training and investigations into workplace sexual harassment complaints and data privacy compliance issues; • Administrative & constitutional law disputes; • Food, beverages & pharma advisory and disputes; • Employment advisory and adversarial proceedings; • Education advisory; and • Mergers, demergers, restructuring implementation through Tribunals.

Extensive experience of advising and representing companies in following sectors: - • Manufacturing & processing; • Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG); • Trading & import of food products, drugs, pharma & medical devices; • Online platforms & intermediaries; • Hospitality & leisure; • Airline & travel facilitators; • Private Equity funds and large business families; • Information Technology; • Chemical industries.

English, Hindi & Malayalam

Delhi High Court Bar Association Supreme Court Bar Association

B.SL, LL. B., University of Pune (2000)

Publications

Unclear liabilities for hotels, TravTalk India Magazine, September Issue, 2020 Safeguard your interests, TravTalk India Magazine, September Issue, 2020 Decriminalisation of Companies Act: Decoding the COVID economic relief, Economic Times, July 28, 2020 Companies Act reforms amid Covid-19: A primer, Economic Times, July 4, 2020 Issue of credit shells needs redressal, TravTalk India Magazine, July Issue, 2020 Commercial contracts post Covid-19, TravTalk India Magazine, July Issue, 2020 Independent directors - The evolving company resource during a pandemic, Economic Times, June 20, 2020 Getting a move on: Is it time for pre-packaged insolvency in India?, Economic Times, May 16, 2020