BRUS CHAMBERS, Advocates & Solicitors

The firm:  Brus Chambers is a specialised law firm in India with an international perspective in the entire gamut of shipping; commercial arbitration and litigation; infrastructure projects; oil, gas, energy and mining. The firm has unrivalled expertise in corporate work including bankruptcy, P&I and marine insurance, banking and finance, real estate.

Sector focus has been pivotal to Brus Chambers’ success, borne out of the fact that it is a market leader in the sectors in which it is active.

Areas of practice: The firm, with highly qualified partners, is a dominant force for shipping work and is especially noted for its experience in arresting and releasing ships anywhere in India, P&I settlements, ship finance, buying and selling of ships, disputes pertaining to contracts, cargo claims, charter parties, mortgage, bill of lading, damages, bunker and necessary supplies, ship building, repairs, ownership or possession, lay time and demurrage, collisions, marine insurance and finance and shipping arbitration and litigation. As ‘a clear market leader’, Brus Chambers acts on wet and dry shipping transactional and dispute matters.

Brus Chambers is considered as a beacon of excellence in international and domestic commercial arbitration including shipping and infrastructure arbitration. The firm is active in commercial arbitration and maintains far-reaching global arbitration capabilities and a broad-ranging remit of expertise across various sectors.

The firm’s international and domestic arbitration and commercial litigation is co-headed by Ms. Binita Hathi and Dr. Shrikant Hathi who have significant experience in resolving contentious issues confronting clients engaged in both domestic and cross-border business. A highly recommended law firm for commercial litigation and arbitration. Ms. Hathi specialises in dispute resolution and has extensive experience in resolving international and domestic disputes through litigation and arbitration and is also known for negotiating amicable settlement between the parties. She has ‘sound knowledge’ and offers ’practical solutions’ to clients, and has notable expertise in commercial litigation and arbitration matters and is praised for her multi-jurisdictional reach. Her strength in shipping, infrastructure, oil and gas projects, and commercial disputes is leveraged in settling related disputes, and she has developed a reputation for settlement of disputes.

Brus Chambers is one of the leading and probably pre-eminent, Indian firms for project work and maintains one of India’s top infrastructure and construction projects and oil, gas, energy and resources practices in transactional and dispute resolution (litigation and arbitration). It provides a ‘very commercial approach’. The firm has an enviable reputation for corporate work.

Managing and practising partner Dr Shrikant Hathi is a specialist in shipping, infrastructure projects and commercial arbitration and litigation, he is also a specialist in ship arrest, and is renowned for his expertise in wet and dry shipping advice. He also advises on infrastructure and construction, energy, mining, oil, gas and natural resources. He is an excellent strategist and has for many years had an unparalleled reputation in shipping, arbitration and infrastructure project works among international clients and legal peers.

Dr. Shrikant Hathi is constantly listed in Legal500 Hall of Fame and Ms. Binita Hathi is constantly ranked by Legal500 as ‘Leading Individuals’ since 2005.  Dr. Hathi, a master in law holds dual qualifications to practice law in India and United Kingdom he is also an Advocate on Record of the Supreme Court of India and a practicing solicitor in India and United Kingdom, while he is located in Mumbai.

Mr Uttam Hathi specialises in corporate work, regulatory compliances, foreign investment in India, establishment of joint ventures, subsidiaries, mergers and acquisitions, corporate structuring and restructuring and corporate advisory, he also specialises in corporate bankruptcy.

Mr Pritish Das is excellent in recovery of claims and P&I settlements within shipping and commercial arbitration and litigation and enforcement of arbitral award in India.

Ms. Anamika Ganguly, Ms. Shruti Rao and Ms. Joni Oraon works alongside  are good in arbitration and shipping work. They also excel at contractual law and infrastructure disputes.

Mr. Tanuj Agarwal and Ms. Poonam Sharma are specialising in Supreme Court of India Litigation while Ms. Sharma is also known for Commercial Litigation and Arbitration in within shipping and Infrastructure.

The firm’s other partners and solicitors attend to corporate, commercial, infrastructure projects, real estate, banking and finance.

Brus Chambers has associate offices in port and capital city in all states of India including in location where High Courts have admiralty jurisdiction. The firm also have office in the  United Kingdom. Dr. Shrikant Hathi is also a SRA Regulated Practising Solicitor of England and Wales .