DSK Legal has a robust antitrust and competition offering, which covers merger control, enforcement mandates, and compliance. The group's expertise continues to attract new clients to its roster, which consists of notable names from the technology, logistics, and life sciences sectors, to name a few. Abdullah Hussain co-heads the department alongside Kanika Chaudhary Nayar and Abhishek Singh Baghel and specialises in antitrust litigation and competition disputes. Nayar, praised by clients for her 'tremendous amount of knowledge of the subject', has amassed considerable experience acting before the CCI, NCLAT, and the Supreme Court in cartel investigations, abuse of dominance cases, and merger control matters, as well as disputes concerning anticompetitive agreements. On the cross-border front, Baghel is the key contact in the team and regularly advises on multijurisdictional combination filings for foreign clients expanding into India. Kunal Mehra is no longer at the firm.
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Practice head

Abdullah Hussain; Kanika Chaudhary Nayar; Abhishek Singh Baghel

Other key lawyers

Shambhavy Singh; Shivam Sharma; Devraj Sood; Sayan Kumar Panda