Chandhiok & Mahajan, Advocates and Solicitors
Chandhiok & Mahajan, Advocates and Solicitors‘ team has ’rich experience in competition law‘. The New Delhi-based practice regularly handles merger control issues, leniency matters, cartels and abuse of dominance work, with particular expertise in advising clients in the tech, automobile, media, chemicals and pharmaceutical sectors. Department head Karan Singh Chandhiok has solid experience in acting for high-profile domestic and multinational corporations, such as Google, Intel and Hyundai, in competition matters. Avinash Amarnath is well versed in advising on complex cartel and abuse of dominance investigations and vertical agreements, and Deeksha Manchanda specialises in representing tech, automobile and pharmaceutical clients in a broad range of competition law matters.
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Testimonials
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‘The competition law team is easy to approach and has in-depth knowledge of Indian and global competition laws.'
‘Karan Chandhiok and Avinash Amarnath have set the bar high in terms of handling antitrust issues.'
Key clients
- Intel Corporation
- FabHotels
- Asianet Digital Network Private Limited
- BookMyShow
- JCB Limited and JCB India Private Limited
- UFO Moviez
- Hyundai Motor India Limited
- Vifor Pharma
- Panasonic
Work highlights
- Defended Google before the CCI in competition litigation relating to its Play Store payments policy and UPI payment app.
- Representing Intel before the CCI concerning an abuse of dominance allegation filed by an Indian company.
- Acted for Vifor in an investigation into its licensing practice for one of its drugs, involving allegations of anti-competitive activity and abuse of dominance.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Karan Singh Chandhiok