Spice Route Legal
Client SatisfactionThe litigation, arbitration, and dispute resolution team at Spice Route Legal has been bolstered by the arrival of practice head Karthik Somasundram who joined from Bharucha & Partners in February 2024. He is recognised for his expertise in advising on tech, infrastructure, and construction disputes, and has experience handling insolvency, regulatory, and commercial litigation. On the non-contentious front, Ankita Hariramani is the main contact in the group and regularly advises clients from the financial sector. She was notably promoted to partner in April 2024.
Testimonials
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‘The team are equipped to deal with any kind of contentious issues. Their expertise comes from a very wide range of matters handled and fronted by them across various forums.’
‘Karthik Somsundaram is always reachable and ready to roll up his sleeves at all given points of time. Very approachable and lucid in his advice.’
Key clients
- ASM Technologies
- ATC Telecom Infrastructure
- Chargebacks 911
- Camus Pharma
- Milaap
- Neogen Chemicals
- ICICI Ventures
- Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
- Pumpkin Productions
- Sara Chemicals and Consultants
Work highlights
- Assisted Chargebacks911 in a cross-border dispute arising out of corporate espionage and theft of trade secrets, in which a ground-breaking precedent was achieved through obtaining a court order to seize information from the personal cloud server and email IDs of a former employee.
- Representing Pumpkin Productions in a dispute with Japanese marketing and PR firm, Dentsu, before the Bombay High Court.
- Acting for Camus Pharma against Snowbell to defend a lawsuit before Dindoshi Civil Court in Mumbai in a dispute arising from damaged pharmaceutical machinery.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Karthik Somasundram