Dispute Resolution: Arbitration - India
What the team is known for
S&R Associates has a highly regarded practice with a strong commercial focus. The firm acts for a roster of multinational corporations. It is prominent in the handling of disputes arising from merger and restructuring transactions as well as investor, joint venture and shareholder disputes. The firm fields a number of lawyers with international experience and qualifications and is fully equipped to act on cross-jurisdictional issues, especially the Indian enforcement of foreign court judgments or arbitral awards. Viterra, Jindal Stainless and Cairn Energy are among the team's notable clients.
Strengths
"S&R are excellent; to elaborate on that, there is a partner-level attention to all the matters. Also, even one level below the partners, they are very capable. Also what is good is that the advice is businesslike, and easy to understand and digest."
"The firm has a good understanding of the functioning and the nuances of the arbitration proceedings - they are able to come up with solutions on how to navigate a particular situation."
Work highlights
S&R Associates acted for F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Genentech and Roche Products in their suits before the Delhi High Court against the Drugs Controller General of India, Biocon and Mylan, Reliance and Cadila challenging the latter's claim of biosimilarity between their respective biologic drugs and Roche's trastuzumab.
Notable practitioners
Niti Dixit is based in New Delhi and well placed to advise multinational clients in commercial disputes before the Supreme Court and in LCIA and SIAC arbitration. "Niti is excellent. Niti sets the standard which the team follows. They take Niti's thought process and work with it and advise us." "Niti is known for commercial disputes and arbitrations."
Shahezad Kazi is proficient in insolvencies, securities regulatory work and real estate disputes. He has appeared before the NCLT and SEBI in various matters. "He is someone who gets the pulse of the Bombay High Court very well and does a fair amount of real estate litigation." "Shahezad is a very focused and solution-oriented lawyer. He articulates himself very well and waits for his clients to complete their query, listens patiently and then offers his solution - a rare quality."
