Amar Gupta

Practice Areas

Amar is amongst the founding members of JSA’s Disputes Practice. He has in past served as the Practice Chair and a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee.

Amar has extensive experience in commercial litigation, arbitration and he regularly appears and argues at various Courts and Tribunals. He has conducted high profile litigations before the Supreme Court of India, High Courts, National Company Law Tribunals and other Tribunals. Several of the legal proceedings Amar has acted in, have resulted in landmark judgments reported in reputed journals. Amar is often invited as an expert in his areas of practice in seminars and conferences.

He is recognized for his creative litigation strategy in complex disputes. He has extensive experience in managing multijurisdictional disputes. He also counsels clients on dispute avoidance and resolution, conflict of law, and enforcement matters.

He has wide experience in conducting domestic and international arbitrations, ad hoc as well as institutional, in a broad range of industries, including Oil & Gas, Real Estate, Commodities and IT.

He also sits as arbitrator. He is a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, and the Executive Committee of ICC India. He has testified as an expert on Indian Law in legal proceedings.

Amar also advises clients in civil/criminal investigations under anti-corruption law and white-collar offences.

He is also currently focusing on Insolvency Law. He has represented and advised Financial Creditors, Operational Creditors as well as Resolution Professionals. He also represents clients in Environmental Law proceedings.

Professional Memberships

Executive Committee of ICC India

ICC Commission on Arbitration

Indian Council of Arbitration

Bar Council of Delhi

Personal

Chambers and Partners has constantly ranked Amar has one of the finest litigation lawyers. They have also mentioned that “Amar Gupta is regularly called upon by Indian and foreign corporates for his broad disputes expertise. Based in New Delhi, he advises on both litigation and arbitration, with skills in regulatory and finance-related matters as well as insolvency disputes.”

Benchmark Litigation (Asia Pacific) has recognized Amar as a Litigation Star for Commercial and transactions disputes for two consecutive years 2022, 2023.

Industry Sector Expertise

Banking & Financial Services

Petrochemical, Oil & Gas

Construction and Engineering

Mines & Minerals

Real Estate

Technology, Media & Sports