Vijayendra Pratap Singh

Practice Areas

Compliance & Investigation / White–Collar Crime, Dispute Resolution, Regulatory & Securities, Restructuring & Insolvency

Career

With over 20 years of experience, Vijayendra Pratap Singh heads the Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice in Delhi. Vijayendra represents clients in international, commercial and domestic arbitrations; corporate and commercial litigation; regulatory practices and securities law. He has advised various government departments, such as the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance; Securities and Exchange Board of India; Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, etc., on the de–criminalisation of various Statutes and has been involved in various policy making initiatives of the Government of India. Vijayendra’s expertise span domestic and international arbitration, as well as disputes in various fora in India, ranging from shareholder disputes to corporate actions.

Professional Memberships

• Member of the Court of Arbitration of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (2023- 2024)

• Bar Council of Delhi (2001)

Publications

https://www.azbpartners.com/bank/the-defence-aatmanirbhar-dream-from-buy-for-india-to-make-in-india/

https://www.azbpartners.com/bank/know-your-law-indias-new-criminal-laws-transition-from-ruled-india-to-governed-bharat/

https://www.azbpartners.com/bank/mediation-catapults-to-the-top-spot-with-arbitration-being-the-biggest-casualty/

https://www.azbpartners.com/bank/white-collar-crime-2024/

https://www.azbpartners.com/bank/international-fraud-asset-tracing-2024-trends-developments/

Work Highlights

• Amazon on disputes related to agreements with the Future Group, including proceedings before the Emergency Arbitrator and Arbitral Tribunal constituted under the Singapore International Arbitration Centre Rules, National Company Law Tribunal, Delhi High Court, and the Supreme Court

• SMS and Solar Industries in two ad–hoc arbitration proceedings against a State Public Sector Corporation in disputes arising out of force majeure events pursuant to the coal block de–allocation by the Supreme Court

• Facebook, Inc. in a challenge before the Supreme Court on the issue of Parliamentary privilege and its impact on fundamental rights, as well as the rights of a social media intermediary platform

• The Reserve Bank of India in the defense of its regulation of cryptocurrency before the Supreme Court

• B S R & Associates LLP in a constitutional challenge against a potential ban from acting as an auditor for companies under Section 140(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 and the power to sanction an investigation by the Serious Frauds Investigation Office before the Bombay High Court and the Supreme Court

• Tata Steel before the National Company Law Tribunal, National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, and Supreme Court as a Successful Resolution Applicant in one of the largest and fastest resolutions under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016

Awards