As one of the country’s largest and most successful full-service law firms, it’s not surprising that Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has a well-honed and experienced dispute resolution team that tops nearly every table in our ranking. Its pan-India practice is part of an established legacy that has secured the trust of its clients and counsel in India and across the globe. The litigation team has vast experience in handling complex litigations involving commercial and corporate disputes, including arbitration, infrastructure, companies law-related matters, insolvency and bankruptcy, competition, government action, electricity laws, intellectual property, mining laws, white-collar and criminal law, telecoms and data privacy. The firm has experienced an uptick in contentious insolvency work and it has a panel of senior retired regulatory experts specialising in key sectors.
The key figures for dispute resolution are managing partner Cyril Shroff, and department leaders such as disputes head Indranil Deshmukh, white-collar and investigations co-heads Faraz Alam Sagar and Ankoosh Mehta, head of North India disputes Amita Gupta Katragadda, head of South India disputes Lomesh Kiran Nidumuri, and head of international arbitration Shaneen Parikh.
The disputes team successfully represented the National Stock Exchange (NSE) before the Securities Appellate Tribunal and obtained a favourable order quashing a sizeable monetary penalty imposed on the client by the Securities Exchange Board of India.
The team continues to act for the Board of Control for Cricket in India in its arbitration dispute with Rendezvous Sports World regarding the furnishing of bank guarantee under franchise agreements. On the insolvency front, the team is representing the committee of creditors during the Dewan Housing Finance Corporation insolvency resolution process.
Active clients of the firm include Bank of Baroda, BCCI, Fortis Hospitals, IDBI Bank, IFC, Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services, Narang Group, Piramal Group and State Bank of India.
Client feedback
“CAM was excellent representing us before the Arbitral Tribunal, High Courts and Supreme Court.”– White-collar crime
“They bring together different functional areas for complete dispute assistance, from litigation and corporate to tax and regulatory. They help foreign businesses navigate Indian law and dispute practices.”– International arbitration
“Knowledgeable, prompt, effective, cost-effective.” – Commercial and transactions
“Good-quality local work within a global context.” – White-collar crime
Indranil Deshmukh
“He has super knowledge, is always available and cost-effective. He has an amazing network.”
“Very knowledgeable, prompt and effective.”
Faraz Sagar
“Experienced both in local and global matters. A trusted adviser to clients.”
