S&R Associates has offices in Delhi and Mumbai. With market-leading capital markets and corporate practices, its dispute resolution offering aligns with that strength and routinely works with clients on complex commercial and transactional, regulatory and intellectual property disputes. It also handles investor-state arbitration and bilateral investment treaty claims, and anti-corruption and internal investigations. The team values quality over quantity and is sought after for complex, high-value disputes. The disputes lawyers have appeared extensively before all levels of the courts and various international arbitration forums. The firm expanded its contentious offering into the tax arena with the joining of tax specialists Ajinkya Gunjan Mishra from Luthra and Luthra Law Offices, and Sumit Bansal from PwC India. White-collar crime and investigations expert William Vivian John was also added to the team from Luthra and Luthra in late 2022.
Key figures in the disputes practice are partners Niti Dixit, Shahezad Kazi, Abhishek Tewari and Raunaq Mathur. Dixit is known for her commercial litigation, arbitration and regulatory work.
The team represented McDonald’s in a complex shareholder dispute, involving LCIA arbitration proceedings and proceedings before the Indian courts and tribunals, and in the settlement of disputes with the JV partner. The team also successfully assisted the Committee of Creditors to revive Indian Steel Corporation under the IBC.
