Nitesh Jain

Trilegal - India

Partner

Mumbai

+91 9650700833

Litigation Star

English and Hindi


Jurisdiction:

India

Practice area:

Commercial and transactions


Nitesh Jain is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution practice group at Trilegal. He specialises in corporate commercial disputes, international and domestic commercial arbitrations, white-collar crimes practice and insolvency matters. He advises and practices across diverse dispute resolution forums including Supreme Court, various High Courts, tribunals, and other regulatory and quasi-judicial commissions. He regularly represents clients before ad-hoc and major arbitration institutions including SIAC and ICC.

He is a strategic disputes lawyer and has significant experience in building and executing an overall disputes strategy and representing large conglomerates, banking and financial institutions, private equity funds, foreign investors, Indian and multinational corporations, listed companies and other clients on a wide range of dispute resolution matters including shareholders dispute, commercial enforcement proceedings, commercial arbitrations, contractual disputes, government policies and administrative law, disputes under media law and sports law, insurance disputes, class actions, banking and finance disputes, banking fraud, insolvency, criminal law, investigations, defamation and others.

Prior to joining Trilegal, Nitesh has worked with the Mumbai and New Delhi offices of a leading Indian law firm.

  • Successfully defended ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India Limited (AMNS) in an Emergency Arbitration under Mumbai Center for International Arbitration Rules (MCIA) with an order to restore supply of contracted energy and further successfully defended the challenge to Emergency Arbitration order before Gujarat court.

  • Advised Zee on all issues that arose in connection with or from its composite dispute with Invesco including navigating the end-to-end legal strategy for Zee aimed at immediate and long-term commercial goals of the company.
  • Advised Wipro in the litigation before the Bombay High Court, wherein the injunction order was granted on 16 June 2022. The same was confirmed by the Division Bench of the Bombay High Court on 13 July 2022. Trilegal advised, strategised and prepared all the pleadings in the matter.
  • Represented Zee Entertainment Enterprises in one of the biggest shareholder disputes in the media industry against Invesco Developing Markets Fund and OFI Global China Fund LLC before several forums involving complex legal issues.
  • Representing one of India’s leading integrated steel producers in a shareholder dispute before the National Company Law Tribunal and in a dispute before the Gujarat High Court involving port licenses.
  • Represented Tata Chemicals before the Supreme Court of India concerning initiation of corporate insolvency resolution process under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.
  • Representing IDBI Trusteeship Services Limited (acting on behalf of Goldman Sachs) in relation to redemption of debentures before the National Company Law Tribunal.
  • Representing Resolution Professional of Uttam Galva Steels Limited in the Corporate Insolvency Resolution process before National Company Law Tribunal.
  • Represented ISMT Limited before multiple forums, including Delhi and Allahabad High Courts, Pune Court and Securities Appellate Tribunal in litigations filed by Jindal Pipes in connection with a transaction with Kirloskar Ferrous.
  • Represented Blackstone before the Bombay High Court against Yes Bank concerning ASK Investment transaction.
  • Representing Matrix Partners and Resurgence PE against Maharana Pratap Education Group and Bhadurias before Delhi, Rajasthan, Allahabad and Bombay High Courts in relation to execution of international commercial arbitration award.

  • Commercial and transactions
  • Commercial arbitration
  • Insolvency
  • International arbitration
  • Litigation
  • White-collar crime

  • Consumer goods and services
  • Industrials
  • Investment management
  • Media
  • Others: Conglomerate

  • Advocate on the rolls of Bar Council of Rajasthan, India 

  • Supreme Court of India Bar Association
  • Bombay Bar Association
  • Delhi High Court Bar Association
  • Rajasthan High Court Bar Association

  • LL.M., London School of Economics
  • B.S.L.LL.B., Symbiosis Law School, Pune