- LLM -University of Chicago Law School
2023 - BA LLB (Hons.) - Christ University
2013
- INSOL International - 2020
- CII - 2023
- ECGI - 2023
- India - 2013
- Bank of Baroda: legal representation across four jurisdictions (India, UK, UAE and US) in a multi-billion dollar insolvency and civil claim arising out of the administration and loan defaults of one of UAE's largest healthcare and financial services conglomerates.
- [Client name withheld]: legal representation in India and US in a trademark and restructuring dispute relating to the trading business of a large multi-million dollar Indian exporter.
- [Client name withheld]: legal representation in India and UK in multi-billion dollar insolvency and white collar crime disputes.
- Appellate
- Arbitration
- Bankruptcy
- Commercial and transactions
- Commercial disputes
- Construction and real estate
- Dispute resolution
- Entertainment
- Government and regulatory
- Insolvency
- Intellectual property
- International arbitration
- Private client
- White collar crime
- Accounting
- Banking
- Construction and materials
- Consumer goods and services
- Financial services
- Government and public policy
- Healthcare
- Media
- Real estate
- Technology and telecommunications
- Transport
- Utilities
Dharmendra is a partner at Poovayya & Co., a leading full-service law firm in India. He specializes in litigation, arbitration, and mediation, with a focus on cross-border, international, and transnational commercial disputes. He has represented and advised clients across industry sectors such as banking and finance, infrastructure, healthcare, news and online media, social media, fintech, logistics, FMCG, hospitality, and deep tech, among others.
Dharmendra's experience spans across courts at various levels in India and other parts of the world including the United Kingdom, DIFC, ADGM, UAE, EU, and the United States. He is currently overseeing legal strategy and representation of five large multi-billion dollar commercial disputes in London, New York, Seattle, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai.
Dharmendra is passionate about academics and has been a visiting faculty at the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) and is also invited regularly as a guest lecturer/adjunct faculty by various law schools. He is also a published author having recently revised the 18th edition of Avtar Singh's Company Law (Eastern Book Company 2025).
Dharmendra holds an LLM from the University of Chicago Law School and a BA, LLB (Hons.) from Christ University, and has been recognized as one of Asian Legal Business' Rising Stars in India and as a Rising Star practictioner by IFLR 1000. At UChicago, he was awarded a Merit Scholarship and the Sajan Poovayya Scholarship for Advanced Legal Studies. At Christ, he graduated as the valedictorian and awarded the Basant Kumar Sarala Birla Gold Medal for Best Outgoing Student. At both schools, he was elected as the Class Speaker.