Bharucha & Partners has a widely respected disputes team, with its partners boasting a proven track record of successfully handling complex commercial disputes. The partners have more than five decades of litigation experience collectively and the firm adopts a strategy of creating lean teams of skilled lawyers to meet the needs of its clients. The firm has offices in Mumbai, New Delhi and Bengaluru, and has represented clients in more than 30 different courts, including the Supreme Court of India and the High Courts around the country. The team has also made frequent appearances before various specialist tribunals such as the Competition Commission of India, the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and Appellate Tribunal, and the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity. This year the firm has been elevated into the top tier for its white-collar crime prowess.
Senior partner MP Bharucha is very well respected by market watchers. He leads a five-partner-strong dispute resolution group that includes Sneha Jaisingh, Sudeshna Guha Roy, Kaushik Moitra and counsel Sonam Gupta. Senior partner and arbitration specialist Hiroo Advani joined with his team in September 2024.
In a recent highlight, the firm represented Federal Bank before the NCLT in respect of its claims over a sizeable sum in relation to the corporate insolvency process of Reliance Capital. JSW Steel engaged the disputes team to challenge orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Western Zone Bench, for wrongly transferring matters to the NGT, Principal Bench.
