Dua Associates

India

Address:
202-206, Tolstoy House
Tolstoy Marg
New Delhi, 110001
India

Telephone:+91 11 2371 4408
Fax:+ 91 11 2331 7746
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Chairman: CR Dua

Quick facts:

Number of lawyers : 250
Number of partners : 75
Network memberships : The Firm’s memberships and affiliations with appropriate national and international Bar Associations and Councils, Law Societies and Business/Trade-related chambers, stand supplemented with close, long- standing professional relationships with leading law firms across the world as well as various counsels and senior counsels in India, enabling it to assist clients in the largest and most complicated of transactions and disputes.
Languages: English, Hindi, Japanese, Bengali, Tamil, Gujarati, Kannada, Telegu, Marathi


Established in 1986, Dua Associates is one of India’s prominent law firms, serving a wide spectrum of clients .The Firm is well known for its experience in complex litigation and arbitration matters, delivering high standards of quality across a variety of litigation disciplines ranging from high value contractual disputes to white-collar/regulatory investigations to complex disputes involving the environment, constitution and administrative laws, intellectual property, M&A, and other commercial litigation. Dua Associates’ Insolvency& Bankruptcy practice has grown significantly, and the firm represents all stakeholders in the insolvency process, be it a financial creditor, corporate debtor, resolution professional, homebuyers and so on.

The Firm recognizes the impact any litigation has on business and manages the disputes with a clear understanding of the client’s commercial objectives. The prominent litigation lawyers of the firm include Sr Solicitor Shiraz Patodia, Partner L.K. Bhushan, Partner Amit Dhingra, Partner Ganesh Chandru, Partner Rajdeep Panda, Partner George Joseph, Partner Tejas S.R. , Partner Ashish Singh among others.

Key clients for the Dispute Resolution practice include The Dow Chemical Company Eastman Kodak Company, Commercial Bank of Dubai, TransAsia Private Capital Limited, DuPont, ELCA Cosmetics Pvt Ltd, TAFE , Decathlon Sports India, Sadara Chemical Company, SWAMIH Investment Fund - Govt. of India, Piramal Capital and Housing Finance Limited, ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited, HSBC and Altico Capital India Limited among others.

Several partners of the Firm continue to be individually ranked and awarded for stellar contributions in Dispute Resolution. This practice group across the major cities in India works collaboratively with one another while building productive relationships with eminent Senior Counsels to effectively assist clients in the most complex and high-stakes disputes. The team comprises of courtroom-tested lawyers who have appeared in significant and challenging cases around the country.

The Firm also has a robust and dedicated Supreme Court presence through “Dua Associates AoR”, a firm of Advocates-on-Record registered with the Supreme Court. The Advocates-on-Record of the firm forms the bulwark of the Supreme Court practice, ably supported by other partners of the Firm. The other seven offices of the Firm are in complete sync with the Supreme Court practice of the Firm and work seamlessly with the team in Delhi.

Dua Associates’ litigation and arbitration/ alternative dispute resolution practice represents companies involved in business-critical lawsuits including IPR, taxation, white collar with focus on helping clients’ businesses succeed. The firm has acted on behalf of clients from sectors as varied as aviation, corporates, asset reconstruction firms, non-banking financial companies and banks, amongst others. The experience in addressing complex issues with reference to stakeholders including committee of creditors, public sector, international banks and distressed debtors in corporate restructurings, enables the team to offer valuable insights and perspective to clients.

  • Administrative and regulatory
  • Commercial and transactions
  • Commercial arbitration
  • Competition/antitrust
  • Insolvency
  • Intellectual property
  • International arbitration
  • Litigation
  • Patent contentious
  • Professional malpractice
  • Trademark contentious
  • Trusts and estates
  • White-collar crime

The Firm, acting as Counsel to Commercial Bank of Dubai has initiated multiple proceedings against the individual personal guarantor(s) in aid of substantive recovery proceedings pending in UAE. The firm represented the Bank and obtained an ex parte interim injunction restraining the personal guarantor(s) from alienating his properties which were known, and also obtained a worldwide freezing orders against unknown properties too.

In 2023, the Firm has also filed Execution Proceedings under Section 44A of the CPC before the Commercial Court, Bengaluru seeking enforcement of the final decree and judgment obtained in the UAE in favour of Commercial Bank of Dubai.

The subject matter of the dispute involving Commercial Bank of Dubai was one of a kind wherein the Supreme Court recognized the rights of a foreign creditor in India during pendency of the recovery proceedings in another justification and in aid of such rights.

The Firm was successful in obtaining a favourable order from the Supreme Court on October 31, 2022 which re-instated and confirmed the interim injunction granted by the Commercial Court, Bengaluru against the assets and properties of the personal guarantors and debtors in India.

Such ex parte injunction orders in aid of foreign proceedings to preserve assets to prevent frustration of prospective decree are unprecedented.

 

Refer to:

https://gulfnews.com/business/banking/indian-court-prevents-uae-based-nmcs-founder-br-shetty-from-selling-certain-assets-1.1597666504383

  • Construction and materials
  • Consumer goods and services
  • Energy
  • Food and beverage
  • Healthcare
  • Industrials
  • Real estate
  • Tech and telecoms
  • Chemicals

704-705, Global Business Park, Tower 'B' Mehrauli - Gurgaon Road
Gurgaon 122002

Telephone: +91 (124) 2803366 / 3367
Fax: +91 (124) 2803370
Email: duagrg@duaassociates.com