Khaitan & Co sits on top of the tables in all the core commercial and corporate areas of dispute resolution. It has won many plaudits from the market for its consistency and deep bench strength across all practice areas, including commercial and transactions, competition, international arbitration, construction and government and regulatory. Key to the firm’s success is its expertise in different practice areas, with its market-leading transactional teams supporting its advocacy and disputes lawyers, particularly in construction, competition, regulatory, tax and insolvency.
The firm has more than 30 disputes partners and 150 lawyers in the group. Key practitioners guiding the teams across four offices in Bengaluru, Kolkata, Mumbai and Delhi include commercial and IP specialist Ajay Bhargava, commercial litigation expert Sanjeev Kapoor, competition expert Manas Kumar Chaudhuri, tax specialists Sanjay Sanghvi and Bijal Ajinkya, and construction specialists Yigal Gabriel and Sudip Mullick. Other notable lawyers are commercial litigation specialists Atul Shanker Mathur, Chakrapani Misra, Kingshuk Banerjee, Raj Panchmatia and Tomu Francis.
The team recently acted for Antrix Corporation on its high-value dispute with Devas Multimedia Private. In another highlight, it represented Swiss Singapore on its dispute against RS Fuels.
Key clients of the firm include Aditya Birla Group, Bennett Coleman & Company, Blue Dart, Cosmo Foods, Fidelity International, ICICI Bank, Larsen & Toubro, Mahindra & Mahindra, Sapphire Foods India, Reliance and Standard Chartered.
Client feedback
“They excel at researching and providing the best possible advice as well as being creative in their approach in designing transaction structures.”– Commercial and transactions
“The have good litigation strategy and understand the Indian legal system very well.”– Commercial and transactions
“Strong on strategy, negotiating on documents and general advisory.”– Commercial and transactions
“Khaitan & Co India has very good counsels and connections across India. They have the capability to attend any matter across the country with engagement with good quality lawyers and senior counsels.” – Commercial and transactions
“They have extensive knowledge of applicable laws, and the ability to craft persuasive arguments. They have proficiency in negotiating settlements, understand industry-specific nuances and have skilled negotiators. They have rock-solid integrity and have won every single time in our favour. I started liking lawyers for a change after empanelling them.” – Commercial arbitration
“Their partner and the team had in-depth knowledge of the project documents, industry practices and were able to propose acceptable solutions in the areas of conflict with the borrowers. Further, their turnaround time is praiseworthy.” – Energy
“KCO understands the peculiar nature of our business and accordingly provides prompt advice on litigation strategy and executes the agreed plan in tight timelines.” – Intellectual property
“It plans the litigation strategy meticulously and executes the whole litigation well.” – Intellectual property
“They are very effective at crafting opposition filings, cease and desist letters, and settlement agreements with outside parties.”– Intellectual property
“They are extremely attentive to detail and understand our budgetary concerns. They are also good at negotiating with outside parties.” – Intellectual property
“Strong litigation, advisory and prompt support.” – International arbitration
“Good advice and good service.” – International arbitration
“The firm’s relevant partner has deep and practical competence to deal with criminal and civil matters and the advice has been prompt and practical. They have been able to handle the dispute within the expectations.” – White-collar crime
Kingshuk Banerjee
“Good knowledge and very responsive.”
Ajay Bhargava
“Ajay is very approachable and his advice is very sound and practical. His understanding of the Indian judicial system is very good and he has great connect with external counsels and senior counsels.”
“Prompt support, excellent advisory, very experienced and all-round international support.”
“Ajay has a very good understanding of the Indian legal system and knows the counsels across the country very well, so can advise on who would be the best fit for a particular legal matter.”
Prasenjit Chakravarti
“Prasenjit steps into our shoes and treats the matters at hand as his own. He will always give us the most beneficial advice. While primarily he is in M&A, he helps us across all legal domains and ropes in the relevant partners for different aspects when required – but he always follows through to ensure our needs are met.”
Haigreve Khaitan
“Reliable, accurate, gives quick responses and – above all – calm and composed.”
“Excellent negotiating skills, very good at problem solving, and good international contacts.”
Nirupam Lodha
“Nirupam is very responsive and knowledgeable about our business.”
“The team is excellent and I think that is due at least in part to Nirupam’s leadership and training of his team.”
Anchit Oswal
“1. Rock solid integrity and professionalism.
2. Listens to our needs carefully and comes back with relevant strategies.
3. Deftly navigates through deceptive manoeuvres of the opposing side.
4. Puts across a strong defence that exposes and challenges dubious tactics of the opposing side and doesn’t let them get away with their underhand tactics.
5. Strong domain expertise in relevant laws and regulations.
6. Diligent and thorough legal research.
7. Always approachable with a client-focused approach.
8. Clear communication and transparency.”
Susmit Pushkar
“He has superb competence in white-collar crime and overall handling of criminal matters. He did well in understanding the issue in depth and very thoughtfully and meticulously dealt with the resolution of the matter. The work distribution in his team was commensurate the complexity and demands of the matter. He thought out of the box to come up with best-case and worst-case scenarios and accordingly came up with a measured plan to deal with each scenario.”
Arvind Kumar Ray
“Quick understanding and gives excellent advice.”
Ankur Sangal
“Has a positive outlook towards any problem and comes up with ideas that helps minimise risk and maximise favourable results.”
Ankur Sengal
“Ankur Sengal always thinks about the overall welfare of the client. He always thinks well in advance and out of box. He takes extraordinary care in planning the litigation and executes it meticulously.”
Siddharth Srivastava
“Siddharth is an exceptional task master. He brings diligence, rigour and speed in the legal documentations.”
“Excellent with strategic litigation and IBC advisory. He is very sharp and provides apt solutions in tricky situations. One of the best Insolvency lawyers in India. I reckon he is also one of the first law firm partner to do a PhD in insolvency laws.”
