Solomon & Co, with offices in Mumbai and Pune, was founded in 1909 and brings rich history and experience to its dispute resolution offering. Its disputes team has more than 25 lawyers dedicated to the practice and the group averages eight to 10 proceedings per day in Mumbai alone. Jonathan Solomon, who heads the dispute resolution team, has more than 50 years of experience and has specifically been appointed by the Bombay High Court to assist in several high-stakes litigations in the past. The firm’s commercial, construction, insurance, insolvency, intellectual property and arbitration work has kept the team busy.
Senior partners Jonathan Solomon and Aaron Solomon lead the disputes team, which includes partners Michelle Solomon Le Page, Soniya Putta and Shruti Maniar.
In one highlight, the firm successfully represented Pigments and Allieds in an arbitration dispute in the Bombay High Court for appointment of an arbitrator on the basis that the photocopy of the arbitration agreement was insufficiently stamped and the original agreement was unavailable. In another commercial matter, the team defended several IDBI group entities before the arbitral tribunal – it rejected a claim for refund of a forfeiture amount, which was held to be valid.
Partner Anagha Subramaniam departed last year to set up her own practice as an advocate.
Notable clients of the firm include Baroda Pioneer Mutual Fund, Gammon Infra, Genting Energy, Godrej Foods, HSBC, ING Bank, Larsen & Toubro, Shapoorji Pallonji Group and Yahoo India.
