Shalaka is a Partner in the dispute resolution practice of Trilegal and focuses on commercial litigation, international and domestic arbitration as well as company law matters. She has wide-ranging experience and has acted for clients in several complex, commercial disputes including shareholder disputes, IP and media disputes, construction and infrastructure cases, investor-promoter disputes, employment disputes and writ actions against state authorities. She has advised on bilateral investment treaties as well.
She has acted in a wide range of cases before the Supreme Court, Bombay High Court as well as other High Courts including Delhi, Madras, Calcutta, Gujarat, Goa and Uttarakhand and various other courts and tribunals. She has also acted in international and domestic arbitrations including those seated in Singapore, London, Zurich and New York.
In addition to civil litigation, Shalaka also acts in a number of white-collar criminal disputes for multinational companies and represents them in various courts in India.
She also acts and advises on insolvency litigation.
Some of her key clients include an international airline for whom she handles all their India related disputes matters, a leading insurance company for whom she handles several white collar, IP and regulatory disputes, various infrastructure companies in their infrastructure and construction arbitrations as well as pre-dispute strategic work.
Shalaka’ previous affiliation and recognitions include:
- Recognised in the Global Arbitration Review 100 – 18th Edition (2025).
- Ranked as a key lawyer in the disputes practice (arbitration) by Legal500 in 2022 and 2021 and key disputes lawyer move to Trilegal, 2023.
- Recognized as “Future Star”, Commercial and Transactions, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific Rankings 2024.
