OVERVIEW

Faisal Sherwani is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution practice at Luthra and Luthra Law Offices India and is an Advocate-on-Record at the Supreme Court of India.
Faisal graduated from the Faculty of Law, AMU as second in his class. He went on to gain his master’s degree i.e. LL.M from the George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC, which he attended on a law school merit scholarship.

With an experience of over a decade in the field of dispute resolution and dispute advisory services, he has a deep understanding of procedural and substantive issues of law and is regularly consulted on such issues. He regularly practices before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India as well as the Hon’ble High Courts at Delhi, Bombay, Karnataka, Telangana, Allahabad and Madras as also the NCLT and NCLAT. He has a host of reported Judgments to his credit.

Corporates have acknowledged that his true strength lies in his one-stop-shop ability to advise on complex and diverse disciplines of law. Also, that he provides solid, workable and business friendly solutions. As such, he advises and acts for clients on a range of subjects such as constitutional law aspects, government contracts and levies, arbitration laws, corporate, commercial and insolvency laws, transport and motor vehicles laws, technology and gaming laws, labour legislations, white-collar crimes and penal laws. Also, he is frequently engaged to advise in criminal investigations by clients.

Faisal has considerable experience in both domestic and foreign seated arbitrations. He is currently handling a number of complex arbitrations. His stronghold on the rules of evidence, civil procedure is widely acknowledged and the same has afforded him valuable in-sight into the functioning of the alternate dispute resolution system in the country and across foreign jurisdictions. Over the years he has been engaged in various arbitrations thereby garnering significant skill and understanding of arbitral proceedings.

Having focused strongly on the practice of writs, he also understands government work, issues of states-craft and has the acquired skill of the seasoned counsel to pick up on instances of executive and administrative excess. This has proved immensely important in a time when the private client is genuinely anxious to understand fast-changing executive orders and regulations. For the same reasons, his counsel is often sought on issues of statutory interpretation.

He employs the approach of a tactician to issues of law and regulation. Already, he has emerged as a coveted legal advisor and strategist in the start-up circles of India, having successfully advised and assisted a number of niche industries and young businesses such as transport aggregators, start-ups in the agri-produce market, the gaming industry, the technology sector, as also the cash and carry sector among others.

Faisal is also a sought-after columnist and speaker. His work runs the gamut from law, history, and satire. His style is one which grapples with the realities and ideals of a modern India. He regularly engages on issues related to law, polity and other socio-economic subjects.

Faisal has been recognized and featured in India Business Law Journal’s list of ‘India’s Future Legal Leaders, 2021’, as a 'Top Individual Lawyer' for Litigation in the Legal Powerlist 2021 by Forbes India and elite list of ‘40 under 40’ – India’s top lawyers and legal influencers, 2020 by BW Legal World.

OVERVIEW

Harish Kumar is a Partner with Luthra and Luthra Law Offices India with over 20 (twenty) years of diversified experience in dealing with complex legal issues and enabling solutions and implementation for businesses and clients. He is also a member of the Secretarial Standard Board of ICSI, Academic Board of ICSI and Delhi Chapter of the Chamber of Tax Consultants.

His expertise pans wide range of corporate, and legal matters including corporate restructuring, insolvency, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate disputes, labour & employment and advising on varied aspects concerning corporate governance and regulatory interface.

Harish brings a unique blend of business thinking and strategy to structuring, negotiating, and closing complex commercial and corporate transactions. His background in commerce and corporate laws helps bringing a practical and risk based holistic approach to the practice of law which seamlessly and effectively combines the litigation and helps in delivering the best solution to its clients. Harish has advised various domestic and multinational companies, including number of Fortune 500 companies in areas of corporate, employment and commercial laws.

Harish has extensively dealt with various ministries and departments of Government of India, MCA, SEBI, and RBI. His advisory role also extends to various advice given to Government of India and key industry associations like CII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM on various industries concerns and legal issues. Harish has also been a regular speaker at various professional programs/workshops conducted by professional and government bodies.

OVERVIEW

Nakul Sachdeva began his career in litigation in the chambers of Mr. Amarjit Singh Chandhiok, the then, Additional Solicitor General of India and subsequently joined Karanjawala & Co.

Nakul joined Luthra and Luthra Law Offices India in July, 2018 as Partner Designate and was elevated to a Partner in November, 2019. Since joining Luthra and Luthra Law Offices India, Nakul has been extensively and actively involved in significant matters relating to the Arbitration Act as well as the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code and regularly appears before various NCLT’s, NCLAT and the Hon’ble Supreme Court.

He has ably advised and represented Resolution Professionals, Resolution Applicants as well as the CoC in numerous Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process. Given his diverse and rich litigation experience, spanning well over a decade and dealing with wide a multitude of laws, Mr. Sachdeva brings to the table his comprehensive set of skills and insightful appreciation of complex legal issues. The same are truly valued by the Clients and make him and the Firm a first choice for public sector undertakings and other public and private sector undertakings for pursuing litigation and obtaining opinions, particularly in the fields of arbitration, civil litigation and insolvency resolution.

Nakul Sachdeva has been recognized in the Forbes Power List 2020 as ‘Best Individual Lawyers’ with experience above 10 years in the field of Insolvency & Bankruptcy and Arbitration.

SELECT REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS/MATTERS

• Binani Industries Limited vs. Bank Of Baroda and Ors.: Represented Mr. Vijay Kumar Iyer, Resolution Professional
  Total Debt: INR 6,500 crore (approx)
• Standard Chartered Bank vs. Ruchi Soya Industries: Represented Committee of Creditors (“CoC”)
  Total Debt: INR 12,000 crore (approx)
• EPC Constructions India Limited (“EPCIL”): Represented Mr. Abhijit Guhathakurta, Resolution Professional
  Total Debt: INR 9,000 crore (approx)
• Nakul has extensively advised and represented NHPC in numerous Arbitration related matters. As on date NHPC Limited is the largest organisation for hydropower development in India, with capabilities to undertake all the activities from conceptualization to commissioning in relation to setting up of hydro projects.
• NHPC has a project known as Parbati Hydroelectric Project (Stage-II) which is a run-of-the-river scheme proposed to harness hydro potential of the lower reaches of the river Parbati. Nakul alongwith his team has been advising and appearing for NHPC in all Arbitration Proceedings relating to the said Project.
• NHPC has another project known as Subansiri Lower HE Project. The said project is the biggest hydroelectric project undertaken in India so far and is a run of river scheme on river Subansiri. The Project is located near North Lakhimpur on the border of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. Nakul alongwith his team has been advising and appearing for NHPC in the Arbitration Proceedings relating to the said project.
• In addition to the above, Nakul also assisted and advised NHPC in conducting a study of numerous Arbitral Awards against NHPC and provided suggestion/recommendations as to how Arbitral Proceedings are to be conducted in an efficient, cost effective and timely manner.