Litigation Avoidance and Dispute Resolution

Litigation in India is an expensive route to an outcome that is frequently obtainable within weeks through properly constructed pre-litigation correspondence, negotiation or mediation. We advise candidly on which route a matter merits and on what each will realistically cost in time, money and attention. Upstream, the same objective is served by compliance: most of the disputes we are asked to resolve were avoidable at the drafting or process stage, and we build the frameworks that close those gaps. Where proceedings prove unavoidable, we prepare the matter for counsel with the evidence organised, the case theory settled and the commercial objective clearly defined.

Representative work: 

• Pre-litigation notices, demands and without-prejudice negotiation 
• arbitration, mediation, conciliation and other alternative dispute resolution ·
• settlement facilitation, structuring and documentation 
• regulatory compliance frameworks, policies, audits and risk registers 
• contractual and commercial disputes 
• intellectual property infringement, passing off and enforcement actions 
• employment exits, restrictive covenants and confidentiality breaches 
• defamation, impersonation, deepfakes and synthetic media 
• criminal complaints in matters of cheating, misappropriation and breach of trust · recovery and enforcement strategy 
• instruction, briefing and management of counsel.