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Dispute Resolution

About

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The Firm’s Dispute Resolution Practice is headed by Murtaza Somjee. Murtaza, is dual qualified in the United Kingdom and India.

Our Dispute Resolution Practice is a niche practice area which aims at providing our clients with end to end advise including pre-litigation advise, negotiation and effective use of court and arbitral processes. The disputes practice adopts a result oriented strategy intended to ensure that the client achieves its commercial goals in the challenging Indian litigation and arbitration scenario. Our practice covers a wide area of commercial matters including mergers & acquisitions, joint venture disputes, lender disputes, security enforcement, debt recovery, employment and human resources, contractual disputes, company matters, insolvency and information technology and privacy related disputes, amongst others.

The Firm is also actively engaged in advision on disputes raised before the National Company Law
Tribunal under the newly enacted Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Dispute Resolution - India

5
Band 5

What the Team is Known For

Jerome Merchant + Partners handles a sizeable volume of corporate and contractual dispute mandates for a broad range of clients, notably including a number of multinationals. The firm is often active in insolvency disputes, as well as debt recovery. It handles matters across various sectors including pharmaceuticals, TMT, aviation and financial services.

Notable practitioners

Murtaza Somjee and Kalpana Merchant are key contacts for clients.

Work Highlights

Provided by Jerome Merchant + Partners

  • Jerome Merchant + Partners represented ARES SSG in insolvency proceedings initiated by IDBI Trusteeship Services on behalf of Credit Opportunities II against Coffee Day Enterprises before the Bengaluru Bench of the NCLT.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Their experience with litigation is good. They are very focused, driven and never waste our time.

Dispute Resolution respondent
Asia-Pacific

Members

Provided by Jerome Merchant + Partners

Kalpana Merchant

Murtaza Somjee

Head of Department

Vishnu Jerome

Clients

Provided by Jerome Merchant + Partners

All About Outdoor Private Limited

Cushman and Wakefield India Private Limited

Deutsche Bank

Horse Shoe Capital

India Infoline

JetSynthesys Pvt.Ltd

Kirloskar Electric Company Limited

OML Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.

SSG Capital

Securitrans India Private Limited

Tata Motors

Videocon Group

Vodafone India Limited

Industries

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Banks

Financial Services

Insolvency

Investment Disputes

Lenders' Enforcement

Media

Real Estate

Telecommunications