Practice Areas
Poornima Hatti heads the dispute resolution practice for Samvad Partners and is based out of Bangalore. She also co-heads the employment law practice from the contentious perspective. Poornima is one of the co-founders of the Firm.
With over twenty one (21) years of experience in the dispute resolution space, Ms Hatti has extensive experience in Indian dispute resolution as well as in cross-border dispute resolution. She has acted on behalf of Indian and foreign clients in the context of litigation before Indian Courts, quasi-judicial authorities and in arbitration proceedings.
Poornima also sits as an arbitrator and mediator. She is associated with various organisations including the Singapore International Mediation Centre where she is an India Specialist Mediator.
Her areas of expertise include shareholder disputes, construction disputes, financial and insolvency matters. She also has significant focus on contentious employment law practice and acts as an independent external advisor on issues of workplace harassment. Her employment law focus also ensures that she works on issues relating to investigations into anti-corruption issues and workplace ethics. Ms. Hatti has a particular interest in bringing about diversity within organisations.
Poornima has worked in New Delhi, London and Singapore before coming home to Bangalore.
