Agarwal Law Associates

Managing Partner: Mahesh Agarwal

Number of partners: 5

Number of lawyers: approximately 60

Languages: English and other vernacular Indian languages

Firm Overview:

Agarwal Law Associates (ALA) is a full service dispute resolution law firm based in New Delhi. The firm also associates with a wide network of lawyers across India which enables it to have a Pan-India practice in numerous Courts and Tribunals. ALA has the strongest presence, both in terms of volume of filings and diversity oflegal issues before the Supreme Court oflndia. Practitioners at ALA have honed the requisite skill set, which enables them to balance the legal nuances while working on innovative and time-efficient solutions for the client. The firm’s client base includes Fortune 500 companies, high net worth individuals, banks and financial institutions as well as public-sector undertakings.

Practice Areas:

Antitrust

Arbitration

Constitutional Law

Contract Litigation

Corporate Restructuring

Corporate Commercial Litigation

Consumer & Product Liability

Competition

Customs & Excise

Communications Media & Entertainment

Criminal/Corporate Criminal Law

Employment

Environmental Law

Energy/Electricity Disinvestment (Privatisation)

Foreign Investment

Infrastructure

Insolvency & Bankruptcy

Insurance

Intellectual Property

Mergers & Acquisitions

Taxation (Direct & Indirect)

Company Law

Mines Law

Main Areas of Practice:

Arbitration:

3 partners, approximately 20 fee earners

Key Clients: GMR Group, Aditya Birla Group, ADA Reliance Group, Hero Motocrop, Larsen and Toubro, Hindustan Construction Company, JSW Steel, Bharat Forge, Adani Group.

Contacts: Mahesh Agarwal, Rishi Agrawala

Emails: [email protected], [email protected]

Competition:

2 partners, approximately 7 fee earners

Key Clients: Film production houses, Steel Manufacturers Associations, Cement manufactures, ACC Cement, Ambuja Cement.

Contacts: Rishi Agrawala,

Emails: [email protected]

Criminal Law:

3 partners, approximately 15 fee earners

Key Clients: High Net Worth individuals, certain Fortune 500 companies.

Contact: Mahesh Agarwal

Email: [email protected]

Electricity:

2 partners, approximately 10 fee earners

Key Clients: Essar Power, Reliance Power, GMR Ltd, Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd, JSW Steel Ltd, Adani Power Ltd., Nabha Power, Torrent Power, Rattan India Power.

Contact: Mahesh Agarwal

Email: [email protected]

Mining:

2 partners, approximately 8-10 fee earners

Key Clients: Dalmia Cement, Essar Steel, Monnet !spat, JSW Steel Ltd, Shyam Century Ferrous, Adani Enterprises.

Contact: Mahesh Agarwal

Email: [email protected]

Telecom:

2 partners, approximately 20 fee earners

Key Clients: Vodafone—Idea Cellular Ltd., Association of Unified Service Providers of India [‘AUSPI’], L&T Finance Ltd., Asianet Satellite Communications Pvt. Ltd., JSW Jaigarh Port Ltd., HCL Comnet Systems & Services Ltd.

Contacts: Mahesh Agarwal

Emails: [email protected]

Insolvency Law:

3 partners, approximately 15 fee earners

Key Clients: Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd, Essar Steel Ltd , Ultratech Cement, JSW, Unitech Group, Swiss Ribbons, Binani Cemant.

Contact: Mahesh Agarwal

Email: [email protected]

International Work:

ALA is routinely engaged by its corporate client’s to represent them in international commercial arbitrations.