Lawyers

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Practice Thirty-eight years
Affiliations

• Member and panelled Arbitrator of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA Asia Pacific)
• Member and panelled Arbitrator of ASSOCHAM, International Council of Alternate Dispute Resolution (AICADR)

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Arbitration
• Handling Insurance, Banking, Real Estate and Commercial disputes as an Arbitrator
• Mediation and conciliation
• Legal opinion and Drafting
  Real Estate, commercial documents, banking and financial documents, civil litigation, trademarks.
• Cooperative law (Maharashtra)
• Tenancy laws (Mumbai)

WORK PROFILE

Arbitration

• Handling Arbitration matters as a Sole Arbitrator and as a member of Arbitral Tribunals along with retired High Court Judges for over ten years, under The Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, as also under The Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015.

Real Estate

• Negotiating and completion of property transactions.
• Projects involving construction of new buildings.
• Projects in the nature of society redevelopment, slum rehabilitation projects, tenanted properties redevelopment.
• Projects under MHADA, MMRDA, CIDCO and other Appropriate Authorities.
• Handling matters under the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, including matters pertaining to Ratable Value.
• Investigation of Title and issuing Title Reports.

Company Law

• Handled Mergers and Acquisition matters, including giving written opinions under The Companies Act, 1956.

Intellectual Property law

• Registration of Trade Marks and Copy Rights including handling of matters pertaining to challenge of Intellectual Property Rights, before various Registering Authorities as well as before the Honourable Bombay High Court.

Banking and Finance

• Drafting and filing various types of Bank Suits in the City Civil Court as well as before the Honourable Bombay High Court and the DRT.
• Giving opinions on Banking Laws.
• Drafting Consortium Agreements.
• Verification of documents relating to loans and financial faculties availed from the Banks/Financial Institutions.
• Title certification for properties mortgaged with banks.

General Litigation

• money claims, property disputes, testamentary matters, tenancy matters and other general litigation before District Courts, High Courts and the Supreme Court of India.

Co-operative law

• Appeared before the Co-operative Court and Co-operative Appellate Tribunal.
• Matters relating to disputes between Members inter-se and the Society and its Members.
• Legal opinions under the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960.

Rent Act

• Matters pertaining to The Maharashtra Rent Control Act and as amended from time to time before the Small Causes Court at Bombay and Bombay High Court.
• Legal opinions on Rent Act matters.