Mr. Murali Ananthasivan is a veteran litigator with a career spanning over 30 years. He has rich and varied experience in mergers and acquisitions with an emphasis on corporate restructuring. He has a steady standing before the National Company Law Tribunals, High Courts and the Supreme Court.

Mr Arun Kumar is a seasoned litigator with over 20 years experience. Mr Kumar is one of the Founding Partners of CrestLaw Partners, one of Bangalore’s most prominent litigation firms. He was designated as Senior Advocate in 2018 and regularly appears before Courts and Tribunals across India.

A seasoned litigator, Mr Ashok represents clients in the food and beverage, healthcare, pharmaceutical, technology, banking and financial services, real estate and construction, ecommerce and hospitality areas, in domestic and international disputes. His service areas cover contract violations, company law proceedings, prosecution under India’s Food Standards and Safety Act, 2006 and Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, and IP rights enforcement.

Mr Nandakumar, an alumnus of the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru was designated as a Senior Advocate by the High Court of Karnataka in 2021. Mr Nandakumar regularly appears before Courts and Tribunals across India in matters involving corporate, commercial and arbitration law. Mr Nandakumar is known for his keen ability to simplify complex commercial matters and result oriented strategies in litigation matters. Mr Nandakumar is a member of several leading arbitral institutions across the world and is a Fellow of CIArb.

Mr Gourab Banerji is a distinguished Senior Advocate practicing before the Supreme Court of India. Mr Banerji served as the Additional Solicitor General of India from 2009 to 2014. Mr Banerji holds the distinction of being appointed the first President of the Arbitration Bar of India which was set up in 2024 to augment the growth of arbitration law in India. In his practice of over three decades, Mr Banerji has appeared in several seminal cases in various areas including corporate, commercial, private equity, arbitration, competition and insurance law. Mr Banerji has the unique experience of having being appointed as the Amicus Curiae in seminal cases involving complex issues of arbitration law such as Vedanta v. Union of India (2020) and NN Global (2023). Mr Banerji is also a member of the Essex Court Chambers, London.

Mr Joseph’s practice primarily involves commercial, civil, employment and constitutional focus areas. These include matters relating to company law, arbitration, intellectual property, white collar crime and employment related disputes. He appears frequently before the High Court of Karnataka, Trial Courts and Tribunals in Bengaluru, and has also been engaged to appear in Mumbai, New Delhi and Chennai. As part of his pro bono practice, Mr Joseph represents minor victims of sexual assault, in proceedings seeking the termination of their pregnancies. Mr Joseph is Adjunct Faculty at the National School of Journalism and Public Discourse where he teaches a postgraduate course on Law and Media; and is the Managing Trustee of the General K.S. Thimayya Memorial Trust.

With a career spanning over four decades, Mr Raghavan is a leading Senior Advocate who regularly represents clients in contentious civil and commercial and also in constitutional matters across Courts and Tribunals in India. Prior to his designation in 2008, Mr Raghavan was a partner at Dua Associates, a leading law firm having offices across eight cities in India. Mr Raghavan has a penchant for writing and regularly contributes his thoughts and views on various issues in several leading publications. Mr Raghavan is also the Chairman of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bengaluru. Mr Raghavan is a firm believer in the power of education and as part of his pro bono activities engages with BBMP which in association with BVB runs a school which focuses on imparting education to students from weaker sections of the society.

Mr Kiran heads the disputes practice for South India at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and has close to two decades of experience advising clients on all types of civil and business/commercial disputes, cross border disputes, domestic and international arbitrations. He is a member of the Reserve Panel of Arbitrators at Singapore International Arbitration Centre, a qualified Specialist Mediator with Singapore International Mediation Centre and a registered foreign lawyer with Singapore International Commercial Court. Mr Kiran is also involved in various social projects through the Rotary Club of Bangalore and passionate about community service and mentoring the youth.

Manu Kulkarni graduated with a gold medal from NALSAR, Hyderabad and has been heading the Dispute Resolution practice of Poovayya and Co. from 2017. Manu is a visiting faculty at NLSIU, Bangalore and has also taught at NALSAR, Hyderabad. He has been ranked as a Litigation Star and one of  Asia's top 40 under 40 Litigators in the Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific 2024 rankings; ranked by Chambers & Partners as a leading lawyer; and ranked by Asialaw as a Notable Practitioner in Dispute Resolution. Manu has been volunteering with trusts undertaking cultural, spiritual and literary activities in his native district of Bagalkot and in Bengaluru for over a decade.

Pinaz heads the Bangalore practice of Wadia Ghandy & Co. and has 20 years of experience with top tier law firms in India. Her disputes practice is sector agnostic and has ranged from complex construction arbitrations, shareholders disputes/M&A, arbitrations, oppression matters to regular money recovery suits and arbitrations. She regularly appears before the High Court, Commercial Court, Civil Court, NCLT and DRT in corporate and commercial disputes. She also advises clients in relation to joint development agreements and commercial/industrial leases.

Mr Nayak, has close to two decades of experience in litigation and represents clients in diverse civil and commercial litigations, including major international and domestic commercial arbitrations, corporate litigation before the National Company Law Tribunals, contract and property claims, and IP disputes including prosecuting and defending various actions for passing off and infringement of trademarks, copyright and designs.

Mr Prasanth has been specialising in litigation and arbitration practice since his graduation in 2005 from the first batch of the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. He has dealt with disputes related to a wide range of legal subjects like company, contract, property and real estate, partnership, trust, intellectual property, banking, infrastructure, energy, consumer protection, land acquisitions, public procurements, labour, foreign exchange, excise, partition, infrastructure and arbitration laws.

Mr Gosain is a Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal and leads the Business Intelligence Practice. With two decades of experience, Mr Gosain has overseen 400+ engagements in pre and post-acquisition due diligence, asset traces and complex management fraud. He has over a decade of experience conducting whistle-blower investigations, complex fraud investigations, reputational due-diligence, and offering litigation support.

Mr Rangarajan is a Partner in the Corporate and Commercial practice group at Khaitan & Co. He focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, banking and finance transaction and regularly advises on litigations involving insolvency law and shareholder disputes. Having practiced extensively in Courts, at the Company Law Board and now the National Company Law Tribunal, Mr Rangarajan is able to offer significant insights into potential disputes while structuring transactions, thereby ensuring a well-rounded approach strategically and in documentation.

With an illustrious career of over four decades, Mr Naganand is one of Karnataka’s most sought-after Senior Counsels the recipient of a ‘Living Legend of the Law’ Award conferred by the Bar Association of India. Mr Naganand concentrates his practice on Corporate and Commercial Laws, International Trade and Business Laws, Taxation Laws, Intellectual Property Law, Infrastructure, Power & Electricity Laws, Venture Capital Investments, Arbitration and Mediation and Land Laws and has represented some of the biggest corporate names in the country. He also has a thriving constitutional litigation practice. He has a strong pro bono practice as well and his commitment to society is as alive as his love for the law.

Mr Sreevatsa is the founder of Sreevatsa Associates, which he set up in 1977. Mr Sreevatsa, a designated Senior Counsel of the Karnataka High Court is most well-known for his cross-examination skills and ability to simplify even the most complex trial. Mr Sreevatsa has advised on a wide array of subjects including company and commercial law, arbitration, intellectual property, real estate laws, cross-border transactions, banking law, property law, civil and criminal law, family law and regularly appears before Courts across the country. Mr Sreevasta regularly delivers lectures on conduct of trials, valuation of suits and the art of cross-examination.

Mrs Susheela is a designated Senior Counsel practicing in the High Court of Karnataka. With a Masters in Sociology, a Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Relations and Personal Management and a Post Graduate Diploma in Alternate Dispute Resolution from ICADR, Mrs Susheela has over the last three decades of practice, advocated for the use of alternative methods of dispute resolution. Mrs Susheela is a trained Mediator, and a Master Trainer from the Bangalore Mediation Centre. Mrs Susheela regularly mediates complex family disputes. She has authored two books on mediation, one in English and another in Kannada, in order to ensure wider access to information regarding mediation.

Mr Holla, four time Advocate General for the State of Karnataka, is one of the leading lawyers in India. In his illustrious and distinguished career spanning over five decades, Mr Holla has represented clients in several high profiles cases involving complex issues of civil, commercial, constitutional, criminal and service law before the Supreme Court of India and various High Courts and Tribunals across the country. Mr Holla is also associated with several social service organisations which are actively involved in ensuring the well-being of orphans, disabled and aged individuals.

Dr Aditya Sondhi is a Senior Advocate practising before the Supreme Court of India, High Courts across the country and several Tribunals. He has served as the Additional Advocate General for Karnataka and has been appointed Amicus Curiae in several matters of public importance. He holds a PhD in political science from Mysore University and has contributed to ‘The Oxford Handbook of The Indian Constitution’. Dr Sondhi has been a TEDx speaker and has lectured widely across the country, as also abroad. He has published two books of non-fiction with Penguin, India.

Mr Kamath served as a key member of ALMT, Bangalore’s dispute resolution practice, until his designation as a Senior Counsel. Currently serving as the Additional Solicitor General before the High Court of Karnataka, Mr Kamath has vast experience in handling a variety of disputes ranging from commercial to constitutional. Mr Kamath is known for his aggressive litigation strategies thought out with foresight and aimed at expeditious settlement of disputes.

Ms Nidhishree has close to two decades of experience, having graduated with a gold medal from University Law College, Bengaluru. She has a post graduate diploma in Intellectual Property laws from the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru and a post graduate diploma in Media Laws from the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research, Hyderabad. She practices before the Trial Courts, High Court of Karnataka and various other fora within and outside the State and focuses mainly on civil, constitutional and commercial cases. These include matters relating to constitutional law, civil law, company law, arbitration, intellectual property, contracts & tenders, employment law, succession, etc.

Geetha Devi Papanna is a practicing advocate in the High Court of Karnataka for the past 30 years handled cases on Civil, criminal  and  Family matters. She was a Research Associate, Centre for Women and Law @  National Law School of India University, Bangalore 1991- 1993, and worked as  a consultant to Govt of India in preparation of the I & III periodic report in 2005- 2007 and IV and V report in 2010-2011 regarding the State Obligation under the Convention of Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). Ms. Papanna was also a member of the Govt of India delegation to the United Nations in 2007. She has developed policies on prevention of sexual harassment for various MNCs, and is an external member on POSH committee in various educational institutions and MNCs. She is a trained Mediator empanelled at the Bangalore Mediation Centre since April 2007 and has conducted trainings on mediation at State and National level. 

Mr Pookkatt is a partner at APJ-SLG Law Offices as well as the Princial Architect of Staram Analytics, a company incorporated to help create knowledge graphs in open source specifically in the legal sector to address Access to Justice issues. He is spearheading Legal Ontology and Standards in India and engages with domain specialists and legal policy organisations to develop ontologies for laws and domains.

Mr Moorthy is a leader in the program management and solutions design space, and has over 30 years of experience in the global software solutions industry. With an impressive breadth of knowledge and a hands-on approach, he is deeply committed to building unparalleled, tech-powered dispute resolution tools. Using his extensive knowledge of software, Mr Moorthy and his team at ADReS Now are focussed on providing a platform that is advanced, reliable, and user-friendly and promotes an effective option for dispute resolution outside the traditional Court system.

Lakshmi is an independent legal practitioner with over 10 years' experience, and represents a range of clients across central and state judicial forums. She also makes frequent appearances on behalf of several tier 1 and 2 law firms. Lakshmi is a trained arbitrator at the Centre for Online Dispute Resolution and has completed a FICCI Master Trainers Program on insolvency law in India. In July 2021, Lakshmi was conferred the "Emerging Women's Leader” award by the Bangalore Chamber of Commerce & Industry. She presently serves on the Executive Council of Address Now - an online dispute resolution platform.

In her career of more than a decade, Maneesha has represented domestic and international clients in diverse litigation and arbitrations, across several fora including the Supreme Court of India, the High Courts at Karnataka, Bombay, Delhi, Gujarat and Calcutta as also various Tribunals and district Courts on matters ranging from high value commercial disputes, customs claims, real estate and construction disputes, infrastructure disputes, writ petitions, public interest litigations, winding up proceedings including corporate insolvency and restructuring proceedings and trademark infringements.

Mr Shameer has wide experience in dispute resolution extends to commercial litigation, arbitration, real estate litigation, labour and employment disputes and criminal law. He regularly appears before various fora and provides end to end representation and advise to clients in different contentious situations. He has successfully defended and prosecuted arbitrations concerning breach and enforcement of contracts, construction disputes relating to large infrastructure and public utility projects, real estate disputes and employment disputes.

With extensive experience in Indian dispute resolution as well as in cross-border dispute resolution, Ms Hatti is a well-recognised litigator and also regularly serves as an arbitrator and mediator. She has acted on behalf of Indian and foreign clients in complex litigations before Indian Courts, quasi-judicial authorities and in arbitration proceedings. She is associated with various organisations including the Singapore International Mediation Centre where she is an India Specialist Mediator. Poornima is a visiting faculty member at the National Law School of India University and a guest lecturer at IIM, Bengaluru and is a member of the LCIA-Young International Arbitration Group and the Australasian Forum of International Arbitration, the Indian Arbitration Forum.

Mr Pramod Nair is a designated Senior Advocate having extensive experience in dealing with complex issues involving public law, arbitration law, white collar crimes and commercial litigation before the Supreme Court of India and High Courts of Karnataka, Bombay and Delhi and various tribunals across India. Mr Nair also has appeared as counsel and acted as an arbitrator in arbitrations conducted under the aegis of leading arbitral institutions such as the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, International Chambers of Commerce, London Centre of International Arbitration among others. Prior to his designation, he was the Founder and Managing Partner of Arista Chambers, a boutique dispute resolution law firm in Bengaluru. Mr Nair has also served as a Council Member of leading arbitral institutions and is visiting lecturer at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru.

Mr Chandra has over three decades of litigation experience and represents several statutory authorities and bodies before Civil Courts, High Court, Tribunals, Consumer Forums, Debts Recovery Tribunal and quasi- judicial Authorities across Karnataka. A certified Mediator empanelled at the Bangalore Mediation Centre and trained as a mediator by ISDLS, California, Mr Chandra is one of the most sought after mediators in Bangalore.

With over 27 years’ experience, Mr Barot has advised and represented clients in institutional and ad–hoc arbitrations seated in and outside India. He has appeared in various fora, including the Supreme Court and several High Courts across India, on corporate commercial disputes, enforcement and challenge petitions for arbitration (domestic, international and BIT) awards, monetary suits, administrative writs, maritime law disputes, insolvency laws, intellectual property disputes and regulatory & securities law matters. Rajendra has advised leading global PE Funds, MNCs, insurance companies and global leaders in the telecom and mining sectors. Additionally, Mr Barot has advised insurance companies, particularly in the life insurance, non–life insurance and health insurance spaces, on their India entry strategies.

Ms Deshpande is a Senior Partner at K Law’s Bengaluru office and heads the real estate practice. Ms Deshpande has advised on a wide variety of matters ranging from title due diligence, leasing, setting up of integrated-township, SEZ development, private equity investment in real estate, debt funding, estate planning, RERA, disputes and arbitration in real estate transaction. Ms Deshpande also appears in Courts and Tribunals across Karnataka in relation to property matters. She was a part of the team that drafted and finalized the Building Bye-Laws of BBMP in 2003.

Mr Poovayya is a designated Senior Advocate with an extensive technology, commercial and constitutional law practice in the Supreme Court of India, and in High Courts across the country. Prior to his designation, he was the Founder and Managing Partner of Poovayya & Co., a full-service law firm with offices at Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai and New Delhi. Mr Poovayya served as the Additional Advocate General for the State of Karnataka and was one of the youngest to occupy that position.

Prior to his designation as Senior Counsel, Mr Raghavan headed the litigation and dispute resolution practice at IndusLaw. With a career spanning over 20 years, Mr Raghavan has appeared in several complex disputes for Indian and multi-national corporations, high net worth individuals and government authorities. He has a broad trial and appellate practice apart from appearing in several complex, high-value arbitrations. He also regularly advises clients in matters involving winding-up, oppression and mismanagement, share transfers, the reduction of share capital, mergers and others schemes of arrangement with shareholders and creditors. He is also a member of the User Council of Singapore International Arbitration Centre.

Tejas is an experienced disputes resolution lawyer with a focus on corporate and commercial disputes resolution. He is also actively involved in developing pre-dispute strategy and dispute resolution strategy advisory work. He regularly appears before the High Court of Karnataka, National Company Law Tribunal, National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, Debts Recovery Tribunal, Commercial Courts and Arbitral Tribunals. Tejas also regularly represents numerous civic minded and public-spirited individuals and organizations in their public interest litigations before the High Court of Karnataka.

Ms Hegde has over three decades of experience and regularly appears before the High Court of Karnataka, City Civil and Family Courts, Consumer Forum and Karnataka Administrative Tribunal. She is one of the founding members of Hegde & Rao, a boutique litigation firm in Bangalore and appears in civil, constitutional, service and labour matters, election matters and complex family disputes. She is also the Standing Counsel for the Karnataka State Election Commission, Karnataka Veterinary, Animal & Fisheries Science University, Kukke Subramanya Temple, City Municipal Council, Mandya, Tumkur University and Maharani Cluster University. She is a trained Senior Mediator having been trained by experts from the Institute for the Study and Development of Legal Systems, San Francisco, accredited by ADR.ODR International for civil and commercial mediations and certified in advanced mediation training as part of the Commercial Law Development Program conducted by the US Department of Commerce. She is also the Co-ordinator of the Karnataka Mediation Centre.