Aekom has a keen emphasis on dispute resolution and boasts a dedicated practice for arbitration, commercial dispute resolution before courts, tribunals, regulators and statutory authorities and issues arising out of stressed asset acquisition and other facets of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016. In these areas, our teams offer both post and predispute advisory and representational services.
Aekom has a specialised Arbitration Practice Group wherein we advise our clients on complex domestic and international commercial arbitration matters including but not limited to pre- arbitration strategy, advising on negotiation strategy, settlement discussions, drafting pleadings, conducting arbitration hearings, representation during arbitral proceedings and recognition and enforcement of awards or challenges. Our arbitration team has represented industry leaders from across various sectors in high-value arbitrations and has secured favourable awards and orders for them.
We have successfully handled complicated domestic and international commercial arbitration matters from the stage of invocation to pleadings, interim relief, leading of evidence and cross examination, arguments and challenging or enforcing awards, along with numerous proceedings under Sections 8, 9, 11, 14, 34 and 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 before courts.
Our expertise extends across disputes arising out of commercial contracts, company law, insolvency, debt recovery, white collar crimes, foreign exchange issues, moneylaundering, banking and finance, fraud, cyber security, data privacy and financial crime.
The firm’s lawyers have handled various high-profile litigations before different forums across India relating interalia to: (i) corporate litigation, writ litigation, tax matters before the courts, (ii) disputes relating to real property and succession, (iii) prosecution, restraining orders, and defensive actions in regard to intellectual property disputes for violation of patents, trademarks, copyrights, designs, (iv) oppression and mismanagement, shareholder disputes, (v) actions in relation to recovery of debts before the Debt Recovery Tribunals and Appellate Tribunals, (vi) actions relating to SARFAESI Act, and (vii) contractual and commercial disputes.
Aekom possesses a unique advantage of close synergy and cross-expertise between its insolvency advisory and insolvency disputes practises, enabling it to provide highly specialized representational services to entities acquiring stressed assets under insolvency from the stage of conceptualization of acquisition plan to documentation, approval, and adversarial litigations arising out of the acquisition. Aekom handles the entire disputes docket for the various high-value acquisitions implemented by its team, providing end-to-end services to its clients.
Additionally, Aekom has also represented financial and operational creditors from various industries in instituting proceedings under the Insolvency Code and in negotiating settlement agreements or seeking admission of petition against the Corporate Debtor. Our team has brought meaningful settlements to a number of foreign-based entities in recovery of dues from India-based businesses and companies. Aekom also boasts a widespread practice of advising and representing Resolution Professionals on diverse and complicated issues of law arising out of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 and enjoys a close working relationship with leading Resolution Professionals across India.