Shashank verma, managing partner

Shashank is a Commercial lawyer with wide experience in handling corporate disputes. He graduated from ILS Law College, Pune and began his career in the Corporate Advisory Team of a leading law firm in India and subsequently joined the Office of the Advocate General of Chhattisgarh as a Junior Lawyer. He possesses over 18 years of experience representing India’s leading Banks, Financial Institutions and conglomerates in various Courts and Statutory Tribunals. He regularly advices corporates from India and abroad on both contentious and non-contentious legal issues.

yugandhara Pawar Jha, senior partner

Yugandhara has over 18 years of rich experience as a corporate lawyer. A graduate of ILS Law College, Pune, she has worked in different positions in some of India’s most reputed law firms and has also headed the transactional law and corporate advisory practice of a prominent law firm in Delhi. She has also held the position of Asst. Vice President Legal of a prominent multinational business processing and information technology services company. She specializes in General Corporate Advisory, Contract Drafting, Reviewing and Negotiating Dispute Resolution and Strategizing. She is also an Advocate on Record at the Supreme Court of India.

Rahul Sahai, senior partner

Rahul is a lawyer with rich experience in Commercial Dispute Resolution. A graduate of ILS Law College, Pune with over 16 years of practice, he has represented various Corporates, Banking and Financial Institutions, and has worked extensively in the domain of Service Laws, Real Estate, and Banking Laws. He is empaneled with leading Insurance Firms and Government Organizations. Apart from being a distinguished legal practitioner, he has also been appointed as Alternate Chairman by Corporations in their Shareholder and Amalgamation meetings. Mr. Sahai’s principal place of practice is before the Allahabad High Court.

Kunal verma, Joint managing partner

Kunal is an Advocate-on-Record at the Supreme Court of India and leads the firm’s disputes practice in Delhi. A graduate of the ILS Law College, Pune, he started his career in a prominent law firm in Delhi. He has over 15 years of extensive experience in advocacy and has handled complex commercial disputes in the Supreme Court of India, Delhi High Court and various statutory tribunals across the country. He represents some of India’s leading corporates before the Supreme Court of India and various High Courts.

Gautam jha, partner

Gautam is a Senior Dispute Resolution Professional based in Delhi. He regularly acts for leading Corporates in the field of Arbitration and Dispute Resolution/Advisory. He has significant experience of handling matters (both Arbitrations & Court Cases) in the areas of Oil & Gas, Power including Hydro-Power, Infrastructure (Road & Rail), Construction matters, Insurance, Taxation (Direct and Indirect Tax), Government Contracts and Tenders and Joint Venture Disputes, Consumer Protection, just to illustrate. He has represented clients in some very high-stake Arbitrations, in both domestic and International Commercial Arbitrations. Gautam is an Advocate on Record, Supreme Court of India (Third Rank holder) and has appeared before the Supreme Court for last 12 years. In past, he has also represented Union of India as Panel Counsel in the Supreme Court of India for a period of five years.

Jatin Kochhar, counsel

Jatin graduated from a premier National Law University with specialization in Business & Commercial Laws. He represents RPV Legal as a Counsel specializing in Corporate Advisory and Dispute Resolution. He has successfully handled various complex matters dealing with Maritime laws, Corporate Laws, Alternate Dispute Resolution, Commercial Laws, Insurance Laws etc. His expertise also includes handling various high stake Institutional Arbitration with LCIA, SIAC, DIAC etc. among others. He regularly appears before various High Courts and Civil Courts across India.

VIPUL AGRAWAL, COUNSEL

Vipul is a result oriented litigation and alternate dispute resolution Counsel at RPV Legal. He specializes in civil, contractual and commercial disputes and has advised many corporates, institutions and high net worth individuals, successfully strategizing and handling their complex matters and disputes pertaining to road development projects, heavy electrical works projects, land acquisitions, provision of goods and services, cargo carriers and freight transportation disputes, banking and finance matters, insolvency resolution proceedings, property disputes, consumer disputes, etc. among others. He regularly appears before various courts, statutory tribunals and arbitral tribunals and has several favourable judgments and orders to his credit. He is also a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK (CIArb) which is a globally recognized accreditation in the field of Arbitration.

Ronak arora, counsel

Ronak is a law graduate from Gujarat National Law University. He holds a Master’s Degree in International Commercial Arbitration from Stockholm University. Ronak specializes in international arbitration and dispute resolution. He has been involved in cases pertaining to variety of sectors, including EPC/construction, oil & gas, energy etc. He has also been a part of the coveted Arbitration Academy, Paris. Ronak also has substantive experience in litigation in various High Courts & Tribunals and the Supreme Court, particularly commercial disputes. He regularly advises corporates on varied domestic and international contracts. In addition to his work as a counsel, Ronak often acts as a Tribunal Secretary/Assistant to the Tribunal in many arbitrations under different applicable laws.

sooraj sharma, COUNSEL

Sooraj is a disputes lawyer specialising in international and commercial law and in particular international and commercial arbitration. He acts as counsel, secretary and assistant to the tribunal in arbitration proceedings both under Indian and foreign law. He has considerable experience in disputes relating to Energy, Construction & Projects, Company, Joint Venture/Share Holder Agreements etc. across different jurisdictions. He has been involved in several high-stake disputes in India, UAE and Singapore. He also regularly appears before various courts and tribunals on behalf of private and state entities. Sooraj was educated in India, Netherlands, United Kingdom and Switzerland and trained under some of the most distinguished lawyers and jurists in India.

Gautam mohanty, associate

Gautam specializes in a range of commercial and dispute resolution matters. He has advised domestic and international clients in Commercial Dispute Resolution matters; and has in his previous office represented several clients in arbitrations and matters relating to supply and sale contracts. He has gathered invaluable experience & expertise, inter alia, in handling various types of Commercial Matters, Arbitrations and drafting of commercial agreements. Before joining RPV Legal, he worked with a prominent Disputes Firm in Mumbai, where he used to regularly appear before the Bombay High Court and City Civil Courts. He graduated from National Law University, Odisha in the year 2015 and also has a Master’s in International Business Law from Central European University.

Bhagya k. yadav, associate

Bhagya completed her B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) degree from O.P. Jindal Global University. Ms. Yadav specializes in alternative dispute resolution and litigation, having appeared before various Trial Courts, High Courts, and Tribunals. Beyond her expertise in litigation, Ms. Yadav regularly serves as a Secretary to distinguished Arbitral Tribunals.

tia majumdar, associate

Tia is a graduate from National Law University, Delhi. She frequently acts as a Tribunal Secretary and Assistant to Arbitral Tribunals in several arbitration proceedings. While Ms. Majumdar has specific expertise in the broad areas of domestic and international commercial arbitration, and litigation, she also takes a keen interest in inter-disciplinary branches of law that emanate out of the interface between law and technology.