Shabbeer Ahmed

Partner, Hyderabad

shabbeer.ahmed@induslaw.com

India (Advocate)

BA.LLB, National Law Institute University, Bhopal (2008)

Shabbeer Ahmed is a Partner in the Hyderabad office of CMS INDUSLAW. His practice primarily involves civil and commercial litigation and insolvency matters.

Shabbeer has more than 17 years of experience in advised various multinational clients on a variety of complex litigation issues and has also been involved by clients in formulating and advised on risk mitigating strategies.

He has represented various clients before the High Court, National Company Law Tribunal, Civil Courts, Consumer Forums and Commissions, Arbitration Tribunals, Debts Recovery Tribunal, Labour Courts and other quasi-judicial forums & authorities which include clients from diverse sectors such as, banking & finance, projects & infrastructure, real estate etc. Shabbeer regularly represents various stakeholders in the IBC matters such as Financial Creditors, Operational Creditors, Committee of Creditors, Resolution Professionals and Liquidators.

He has the distinction of representing the financial creditor in a case where the first ever liquidation order was passed by any NCLT in India after IBC has come into force. Most recently, Shabbeer has been recognised as a ranked lawyer by Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific Rankings 2024 for Corporate/Commercial: Hyderabad-based. He has also been recognised as a ‘Litigation Star’ in Hyderabad for Commercial and Transactions by Benchmark Litigation APAC 2024 Rankings. IFLR1000 Rankings have consistently recognised him as a ‘Notable Practitioner’ for Restructuring & Insolvency. Legal500 APAC 2024 Guide also recognised him as a ‘Recommended Lawyer’ for Dispute Resolution and Restructuring & Insolvency. He has also been recognised as one of the ‘Top 40 under 40’ by Benchmark Litigation Awards 2024 as well as ’Forty under Forty Rising Stars’ by Legal Era.

Shabbeer has previously worked with reputed law firms such as Amarchand & Mangaldas Suresh A. Shroff & Co., Kochhar & Co., and Fox Mandal & Associates. He has also authored many articles on varied topics in reputed journals and legal magazines.

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