With the new amendments brought in the Arbitration & Conciliation Act in 2019, the Delhi High Court decided the issue of applicability of the amended Section 29 A (1). Sushmita Gandhi and Anamika Singh discuss the Delhi High Court judgment in ONGC Pe...
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Sushmita has 16 years of extensive experience
advising clients on a variety of commercial disputes across sectors, including
Banking & Finance, Insolvency & Restructuring, and arbitrations,
particularly in the areas of construction, projects and infrastructure, and
investments.
She has advised lenders, borrowers, advisors,
and other intermediaries in complex local and cross-border financing
transactions across major debt financing disciplines.
Sushmita has handled several domestic and
international arbitrations, representing clients in institutional arbitrations
in India and abroad and she has also advised on corporate and commercial
disputes, appearing before a variety of forums, courts, and tribunals. Sushmita
has acted both as, briefing counsel and lead advocate in several domestic
arbitrations and arbitrations administered by SIAC, ICC, LCIA, DIAC with seats
in India, Singapore, Dubai and London.
In particular, she has a wealth of experience in
handling proceedings against some of the biggest debt defaulters in India; in
domestic and cross border insolvency litigation and advisory work relating to
the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code; and in international arbitrations.
Sushmita is also a fellow of the Chartered
Institute of Arbitrators, UK and Prime Disputes, UK.
Prior to joining INDUSLAW, Sushmita has worked for leading Indian law
firms.
Sushmita regularly authors articles and
publications on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, Arbitration and
Conciliation Act, Banking laws etc. which are published by leading journals
such as India Business Law Journal, SCC Online; Manupatra
and Mondaq. She is a regular speaker on the subject at various events and
summit across the globe and her views on various legal issues are often
published in leading newspapers.
Sushmita
is ranked and recognized by all leading legal researchers. More recently, she
has been awarded as the winner in category of Commercial
Arbitration Lawyer of the Year by Women in Business Law Awards (2022-APAC). She
has been ranked by Chambers & Partners APAC and Global Guide 2023 in the
field of Dispute Resolution and recognized as a Recommended Lawyer for Banking
and Finance, Dispute Resolution, Insolvency and Restructuring and White-Collar
Crimes by Legal500 Asia Pacific (2023 edition) She has also been ranked as
Rising Star Partner for Restructuring and Insolvency by IFLR1000 and as Rising
Star Partner for Dispute Resolution and Restructuring and Insolvency by Asia
Law-APAC 2023. Sushmita also features as one of the top individual lawyers in
the field of Arbitration and Insolvency and Bankruptcy by Forbes-Legiquest
Legal Powerlist.
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