The Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution team at Dua Associates consists of dispute resolution lawyers who are highly experienced in handling international arbitration, domestic arbitration as well as mediation. Our clientele includes business houses, foreign investors, funds, large conglomerates, domestic and multi-national corporations across sectors such as Infrastructure & Projects, Oil & Gas, Construction & Engineering, Power & Energy, Telecom, Technology, Digital Media, Banking & Finance, Automobiles, Aviation, Chemicals, Transportation, Manufacturing, Hospitality, Fashion and Luxury Goods.
From high value contractual disputes to complex disputes involving M&A, Joint Ventures, foreign investment and other commercial disputes, Dua Associates’ Arbitration Practice Group represents clients in high profile and heavily contested cases as well as in mid-sized disputes. Our advice and services are tailored to the needs of each client, drawing on the collective knowledge of the Firm and its members. We provide advice and assistance right from drafting the arbitration clause, acting and advising at the pre-arbitration stage, representing clients from the commencement of arbitration until the final hearing, seeking interim measures of protection from courts and arbitral tribunals, filing and defending applications for urgent interim relief before emergency arbitrators, acting in enforcement proceedings of arbitral awards and in matters concerning recourse against awards.
The Arbitration team acts for clients in matters that are seated across various cities in India as well as those that are conducted in major arbitral seats outside India. Our professionals are familiar with conducting arbitrations under the Rules of leading national and international arbitral institutions such as the Indian Council of Arbitration (ICA), Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration (MCIA), Nani Palkhivala Arbitration Centre (NPAC), American Arbitration Association (AAA), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) and the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC). The team has extensive experience in handling ad-hoc arbitrations as well as arbitrations conducted under the UNCITRAL Rules.
We regularly act in arbitration related court matters. The Firm has a dedicated Supreme Court presence through “Dua Associates AOR”, a firm of Advocates-on-Record registered with the Supreme Court of India. Additionally, the Firm’s memberships and affiliations with various national and international Bar Associations and Councils, Law Societies and Business/Trade-related chambers, are supplemented with close, long-standing professional relationships with leading law firms across the world as well as various Senior Counsel in India and other key jurisdictions, which enable us to assist clients in large and complicated transactions and disputes.
