Area of Practice

Arbitration

The Practice

AQUILAW advises businesses, promoters and investors on domestic and international arbitration, from drafting dispute resolution clauses to enforcing or challenging awards. We help clients assess a dispute early, choose a practical course of action and protect their position through court proceedings, conciliation or arbitration. Our team represents clients in ad hoc and institutional proceedings, working with technical experts and senior counsel where a matter calls for specialist evidence or court advocacy.

Key Service Offerings

Drafting and reviewing dispute resolution clauses, including the choice of seat, venue, governing law and institutional rules, emergency arbitrator provisions, and negotiation, conciliation and mediation steps.
Advising at the onset of disputes on notices, limitation periods, merits and quantification of claims, and on the timing and strategy of pre-arbitration discussions.
Seeking court referral to arbitration, constitution of arbitral tribunals and interim relief; pursuing emergency and conservatory measures before institutions and tribunals.
Representing clients in pre-arbitration conciliation, mediation, arb-med-arb proceedings, and domestic and international ad hoc or institutional arbitrations.
Drafting claims, defences, counterclaims, rejoinders and procedural applications; coordinating technical evidence, seeking disclosure, challenging jurisdiction and applying for extensions of tribunal mandates.
Advising on correction, challenge and enforcement of awards, including Section 34 proceedings and enforcement of domestic and foreign awards in India; representing clients before courts and assisting senior counsel.

The Aquilaw Advantage

Arbitration requires decisions that work both in the hearing room and in court. Our team stays involved from the first contract review or dispute notice through the hearing, award and enforcement stage, keeping the commercial objective in view. We work with AQUILAW’s corporate, tax and regulatory practices when a dispute turns on the underlying transaction or sector rules, and coordinate technical experts and senior counsel where needed. Our presence across India supports court representation and enforcement in the relevant jurisdictions.

The team navigate and facilitate complex commercial deals within tight timelines and readily provide innovative commercial solutions to overcome negotiation hurdles.