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Dispute Resolution

Practice area

We resolve disputes across India and the UAE — from the NCLT and the Indian courts to the DIFC, ADGM, mainland litigation and international arbitration. When a matter spans both jurisdictions, a single team runs it end to end.

Where we act
DIFC, ADGM & mainland
UAE: Common-law and civil court systems
NCLT & the High Courts
India: Insolvency, commercial suits and enforcement
DIAC, ICC, SIAC & LCIA
India & UAE: Arbitration seated on either side
New York Convention & s.44A
India & UAE: Foreign awards and foreign decrees, enforced across borders
02 — One relationship

A dispute that touches both sides, run by one team.

Cross-border matters often fracture across two sets of advisers — one in India, one in the UAE — with duplicated instructions and the risk of conflicting positions. Our presence in both jurisdictions means a single team runs the whole matter: aligned strategy, coordinated evidence, and enforcement pursued on both sides at once.

One team, both jurisdictions

India-enrolled advocates and UAE practitioners under a single advisory relationship.

Coordinated enforcement

Recognition and enforcement pursued across India and the UAE in parallel, reducing cost, duplication and the risk of conflicting outcomes.

Seat & forum strategy

Advice at the outset on where a dispute should be seated and heard — the choice that fixes the supervisory court and the enforcement path.

03 — Our approach

How we run a cross-border dispute.

Dual-jurisdiction bench

Experienced teams in both India and the UAE, advising across multiple legal frameworks and institutions.

Procedural precision

Meticulous adherence to institutional rules and tribunal directions, minimising procedural risk.

Evidentiary strength

Close work with technical and financial experts to build persuasive, dispute-specific evidence.

Commercial alignment

Every step measured against the client’s wider objectives — efficiency balanced with rigorous advocacy.

Enforcement-led

Strategy shaped from the outset around where an award or judgment will ultimately need to be enforced.

English and Arabic

Proceedings conducted in English and Arabic, with coordination across borders when enforcing or managing related matters.

Mandates are led by Asha Treesa Bejoy FCIArb, panel member at the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) and the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA).

04 — Representative experience

Selected cross-border matters.

  • DIAC arbitrationCounsel to a multinational construction consortium on delay and disruption claims arising from a major infrastructure project, involving concurrent-delay analysis across multiple contract packages.
  • ICC · ParisLead counsel to an engineering, procurement and construction contractor in an ICC arbitration seated in Paris, concerning payments for electro-mechanical works under an international subcontract.
  • DIFC enforcementRecognition and enforcement before the DIFC Courts of an award arising from a shareholders’ agreement, addressing the debtor’s challenges and the transition from the DIFC-LCIA framework to DIAC.
  • MediationA construction dispute against a multinational main contractor, administered by arbitrateAD and resolved through out-of-court mediation.
05 — Cross-border questions

Disputes across the corridor, answered.

My dispute touches both India and the UAE — can one firm handle it?
Yes — our dual India–UAE presence means a single team runs a matter that spans both, with coordinated strategy, evidence and enforcement across the corridor rather than separate advisers in each jurisdiction.
Where should a cross-border dispute be seated?
It depends on the contract, where the assets are and where enforcement will ultimately be needed. We advise on seat and forum at the outset — India- or UAE-seated arbitration, the DIFC/ADGM or mainland courts, or the Indian courts — because the seat fixes the supervisory court and the enforcement path.
How do you enforce an award or judgment across India and the UAE?
We coordinate recognition and enforcement on both sides at once — foreign awards under the New York Convention, foreign decrees through the Indian courts under Section 44A CPC, and the DIFC and ADGM as conduit jurisdictions — reducing cost, duplication and the risk of conflicting positions.
Do you act in both court litigation and arbitration?
Yes — across the NCLT and the Indian courts, the DIFC and ADGM Courts, UAE mainland litigation, and institutional or ad hoc arbitration (DIAC, arbitrateAD, ICC, LCIA, SIAC).
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06 — By jurisdiction

By jurisdiction

The full India or UAE dispute-resolution practice. Matters that span both are run as a single relationship across the corridor.

India

Dispute Resolution — India

NCLT & insolvency under the IBC, High Court and commercial litigation, India-seated and international arbitration, mediation under the Mediation Act 2023, and cross-border enforcement.

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UAE

Dispute Resolution — UAE

The DIFC and ADGM courts, arbitration under arbitrateAD, DIAC, ICC, LCIA, SIAC and UNCITRAL, mainland litigation, mediation and debt recovery.

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We act for clients in both jurisdictions through offices in the UAE and India.

Last reviewed: July 2026. This page provides general legal information, not legal advice on any specific matter.