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R. Sudhinder Senior Partner

Sudhinder holds expertise of over 30 years in different areas of legal practice, including indirect taxation, contracts, competition law, foreign trade laws, anti-dumping laws, corporate, constitutional and administrative laws.

Sudhinder also has extensive experience in general litigation and arbitration matters. He has appeared and argued matters in various fora including the Supreme Court of India, various High Courts in India, Customs Excise Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Competition Commission of India, Competition Appellate Tribunal, National Company Law Tribunal,  National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, erstwhile Company Law Board, DGFT Authorities, other quasi-judicial authorities and departmental officers and in arbitration proceedings.

Sudhinder was admitted to the Bar in 1989. Before joining the Firm in 2007, Sudhinder practiced law as an independent counsel and also, holds experience of working as a junior Advocate under Mr. A.N. Haksar, Bar-at-Law, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India.

Select Professional Experience

Successfully represented Thermax Limited before the Bombay High Court in setting aside a ₹218.45 crore arbitral award involving complex issues of exclusion clauses and patent illegality.

Represented the erstwhile HDFC Limited (since merged with HDFC Bank) before the Supreme Court, against IL&FS.

Advised the committee of creditors in the insolvency resolution process of Binani Cements Limited insolvency under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.

Advised the Resolution Professional and liquidator in the insolvency and liquidation proceedings of Concast Steel & Power Limited.

Succeeded in defending Talluri Srinivas and S. Gopalakrishnan, the Ex-partners of PWC in the Satyam scam before the Securities Appellate Tribunal. The Satyam scam was the first corporate fraud by the Satyam Management and the Auditors were proceeded against for complicity and wilful gross negligence. A clean chit by Tribunal has vindicated the stance of the Auditors that were themselves victim of a well-orchestrated fraud.

Representing a major Indian engineering company involved in energy and environment in several high-stake arbitrations.

Successfully defended one of the largest producers of edible oil in a Cartel Enquiry by Competition Commission of India. The enquiry was into the alleged cartelisation in the futures market. The allegation was circular bidding on the commodities exchange, thereby rigging the prices.

Acted on behalf of Industrial Laminates (India) Private Limited and its individuals Mr. Virender Singh Negi and Mr. Saleh Najmuddin Mithiborwala before the Competition Commission of India.

Appeared on behalf of a regulatory body under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Finance, Government of India before the Constitution Bench in a case relating infringement of fundamental rights and data privacy.

Appeared in a tax matter before the Supreme Court which had a huge impact on availment Input Tax Credit in case of exempted final products.

Awards & Recognition

IFLR1000 2025 ‘Highly Regarded’ in Restructuring and Insolvency.

Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2025, 2024 and 2023 ‘Litigation Star’ for ‘commercial & transactions’.

The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific Rankings 2025 'Leading Partner' and ‘Recommended Lawyer’ for Dispute Resolution in NCR.

Chambers & Partners Global Guide 2025 'Notable Practitioner' for Dispute Resolution.

India Business Law Journal’s Top 100 lawyers in the A-List 2024.

The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific Rankings 2024 and 2023, ‘Recommended Lawyer’ for Dispute Resolution.

‘ALB India 2022 Super 50 Lawyers’ list recognised R. Sudhinder as one of the top 50 private practitioners in India.

India Business Law Journal recognised the insolvency proceedings of Binani Cement as ‘Deals of the Year 2019’.

Testimonials

“Highly experienced and talented professional with innovative solutions in litigations.” — asialaw

“We bank upon him for his advice where he has been guiding our strategy.” — asialaw

“An extremely experienced and knowledgeable professional.” — asialaw

“A fine lawyer with a great problem-solving attitude. He's very solution-oriented and business-friendly. Has great sense of integrity and in-depth knowledge of official proceedings.” — Benchmark Litigation

“He is an excellent relationship manager; extremely responsive to the needs of the client. Advice is pragmatic. Excellent person to have." — Benchmark Litigation

Memberships

Bar Council of Tamil Nadu.

Media Mentions

11th Dec, 2025

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21st Dec, 2023

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31st Oct, 2023

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Argus Talks

11th Nov, 2021

Argus Talks: The Tribunals Reforms Act 2021

Disputes & ADR

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Papers & Publications

02nd May, 2020

Perkins - A Critical Analysis

Updates

10th Oct, 2025

SC: Non-operation of an arbitration clause due to subsequent amendment…

29th Sep, 2025

Supreme Court: Identification of Speculative Investors under Insolvency and Bankruptcy…

24th Jul, 2025

Irregularities in advancement of loan cannot excuse Corporate Debtor from…

02nd Jun, 2025

Delhi High Court: Failure to reply to Section 21 notice…

Our Offices

Mumbai

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215, Nariman Point
Mumbai – 400021

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Delhi

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Okhla Industrial Area, Phase 3
New Delhi – 110020

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Bengaluru

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Bengaluru - 560001

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Kolkata

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Kolkata – 700016

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