Quinn Emanuel’s India Disputes Practice Group represents clients in high-stakes disputes and investigations involving Indian parties across all industries and dispute resolution forums worldwide. Our team combines deep India expertise with Quinn Emanuel’s unparalleled global disputes platform to deliver exceptional results for clients with India-related legal challenges.
Unmatched Global Platform With India Focus
The India practice leverages our firm’s unique position as the world’s largest business litigation and arbitration firm, with over 1,300 lawyers across 34 offices globally. Our track record of winning over 86% of the cases we handle, including more than 2,500 trials and arbitrations, provides clients with confidence when facing their most critical India-related disputes. Our exclusively disputes-focused model ensures we remain free from the conflicts that often prevent full-service firms from taking on significant matters.
We have cultivated strategic relationships with premier Indian law firms across the subcontinent, ensuring our clients benefit from seamless coordination between world-class international advocacy and top-tier local expertise. This carefully curated network of Indian counsel enables us to provide comprehensive support across all major commercial centers and jurisdictions within India.
Comprehensive India Dispute Resolution Services
- Commercial Litigation and Arbitration: We handle complex commercial disputes involving Indian parties or assets, from contract breaches and joint venture disputes to regulatory enforcement actions and cross-border fraud investigations. Our experience spans all major arbitral institutions including among others ICC, LCIA, SIAC, HKIAC, DIAC, SCC, PCA, and ICSID.
- Investment Treaty Arbitration: Our team represents both investors and States in high-value bilateral investment treaty (BIT) disputes involving India, drawing on our extensive experience in international arbitration and our strategic understanding of the Indian investment landscape.
- Cross-Border Enforcement: We assist clients in enforcing judgments and arbitral awards in India and against Indian parties, navigating the complex procedural requirements and leveraging our relationships with leading Indian counsel to achieve successful outcomes.
- Multi-Jurisdictional Coordination: As an independent firm, we seamlessly coordinate with clients’ existing Indian advisers and work with premier Indian law firms to manage complex disputes spanning multiple jurisdictions through a single point of contact.
- White-Collar Practice: Recognized as a market leader and “White Collar Practice Group of the Year” by Law360 in 2024 Investigations, Government Enforcement & White Collar Criminal Defense Practice, our white collar practice combines exceptional trial capabilities with strategic early intervention to secure favorable outcomes in high-stakes disputes in disputes with an India-connection.
India Expertise Across All Sectors
Our India practice spans numerous industries where we have developed deep sector-specific knowledge:
- Energy and Infrastructure: Power project disputes, oil and gas joint ventures, renewable energy arbitrations
- Technology and Telecommunications: Software licensing disputes, data protection matters, telecommunications regulatory issues
- Financial Services: Banking disputes, securities litigation, fintech regulatory matters
- Manufacturing and Automotive: Supply chain disputes, joint venture disagreements, product liability matters
- Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare: Patent disputes, regulatory enforcement, clinical trial disagreements
- Private Equity: Partnership disputes, breach of contract disputes, disputes involving lenders
- Mergers & Acquisitions: Enforcing financing agreements, leveraged buy-outs, restructuring and large, complex sale and merger transactions
Recent Representations
- Gautam Adani and Adani Enterprises – We serve as defense counsel to Gautam Adani and Adani Enterprises in connection with securities and wire fraud charges alleged in the Eastern District of New York. The charges center on an alleged scheme to pay more than USD 250 million in bribes to Indian officials on behalf of Adani Green Energy, which the government alleges Adani and others then misled investors about in seeking to raise capital in the United States.
- Cairn Energy v. India – Represented a UK-based energy company Cairn Energy in a claim brought under the UK-India bilateral investment treaty arising from retrospective taxation measures.
- NMC v. Dr Shetty, Prasanth Manghat, and Bank of Baroda – Represented NMC in a dispute testing the fraudulent and wrongful trading principles and involve engaging these principles in both English law and the ADGM Insolvency Regulations.
- Major Mining Conglomerate v. India – Represented a leading global mining and metals company in a treaty arbitration against India under a bilateral investment treaty seated in Switzerland.
- Family dispute I – Represented a branch of a UHNWI family of Indian origin adverse to other branches of the family in a complex, multi-jurisdictional dispute.
- Family dispute II – Representing a branch of a UHNWI family of Indian origin adverse to other branches of the family in a complex, multi-jurisdictional dispute including assets all over the world.
- Indian global trading and distribution company v. OFAC – We represent an Indian global trading and distribution company in an OFAC inquiry and internal investigation regarding alleged dealings in Iran-origin petroleum products through a UAE shipping terminal. We responded to OFAC’s information request and are assisting the client with compliance enhancement and employee training while conducting extensive interviews and document review.
- Indian Financial Institution – Represented an Indian financial institution in Australian court proceedings concerning the construction of letters of credit worth USD 150 million. We argued that the letters of credit expired before the liability became due and payable. Both at trial and on appeal the court agreed with our construction, allowing the client to avoid this liability.
- Indian Asset Management Company – Represented an Indian asset management company in a USD 200 million LCIA arbitration brought by international investment funds, with connected proceedings across multiple jurisdictions in Asia and offshore financial centers.
- Indian Trading Company v. European Manufacturing Entity – Represented an Indian commodities trading company in LCIA arbitration against a European manufacturing company for recovery of debt for goods supplied. Several millions of euros in dispute.
- Indian Power Generator Manufacturer v. Global Engineering Company – Representing an Indian power generator manufacturer in an arbitration on a licensing agreement
- European Pharmaceutical Company v. Indian Sellers – Acting for a European pharmaceutical company in SIAC arbitration against sellers of an India-based manufacturing facility. Approximately USD 217 million dispute regarding regulatory compliance issues.
- Indian Industrial Equipment Manufacturer Arbitrations – Representing an Indian industrial equipment manufacturer in multiple ICC arbitrations against multinational corporation entities. Approximately USD 200 million in dispute.
- TAFE v. AGCO Governance Dispute – We represented Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited “TAFE,” as a significant shareholder of US farm equipment manufacturer AGCO in a governance dispute involving litigation in India over interlocking licensing agreements between the companies, and a corollary shareholder activist campaign pursued by TAFE.
- Global investment firm internal investigation – Advising a global investment firm in connection with an internal investigation into whistleblower allegations.
- Global Beverage Company v. Indian Distributor – Represented a global beverage company in HKIAC arbitration against an Indian distribution partner.
- Middle Eastern Energy Company Enforcement – Representing a Middle Eastern energy company in proceedings to enforce a USD 2.4 billion award against a State-owned oil company across multiple jurisdictions including India.
- Indian Conglomerate Joint Venture Arbitration – Previously represented a major Indian conglomerate in arbitration under a Joint Operating Agreement relating to energy assets in India.
- Indian Education Technology Subsidiary – We represent the debtor in possession, a U.S. subsidiary of an Indian education technology conglomerate, in chapter 11 proceedings after uncovering fraudulent transfers of over $500 million from a $1.2 billion secured term loan to an offshore hedge fund. We have commenced adversary proceedings to recover the funds and obtained preliminary injunctions, with both the hedge fund's founder and the debtor’s former officer held in contempt for discovery violations.
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