LAW OFFICES OF SHIKHAR SHARMA
Practice Introduction
The Chambers operates as a full-service practice organised around five integrated pillars. By handling matters across these pillars, we provide clients with continuity of privilege, strategy, and institutional memory. Our approach combines courtroom strength with transaction-level precision, serving corporate groups, promoters, KMPs, and international investors at the intersection of commerce and complex regulation.
Commercial Litigation
The Chambers represent corporate groups, promoters, and individuals in high-stakes disputes across the Commercial Courts, the Delhi High Court Commercial Division, and the Supreme Court of India. Our practice covers the full breadth of commercial law, including recovery suits, injunctions, specific performance, and litigation proceedings under the NI Act, SARFAESI, and the IBC.
Arbitration
The Chambers manages complex domestic and institutional arbitrations under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Our expertise spans the entire lifecycle of a dispute—from the strategic drafting of arbitration clauses to the execution of multi-jurisdictional awards.
We regularly represent clients in Section 9, 11, and 34 proceedings before various High Courts and the Supreme Court of India. Our focus remains on securing interim protection, appointment of unbiased tribunals, and high-precision challenge or enforcement of arbitral awards.
Practice Specialty
White-Collar Criminal Defence
The Chambers’ white-collar practice is built on exhaustive forensic preparation and an uncompromising trial-ready approach. We represent corporate groups, KMPs, and individuals navigating high-stakes investigations by the CBI, SFIO, Enforcement Directorate, and State Police.
Trial Advocacy: Extensive experience before CBI Special Courts, Special PMLA Courts, and the Commercial Division of the Delhi High Court.
Regulatory Compliance: Pre-emptive audits and internal investigations conducted with a litigator's eye to mitigate future exposure.
100% SUCCESS RATE
Maintaining complete acquittal or discharge status in all CBI trials defended to judgment — a testament to our depth of forensic scrutiny and strategy.
Expertise spanning PMLA, PCA, BNS 2023, SFIO, ITO, DRI and ED Investigations.
Corporate Compliance & Commercial Agreements
The Chambers provides end-to-end support for Indian and foreign corporate groups, ensuring that commercial growth is underpinned by rigorous regulatory adherence. Our advisory is uniquely informed by the discipline of the courtroom — we review, negotiate, and draft complex instruments with a litigator's eye, anticipating and insulating against potential vulnerabilities before they manifest.
Strategic Drafting & Negotiation
Distribution, Supply & Manufacturing Agreements
Licensing and Technology Transfer Frameworks
Confidentiality & Non-Disclosure Instruments
Master Service Agreements (MSAs) & Vendor Contracts
Corporate Governance & Preventive Compliance Audits
Regulatory & Investigations Advisory
The Chambers offers sophisticated counsel on internal investigations, forensic reviews, and whistleblower matters. We conduct pre-emptive compliance audits for Indian and international corporate groups, ensuring institutional robustness through the intersection of regulatory knowledge, commercial logic, and a litigator's eye for forensic preparation.