Commercial Litigation

Experienced Counsel for Nuanced Commercial Disputes

Keystone Partners’ commercial litigation practice covers a broad spectrum of disputes arising from a wide variety of commercial arrangements – including contracts for the supply of goods and services, shareholder and joint venture agreements, real estate development contracts, franchising and licensing arrangements, aircraft leasing and financing contracts, investment agreements, contracts pertaining to carriage of goods, and partnership and agency disputes. The firm regularly appears before the designated Commercial Courts, the Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of the High Courts, and the Supreme Court of India.

Our experience across high-stakes commercial disputes in a myriad of sectors enables us to guide businesses strategically even in matters involving nuanced, industry-specific issues, while maintaining a sharp focus on swift and effective resolution. Our litigation strategies are complemented by the proactive use of negotiation and mediation, keeping in mind our clients’ commercial imperatives and their desire for efficient outcomes. Our clients range from multinational corporations and NSE-listed companies to fast-growing startups and high net-worth individuals.

Service overview

Proven Experience, Outstanding Results

We provide end-to-end commercial litigation services that cover every aspect of the dispute resolution process. Our offerings include:
Contractual Disputes & Claims for Recovery
We handle breach of contract, supply disputes, money claims, indemnity enforcement, and related litigation before Commercial Courts and High Courts across India.
We act in disputes involving revenue sharing, exclusivity, franchise obligations, and termination of distribution and agency arrangements.
We represent landlords, tenants, and commercial occupiers in high-stakes disputes over commercial premises, lease terms, and wrongful termination of leases.
We represent policyholders in disputes involving wrongful policy cancellation and denial of claims by insurers.
We advise on and litigate significant questions of law arising in commercial proceedings, including under the Commercial Courts Act, 2015, and in Supreme Court special leave petitions.

Representative experience

Acting for a world leader in testing, inspection, and certification, and its Indian subsidiary, in proceedings before various courts and fora including the Bombay High Court, Trial Courts, Consumer Courts, and the Debt Recovery Tribunal.
Advising the world’s largest provider of reusable pallet-sized packaging solutions, in a money claim before the Alipore Commercial Court, Kolkata, arising from customs fines imposed on their client.
Successfully represented a leading manufacturer of precision tools before the Bombay High Court in a matter involving interpretation of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015, on the mandatory nature of time periods prescribed for completion of pleadings in commercial disputes that are not of specified value
Acting for a leading production house, in money recovery proceedings against its distributor and filmmaker.
Advised and represented a storage and warehousing service provider, in a dispute against a leading logistics platform for on-demand food, grocery, and same-day delivery services.
Acted for a leading Chinese EPC contractor in a high-stakes tenancy dispute over commercial property in Kolkata
Successfully represented a Karnataka state public sector mining undertaking before the Supreme Court of India in a special leave petition on a significant question of law concerning the admissibility of an amendment made to introduce an INR 11.7 billion counterclaim
Acting for a major civil construction company in a dispute involving the illegal cancellation of its insurance policy by a leading national insurer, without providing the client an opportunity to be heard.
Successfully represented a Danish wind turbine manufacturer in a suit for breach of a 20-year contract for the supply of wind energy (value USD 150 million).
Representing a non-banking financial company in connection with the recovery of INR 140 crores.
Representing an American electronic and specialty cable manufacturing company, and a German temperature-control technology manufacturing company, in suits filed by former distributors before the City Civil Court, Bengaluru.
Advising a Bengaluru-based private sector engineering and projects company in various contractual disputes with public sector engineering majors, in relation to contracts of high value in Bellary (Karnataka), Jaipur (Rajasthan), Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh), and Palatana (Tripura)
Representing a top-25 US-based multinational conglomerate in its litigation in India in relation to a number of large infrastructure projects
Representing the Respondent, a reputed multinational corporation in the IT/ITeS sector, in a petition challenging the Commercial Court’s dismissal of an application for rejection of plaint in a suit for recovery arising out of the wrongful encashment of a Performance Bank Guarantee.
Acting for a debenture trustee and the debenture holder in suit proceedings before the Delhi High Court seeking to enforce lien rights over a bank account opened in furtherance of security obligations by the debenture issuer company

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