Pradeep Nayak is one of the founding partners of the firm and is a Senior Partner in the Bengaluru office, where he leads the commercial disputes and arbitration practice. With over 2 decades of experience in complex civil and commercial litigation and major domestic and international arbitrations, he predominantly appears before the High Court of Karnataka, while also appearing before the Supreme Court of India, various other High Courts, commercial courts, and company law tribunals. He is frequently nominated as an arbitrator in commercial disputes and has been appointed as arbitrator by the Karnataka High Court.
Pradeep’s notable mandates include representing promoters and investors in high-value cross-border shareholder disputes under the LCIA and LCIA-MIAC Rules; acting in arbitrations valued in excess of USD 100 million involving parallel proceedings before the Supreme Court of India, multiple High Courts, and company law tribunals; representing multinational corporations across the telecom, infrastructure, FMCG, manufacturing, and real estate sectors; successfully enforcing and resisting challenges to domestic and foreign arbitral awards (including SIAC awards); and appearing in significant arbitration-related court proceedings concerning limitation, non-signatories, waiver of arbitration, and enforcement.
He regularly advises on domestic and international commercial arbitration, cross-border investment and shareholder disputes, arbitration-related court proceedings (including appointment, interim measures, enforcement, and challenges to awards), insolvency and restructuring litigation, complex contractual and infrastructure claims, intellectual property enforcement and defence, and disputes in the power and other regulated sectors.