Team Member

Mr. Lalit Chauhan

Senior Partner
Email: lalitchauhan@legafin.in

Mr. Chauhan is the Senior Partner of the Firm and an Advocate with an experience of over 24 years.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • Life Member of the Supreme Court Bar Association since 1999
  • Life Member of Bar Association of India since 1999
  • Member of International Law Association, London since 1995
  • Member of Indian Society of International Law since 1998
  • Member of Delhi High Court Bar Association since 2000.
  • Member of National Company Law Tribunal & NCLAT Bar Association

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mr. Chauhan has practiced in the Supreme Court of India and various High Courts and Trial Courts involving civil, corporate and criminal cases. Further, he has extensively appeared before arbitral tribunals(both domestic and international) in very high-stake matters under the Indian Arbitration Act, 1940 as well as the current Act in the last 20years in domestic and international setups. In infrastructure and Oil and Gas arbitrations he has appeared in several high stake domestic as well International Arbitrations. A sample list of clients for which Mr. Chauhan has appeared is as follows:

NHAI, GAIL, ISPRL, NIC, State of Arunachal Pradesh, Government of India in Double Taxation Treaty case; Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd, SBI Capital Services Ltd, IRCON International, SAIL, Reliance Industries Ltd, Tata Projects Ltd., Aditya Birla Group, ICICI Bank, Welspun Ltd., IL&FS, Maeda Corporation Japan Ltd., British Gas Exploration & Production India Ltd., NICO International PLC, Samsung, Larsen & Toubro Ltd, Blue Dart Express Ltd, Nicholas Piramal (I) Ltd, National Bank of Fujaira, Emirates Bank, Today Homes Ltd., Hindustan Construction Corporation Ltd, Natpa Jhakri Construction Co. Ltd, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd, United Breweries Ltd, Harshad Mehta scam Cases, Federation of Sugar Industries, HFCL, German Remedies Ltd, Roche Products (I) Ltd, J&K Bank, Oriental Power Cables Ltd, Perfect Machine Tools Ltd, Hindustan Lever Ltd, Rolta India Ltd, Chowgule Shipping Co. Ltd, Ambalal Sarabhai Ltd, Varelli Garden Silk Mills, Arvind Mills Ltd, Thiroo Arooran Sugars Ltd, Dhariwal Industries Ltd, Axis Bank, DHL Ltd., British Gas Ltd, National Highway & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL) and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Gov’t of India; IRCON International; Gas Authority of India (GAIL); State of Arunachal Pradesh; National Insurance Corporation; Steel Authority of India; ISPRL- Ministry of Petroleum, etc.

Further, Mr. Chauhan has also appeared in several high stake domestic as well International Arbitrations involving oil & gas and infrastructure projects. Some of the notable ones are international arbitrations on behalf of Reliance Industries relating to Panna Mukta Tapti gas field, Krishna Godavari oil and gas fields (KG-D6) as well as Gas Migration case relating to PMT gas fields against ONGC, international arbitration on behalf of Tata Projects Ltd etc. relating to BF3 Project of Bokaro Steel Plant of Steel Authority of India, Dedicated Freight Corridors Ltd of Ministry of Railways etc.

Presently, Mr. Chauhan regularly appears as Counsel in the cases arising out of/involving infrastructure projectson behalf of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Gov’t of India; IRCON International; Gas Authority of India (GAIL); State of Arunachal Pradesh; National Insurance Corporation; Steel Authority of India; ISPRL- Ministry of Petroleum etc.

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