Dharmendra is a Partner at Poovayya & Co., a leading full-service law firm in India. He specializes in litigation, arbitration, and mediation, with a focus on cross-border, international, and transnational commercial disputes. I have represented and advised clients across industry sectors, such as banking and finance, infrastructure, healthcare, news and online media, social media, fintech, logistics, FMCG, hospitality, deep tech, among others.
Dharmendra's experience as a litigator is spread across areas spanning corporate and commercial, IP, tech, white collar crime, restructuring and insolvency, constitutional law disputes, which have been litigated before courts, tribunals, etc. across India and various parts of the world including the United Kingdom, DIFC, ADGM, UAE, EU, and the United States. I am currently overseeing legal strategy and representation of five large multi-billion dollar commercial disputes in London, New York, Seattle, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai.
- Advising and representing an Indian Bank in a multi-billion dollar cross-border insolvency and civil proceeding involving multiple jurisdictions (India, United States, United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates)
- Representing multiple banks in corporate insolvency resolution processes before National Company Law Tribunals and Appellate Tribunals
- Advising foreign corporations on insolvency proceedings under Indian law
- Banking
- Financial services regulatory
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Accounting
- Banking
- Construction and materials
- Consumer goods and services
- Energy
- Financial services Food and beverage
- Government and public policy
- Healthcare
- Industrials
- Media
- Real estate
- Technology and telecommunications
- Transport
- BA LLB, (Hons) Christ University, 2013
- LLM, University of Chicago, 2023
- International Bar Association, 2022
- INSOL, 2021
- Bar Council of India, 2013
- Karnataka State Bar Council, 2013