Shantanu is the Founding and Managing Partner of Lexster Law LLP and a trial and arbitration lawyer with extensive experience in complex civil and commercial disputes.

His practice includes high-value domestic and international arbitrations and spans the energy, infrastructure, engineering and construction, agri-biotechnology, finance, pharmaceutical, and technology sectors.

He currently leads domestic and international arbitrations with claim values from USD 10 million to USD 750 million, spanning BOT and BOOT projects, concession agreements, EPC and O&M contracts, renewable power projects in India and Africa, mortgage-backed finance, mining concessions, and large-scale real estate development.

Shantanu also sits as arbitrator in several commercial disputes and serves as secretary to arbitral tribunals in matters exceeding USD 1 billion in the construction, engineering, and EV sectors. Few practitioners see arbitration from all three chairs — counsel, arbitrator, and tribunal secretary — and he brings that vantage to bear in designing and executing arbitration strategy, with a working understanding of case management, tribunal process, and arbitrators’ expectations.

Shantanu appears regularly before the Supreme Court of India, High Courts, and regulatory forums, integrating courtroom strategy with arbitration and regulatory work, and has been appointed amicus curiae by the Delhi High Court. His mandates have included a high-profile, multi-billion-dollar family estate dispute; enforcement and challenge proceedings arising from multiple high-value arbitrations; and sensitive defamation actions for prominent high-net-worth individuals.

From 2016 to 2020, Shantanu served as Of Counsel to Monsanto India (now part of Bayer AG), representing group companies in arbitrations in Delhi and Mumbai and in intellectual property, competition, regulatory, and public law matters before various High Courts.

An active contributor to the international arbitration community, Shantanu co-moderated “Navigating Multiparty and Cross-Border Disputes in Mega Project Arbitration” at Dubai Arbitration Week 2025 alongside Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Mr Mukul Rohatgi, Mr Essam Al Tamimi, Ms Anne K. Hoffmann, and Ms Soraya Corm-Bakhos, and speaks and moderates regularly at India ADR Week and other international forums.

B.B.A., LL.B. (First Class), Symbiosis Law School, Pune; enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi.

Yojna is Partner at Lexster Law LLP, advising on high-value corporate transactions, shareholder arrangements and strategic alliances.

A corporate lawyer with nearly two decades of experience, she advises boards, leadership teams and high-net-worth individuals on mitigating the risks that accompany growth, closing complex transactions, and navigating regulatory and commercial challenges — mandates where promptness, compliance and reputation are all in play at once. Her focus is on practical outcomes: counsel whose value is demonstrated in execution, not merely in the opinion delivered.

Her core strengths lie in general corporate advisory, contract structuring and negotiation, and strategic business compliance , grounded in a clear understanding of how legal risk intersects with operations, revenue and brand.

Yojna works across the full life of a transaction — from structuring and term sheets through negotiation, documentation and closing — and into the shareholder and governance arrangements that follow. CEOs and promoters in regulated and consumer-facing industries turn to her for pragmatic, execution-oriented counsel on critical commercial, transactional and governance issues: legal complexity converted into clear commercial choices rather than academic advice.

Her deal experience includes marquee domestic and cross-border transactions recognised by Bar & Bench and Legally India.

Yojna’s earlier practice at Karanjawala & Co. , a leading disputes and transactions firm, and subsequently as an independent practitioner, spanned sports and entertainment, healthcare and hospitality. These sectors gave her a nuanced command of consumer behaviour, brand partnerships, intellectual property, licensing and sponsorship ecosystems.

The result is documentation and strategy that protect the downside while enabling growth — advice designed not merely to close the deal, but to hold long after closing.

Symbiosis Law School, Pune; enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi.

Kapil is a Partner at Lexster Law LLP, acting in high-stakes commercial disputes with a core focus on unlocking and protecting enterprise value.

His approach pairs rigorous legal strategy with a clear-eyed understanding of project realities, cash-flow pressures and reputational risk — the factors that determine what a dispute is actually worth to a business.

Kapil has acted in a wide range of high-value matters, including disputes exceeding USD 100 million, for clients such as BHEL, NCRTC, NBCC, IGNOU, the Public Works Department and the Government of Maharashtra, as well as leading corporations and high-net-worth individuals.

Kapil brings a distinctive public-law dimension to commercial problem-solving. He has served as Counsel for the Central Government before the Supreme Court of India and as Junior Standing Counsel for the Central Board of Excise and Customs, Ministry of Finance, shaping strategy in significant matters before the Delhi High Court.

Beyond disputes, Kapil has handled corporate mergers, demergers, amalgamations and voluntary liquidations before the High Courts and the National Company Law Tribunal — giving him a working understanding of how disputes intersect with corporate structures and shareholder dynamics.

Well-networked with leading counsel across India, Kapil rapidly assembles and coordinates the right teams for complex, multi-forum matters, giving clients seamless support across jurisdictions.

LL.B., Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi; enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi.

Saurabh is Of Counsel at Lexster Law LLP, bringing nearly two decades at the commercial bar and experience as counsel in more than 200 reported decisions.

His reported matters span the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court and various tribunals. Trained for over six years in the chambers of Mr Rajiv Nayar, Senior Advocate, before establishing his own practice in 2013, Saurabh is known for sharp courtroom acumen, persuasive advocacy and a practical, ground-reality-centric approach to dispute resolution for corporates, institutions and high-net-worth individuals.

Saurabh has been recognised in the Forbes India Legal Powerlist as a Top Individual Lawyer for Arbitration & Commercial Disputes for three consecutive years (2021–2023) and received the Global Lex Falcon Award for Arbitration and Commercial Litigation.

He is empanelled with these institutions, including on both the international and domestic panels of the India International Arbitration Centre, and sits as sole and presiding arbitrator in a growing portfolio of court-referred and institutionally administered matters.

Saurabh’s litigation practice spans high-value contractual claims, corporate and shareholder disputes, real estate enforcement, defamation and arbitration-related proceedings, alongside white-collar matters where he brings meticulous preparation and a deep command of legal knowledge.

He serves as Standing Counsel (Senior Panel) for the High Court of Delhi and Standing Counsel for the New Delhi Municipal Council , and has been appointed amicus curiae by the Delhi High Court in matters of institutional significance.

A prolific commentator on arbitration law, Saurabh has written for LexisNexis UK, including on arbitrator non-disclosure in foreign-seated arbitrations and the Supreme Court’s post-expiry extension jurisprudence, and extensively for Bar & Bench on anti-arbitration injunctions, modification of arbitral awards and injunctions against bank guarantees.

B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), Amity Law School; enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi.

Dheeraj is an Advocate-on-Record at the Supreme Court of India with more than a decade of experience in complex contractual, corporate and commercial disputes.

He represents corporates and high-net-worth individuals before the Supreme Court, the Delhi High Court, other High Courts and tribunals, at both original and appellate stages. His practice combines commercial dispute resolution with strategic appellate advocacy in matters where the quality of the final appellate strategy can materially affect enterprise value and commercial outcome.

His practice is anchored in commercial dispute resolution and strategic appellate work — framing, briefing and arguing Special Leave Petitions and Civil Appeals in high-value commercial matters. For boards and promoters involved in bet-the-company litigation, his Supreme Court practice provides a clear line of sight from trial strategy to final appellate outcome.

A substantial part of Dheeraj’s practice involves defending high-value arbitral awards on appeal for leading construction companies before the Supreme Court and the Delhi and Sikkim High Courts, particularly in challenges arising from infrastructure contracts.

Networked across Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha, the North-East and West Bengal, Dheeraj assembles local teams to run multi-state, multi-forum disputes as one integrated strategy.

His practice combines Supreme Court capability, appellate strategy and an established multi-state network to keep complex proceedings aligned as one coordinated matter.

Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi; enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi.

Chandreyee is a litigation and arbitration lawyer with more than seven years of experience in complex commercial disputes across courts, tribunals, regulatory bodies and arbitral forums throughout India.

At Lexster Law LLP, she both leads and supports teams of associates and external counsel in arbitrations, combining detailed case preparation with a strong understanding of industry-specific commercial and operational issues.

Chandreyee has developed an intricate understanding of solar and wind project operations , tailoring her advice to industry-specific demands. She has also led arbitration and litigation teams for clients in mining, hospitality, and electrical and mechanical engineering for infrastructure projects.

In intellectual property, she regularly advises agritech companies on trade mark enforcement and has represented a leading seed company before the Competition Commission of India. Her work spans brand protection, IP strategy, competition and regulatory issues across the agri-inputs and chemicals sectors.

A former Deputy Managing Editor of the UCL Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, Chandreyee has a strong academic interest in arbitration and public international law.

She maintains a keen professional and academic interest in investor-State arbitration.

LL.M., University College London; B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), University of Petroleum & Energy Studies; enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi.

Manas is a core member of Lexster’s dispute resolution and arbitration team, advising on complex commercial litigation and domestic and international arbitration.

He advises corporates, financial institutions and individuals across a demanding disputes practice. Few lawyers of his generation have built a comparable docket, particularly in construction, infrastructure and project-related arbitration.

Manas has worked extensively on construction and infrastructure arbitrations arising from EPC, BOOT and BOQ contracts, O&M arrangements, concession agreements and financing structures. These matters have been argued and advanced before the Delhi High Court, other High Courts, commercial courts and arbitral tribunals.

His mandates include insolvency and restructuring proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code before the NCLT, appellate forums and the Supreme Court, giving him experience across the procedural and commercial dimensions of distressed and contentious matters.

B.A. LL.B., Savitribai Phule Pune University; enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi.

Abhinav is built for disputes that refuse to stay in one lane — working across arbitration, litigation, insolvency, finance, technology and regulatory matters.

A commercial disputes lawyer, Abhinav works across arbitration, litigation, insolvency and restructuring, banking and finance, insurance, intellectual property, media and technology, and regulatory advisory. He acts throughout the entire dispute lifecycle — from pre-dispute advisory and contractual risk assessment to representation before courts, tribunals and regulatory authorities.

Abhinav represents clients before the Supreme Court of India, High Courts, NCLT, NCLAT, NCDRC, arbitral tribunals and regulatory authorities , allowing him to coordinate disputes that move simultaneously across judicial, arbitral, insolvency and regulatory forums.

He is regularly briefed under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code and has appeared for financial creditors, operational creditors, corporate debtors and resolution professionals alike.

Abhinav also advises on the legal and commercial implications of international sanctions regimes , spanning regulatory exposure, compliance obligations and cross-border commercial risk.

His broader client base includes banks, NBFCs, insolvency professionals and digital media platforms.

LL.M. (Constitutional & Administrative Law), National Law Institute University, Bhopal; B.L.S., LL.B., University of Mumbai; enrolled with the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa.

Remarkably early in her career, Ananya built the kind of docket many counsel wait a decade for — spanning international arbitration, major infrastructure disputes and high-value commercial matters.

She advises Indian and international clients across the infrastructure, construction, energy, manufacturing and technology sectors , appearing before arbitral tribunals, the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court and the NCLT.

Ananya appears before arbitral tribunals, the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court and the National Company Law Tribunal , giving her experience across arbitral, constitutional, commercial and insolvency forums.

She co-authored “Unconditional, Unchecked, Unfair? Rethinking Injunctions against Bank Guarantees” for Bar & Bench.

Trusted equally with the Firm’s most demanding mandates and its public face, Ananya is counsel clients — and colleagues — rely on without a second thought.

B.A. LL.B., Amity Law School, New Delhi;
Executive Development Programme, International Aviation Management and Laws, Université Toulouse 1 Capitole, France;
enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi.

Hamza’s practice runs wherever a dispute leads — across courtrooms, tribunals and borders.

Specialising in commercial litigation and domestic and international arbitration, Hamza represents clients across judicial, arbitral and regulatory forums in complex commercial disputes.

Hamza appears before the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court and other High Courts, District Courts, the NCLT, NCLAT, NCDRC, and institutional and ad hoc arbitral tribunals.

He has considerable experience in high-value disputes across the infrastructure, construction, maritime, energy, manufacturing and technology sectors — including matters arising from EPC, EPCM, BOOT and concession contracts.

His broader experience includes mandates for public sector undertakings, financial institutions and high-net-worth individuals.

Hamza advises corporate boards and international businesses on cross-border transactions, regulatory strategy and international sanctions, bringing disputes experience into decisions made before contentious issues arise.

Counsel for mandates that refuse to respect borders — combining disputes, regulatory and commercial strategy across jurisdictions.

B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), Faculty of Law, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi;
enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi.

Raghav Thareja specialises in commercial arbitration, litigation and insolvency matters, representing clients across domestic and international disputes.

His practice spans contentious and advisory work, with experience in disputes arising from energy, mining, construction and engineering, infrastructure and road projects. He works across both the early strategic stages of a dispute and formal proceedings before courts and tribunals.

Raghav represents clients before the Supreme Court of India, various High Courts, the National Company Law Tribunal, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal and arbitral tribunals.

LL.B., Symbiosis Law School, Pune;
B.B.A., Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak.

Vineeth Penmetsa focuses on commercial arbitration, litigation and pre-dispute advisory, working across domestic and international disputes.

He represents and assists clients in domestic and international arbitrations, as well as proceedings before Indian courts and arbitral tribunals. His work primarily involves complex commercial and corporate law disputes and the strategic issues that arise before and during formal proceedings.

Vineeth has experience assisting in disputes arising from mining, energy and commercial contractual arrangements. His work includes assisting and advising on matters involving complex commercial and corporate law issues.

His practice combines pre-dispute advisory with representation and assistance in formal proceedings, giving him experience across both the strategic and contentious stages of commercial disputes.

B.A., LL.B., O.P. Jindal Global University;
enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi.

Tazeen Ahmed is a Delhi-based Advocate specialising in arbitration, service law, insolvency and bankruptcy, and civil and commercial litigation.

Her practice includes institutional and ad hoc arbitration, across both domestic and international proceedings, alongside contentious work in insolvency, service law and commercial disputes.

Tazeen represents clients in institutional and ad hoc arbitrations, including both domestic and international proceedings, with experience in high-stakes disputes arising across construction, energy and infrastructure matters.

B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), Faculty of Law,
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.