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“Apical Law Firm is staffed with a team of skilled legal professionals who are committed to providing strategic counsel and effective advocacy for our clients.”
We believe in collaboration. Not just within our team, but also with our clients. True partnership, to our minds, means a relentless focus on our clients’ objectives and devising creative solutions to achieve them.
Constitutional Matters, Dispute Resolution, Commercial and Criminal Litigation and Advisory
Mr. Varad Dwivedi the founding partner of the Apical Law firm, is a seasoned litigation lawyer and has been involved in the representing companies, international and domestic clienteles, state and union governments in various forums, across full spectrum of corporate and criminal law issues. He is well acquainted with the legal landscape of criminal and commercial litigation. He provides legal and strategic advice to clients and represents them across forums. He has advised and represented clients on complex legal issues. His unique approach is to create a specialist mechanism for handling litigation in a time bound manner for faster resolution, obviating procedural delays. His practice covers diverse areas including drafting of pleadings, giving opinions and appearances-independently as well as with senior counsels-before various judicial authorities.
Arbitration, Finance, Civil and Commercial Litigation & Advisory
A senior partner at Apical Law Firm, Ms. Radha specializes in the field of foreign investment, corporate transactions, finance advisory. She heads 3 practice areas of the Firm: Corporate, Commercial and Finance. She advises on domestic and cross-border corporate transactions including private equity investment, M&A and joint ventures. Covering all aspects of corporate transaction including strategy, structuring, drafting and negotiation of transaction documents, she represents investors, funds, investees, promoters, acquirers, targets, etc. She also advises on setting up and structuring of India-focused investment funds in various jurisdictions.
Ms. Radha has represented various Corporate Houses, Nationalized Banks, Individuals, Trust, and Educational Institutions in several high-profile litigation before Hon’ble High Court of Delhi, NCLT, and various other Courts and Tribunals across Delhi NCR. Ms. Radha has also represented various Multi-National Companies in litigations in the Hon’ble Supreme Court, Delhi High Court and other High Courts pan India. She is also handling various high-profile Arbitrations relating to civil and commercial disputes.
Family and Criminal Litigation, Real Estate, Inheritance, Wills & Estate, Dispute Resolution, Corporate Insolvency and Restructuring, Labor & Employment
A full-time partner at ALF Ms. Pooja, specializes in the field of Family and criminal litigation, general corporate, real estate, Corporate Insolvency and Restructuring, Labor & Employment including Inheritance, Wills & Estate, Dispute Resolution. She has been representing the Government of Uttar Pradesh before several forums. She has also been advising public and private entities regarding various large-scale real estate and infrastructure projects. She heads real estate, family and criminal practice area of the firm.
Ms. Pooja also practices in RERA and has represented various builders and individual home buyers in the RERA litigation. She has handled sophisticated issues from original level to different stages of appellate level in the field of civil cases, criminal litigation, bail matters, family law, labour law, corporate cases, cheque dishonor cases, registration work, liasioning work, property disputes related to inheritance, real estate disputes, matrimonial disputes and child custody matters.
Family Law, Inheritance, Wills & Estate, Civil & Commercial Litigation, Criminal Litigation, Dispute Resolution
Ms. Pratima is an independent advocate who has been practicing advocacy for over 10 years. She has wide knowledge and experience in handling variety of matters before various courts and forums of Agra, Uttar Pradesh. Her main area of expertise is Civil litigation including suit for recovery, suit for injunction etc, Criminal Litigation including cheque bounce, defamation, forgery, cheating etc, family and matrimonial matters including divorce, restitution of conjugal rights, maintenance etc.
Arbitration and Mediation, Mining, Environmental Matters, Corporate & Commercial Advisory and Constitutional Matters.
As a Partner at Noida office of ALF, Ms. Sukriti focuses on Arbitration and Mediation, Mining, Environmental Matters, Corporate & Commercial Advisory and Constitutional Matters. She has a profound experience in handling litigation at the Supreme Court of India, the High Court of Delhi, NCLT and NCLAT.
As the lead member of the Arbitration Team, she handled various arbitrations, both domestic and International. She also represented Government of Uttar Pradesh before NCLT and NCLAT. Ms. Sukriti has profound experience in formulating litigation strategies, drafting and pleadings, advancing arguments before various courts and tribunals.
TAXATION, IT LAWS, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR), ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)
Mr. Arjun Chaudhry is a Partner and heads taxation team. He advises on tax planning, tax controversy and dispute resolution. He is a litigator and regularly appears before the Supreme Court of India, various High Courts, specialized tax tribunals, and adjudicating authorities in direct and indirect tax disputes. He is actively involved in rendering tax advice on planning, structuring and strategy with a particular focus on cross-border taxation, international operations, high-pitched tax and legal issues, including international taxation, GST, transfer pricing, white-collar crimes and money laundering.
His impeccable legal experience doesn’t rest at taxation as he efficaciously deals the matters pertaining to IT Laws and IPR. He is also a seasoned ADR practitioner and advisor.
Civil, Corporate & Commercial Litigation, Family Law, Arbitration and Mediation,
Ms. Anuradha Thakur a Partner at Apical Law Firm providing legal assistance and solutions to clients across various domains. She has diverse experience in the field of Civil law, Commercial and Corporate Law, Matrimonial Disputes etc.
She is actively involved in the recovery matters of the state government organizations. She has gained expertise in drafting of various legal documents including Notices, Complaints, Applications, petitions, pleadings, MOUs and Deeds etc. She has rendered legal advice and dealt with various clients. She thrives in dynamic environments and quickly adapts to the ever-changing demands of the legal field.
Criminal Litigation and Advisory, Family Law, White-Collar Crimes, Bank/Financial Institution Fraud, Cyber Crimes
Mr. Shubhashish Singh is a partner and key member of criminal litigation team. He has extensive experience of representing client in all type of criminal matters at pan India level in all Court including Supreme Court of India, High Courts and District Courts. He is an efficient professional and qualified advocate who has excellent skill to handle cases of criminal and quasi-criminal nature including white colour crimes, economic offences, insider trading, etc. He is well equipped with skills to handle critical aspects and consequences that forms of part of criminal litigation. He excels in bail matters and has expertise to assist its clients from the stage of investigation to conclusion of Trial.
Insolvency and Bankruptcy, Debt Recovery, Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigations and Consumer Redressal Issues.
Mr. Harsha is a Partner at ALF and heads the Hyderabad Office of Apical Law Firm. Mr. Harsha overlooks the legal matters of providing legal assistance and solutions to clients across various domains. He is in an integral part of the dispute resolution team of the Firm. His pre-eminent areas of practice include Insolvency and Bankruptcy, Debt Recovery, Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigations and Consumer Redressal Issues.
He regularly appears before the High Court of Telangana, National Company Law Tribunal, Civil Courts, Consumer Forums, Arbitration Tribunals, Debts Recovery Tribunal, Labour Courts and other quasi-judicial forums & authorities. He represents Banks and Financial Institutions, Committee of Creditors, Resolution Professionals, Liquidators etc. before the National Company Law Tribunal in matters relating to Insolvency and Bankruptcy.
Corporate & Commercial Law, Family Law, Arbitration and Mediation, Inheritance, Wills & Estate, Civil & Commercial Litigation, Dispute Resolution
Mr. Harsh Bardhan is a Partner and heads the Guwahati Office of Apical Law Firm while looking over the legal matters of pan north-eastern belt of the country. He focuses primarily on litigation specialising in Insolvency & Bankruptcy, General Corporate & Commercial, Arbitration, Securitization, and Consumer litigation.
Mr. Harsh has represented various corporate houses, promoters nationalized banks, resolution professionals and resolution applicants before the National Company Law Tribunal and the Appellate Tribunal in various high stake IBC matters. He also handled high profile litigations in city civil courts, tribunals, appellate tribunals and high courts. Mr. Harsh has profound experience in formulating litigation strategies, drafting and pleadings and advancing arguments before various courts and tribunals.
Insolvency & Bankruptcy, Debt Recovery, and White-Collar Crimes litigation practice
Mr. Manav Kumar is a Senior Associate at Apical Law Firm and plays a key role in Hyderabad office. Mr. Manav focus on Insolvency & Bankruptcy, Debt Recovery, and White-Collar crimes litigation practice.
Mr. Manav represented a wide spectrum of clients in insolvency & bankruptcy practice, including banks, insolvency professionals, committee of creditors, resolution applicants etc. He regularly appears before the National Company Law Tribunal and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal. Mr. Manav has played an instrumental role in representing clients before the High Court of Telangana and other civil and criminal courts.
Matrimonial and Family Disputes, Civil & Criminal Litigation
Mr. Sheezan is a Senior Associate and a lead of Litigation team at Guwahati Office. His practice mainly encompasses Civil and Criminal Litigation with a special focus on Appellate and Revisional Jurisdiction. He possesses extensive experience in matters related to Constitutional Law, Matrimonial, Family Law, Education and service.
He has gained expertise in the handling of matters related to Special Enactments such as: Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881, PCMC Act, MPID Act, as well as White collar crimes, Real estate, Recovery proceedings before Debt Recovery Tribunal/Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal under SARFAESI Act, 2002, MOFA, etc
Corporate & Commercial Law, Labor & Employment, Immigration, Arbitration and Mediation, Real Estate, Banking and Finance
Mr. Neeraj is a Senior Associate, representing clients before the various courts pan India. He is experienced in all forms of Commercial, Civil and Corporate matters, with specialisation in writs and contracts. His focus areas include Writs and other original and appellate matters of the High Court, Labour and Industrial Disputes, Company Law matters and incorporation of companies, Family law matters, Advisory on Immigration related matters including Visa extension, Citizenship, FRRO, OCI, Consumer disputes, arbitrations, including NSE arbitrations and drafting of agreements, deeds, affidavits, petitions and legal opinion.
Banking and Finance, Cross border financing transactions, Insolvency and Bankruptcy matters.
Mr. Arun has over a decade’s experience advising clients on mandates in the Banking & Finance practice area. He regularly advises clients on domestic and cross border financing transactions, ranging from general corporate lending to project finance, acquisition finance, structured finance, and debt capital market transactions for issuance of non-convertible debentures and debt securities. Mr. Arun also advises his clients on a wide range of insolvency and debt restructuring mandates across the full spectrum of insolvency proceedings, including on the conduct of corporate insolvency resolution processes and preparation of resolution plans.
Corporate & Commercial Law, Family Law, Arbitration and Mediation, Inheritance, Wills & Estate, Civil & Commercial Litigation, Dispute Resolution
Ms. Akanksha Saini is a Senior Associate at Apical Law Firm providing legal assistance and solutions to clients across various domains. She has diverse experience in the field of Civil Law, Commercial and Corporate Law, Matrimonial Disputes etc.
She is actively involved in the recovery matters of the state government organizations. She has gained expertise in drafting of various legal documents including Notices, Complaints, Applications, petitions, pleadings, MOUs and Deeds etc. She is a highly dedicated professional, who is well versed with the laws and Provision and efficient at developing case strategies.
IPR litigation and due diligence, licence and assignment, civil and criminal litigation
Mr. Raghunath is a Senior Associate and a part of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) & Litigation team at the firm with key focus on Trademark prosecution, IPR litigation, licence and assignment agreements, IPR due diligence as well as civil and criminal litigation.
He is actively involved in cases relating to White Collar Crimes and Economic offences including cases relating to Prevention of Money Laundering Act and Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988 (PBPTA). He regularly appears before the Delhi High Court and various District Courts of Delhi.
Criminal and Tax Litigation, Bail Matters, Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets and Benami Transaction Law, Direct and Indirect Tax, Etc.
Ms. Kriti is a key member of the criminal litigation team and majorly handles the litigation before the Supreme Court of India. She has more than 14 years of experience in the forum. She specializes in Criminal law with special focus on bails. Ms. Kriti also has expertise in laws related to Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets and Benami Transaction Law. She has also shared her expertise with Income Tax professionals at the prestigious National Academy of Direct Taxes.
Insolvency laws, White Collar Crimes/ Financial Fraud, Corporate and Commercial laws, Constitutional/ Writ Petition, Debt Recovery, Construction and Real Estate, Consumer Protection, Arbitration etc.
Mr. Neeraj has over a decade experience of dispute resolution and litigation practice. He has regularly advised various clients on complex legal issues concerning White Collar Crimes/ Financial Fraud, Corporate and Commercial laws, Constitutional/ Writ Petition, Debt Recovery, Construction and Real Estate, Consumer Protection, Arbitration etc.
Mr. Neeraj regularly appears before the Supreme Court of India, Uttarakhand High Court and other Courts, besides National Company Law Tribunals and other Tribunals/ Forums/ Authorities/ Commissions in Civil and Criminal litigations, at original and appellate levels. He has been representing many clients of the Firm in Arbitration proceedings. He is also a part of matters involving advisory as well as legal strategy on several disputes.
Real Estate, Banking, Corporate & Commercial Law, and Labor & Employment.
Mr. Shivam Sehgal practices primarily on real estate transactions as well as on areas of general corporate advisory and commercial laws.
His real estate practise includes conducting title due diligence, preparation of title report, drafting of joint development agreements, sale deeds, construction agreements, lease deeds etc. He assists various clients in registering documents before the jurisdictional sub-registrar’s office.
His general corporate advisory practise includes preparation of legal opinions, drafting of contracts such as master service agreements, franchise agreements, non-disclosure agreements, indemnity agreements, dealership agreements, loan agreements, tender documents and also advises on legal metrology compliances and stamp duty.
