Sushmita Gandhi

Partner at Trilegal (India)

Speaker

Sushmita has extensive experience in advising clients on a variety of corporate and commercial disputes across sectors, including Banking & Finance, Insolvency & Restructuring, asset recovery, civil fraud and in arbitrations, particularly in the areas of construction, projects and infrastructure, and investments.

She has advised lenders, borrowers, advisors, and other intermediaries in disputes arising out of complex local and cross-border financing transactions. In particular, she has a wealth of experience in handling proceedings against some of the biggest debt defaulters in India; in domestic and cross border insolvency litigation and advisory work; and in cross border asset recovery and civil fraud matters.

Sushmita has successfully handled several domestic and international arbitrations, representing clients in institutional arbitrations in India and abroad and has advised on corporate and commercial disputes, appearing before a variety of courts and tribunals. She has acted both as, briefing counsel and lead advocate in several domestic arbitrations and arbitrations administered by SIAC, ICC, LCIA, DIAC with seats in India, Singapore, Dubai and London.

Sushmita is empaneled as an arbitrator with several institutional arbitration centers and often acts as an arbitrator. Sushmita is also a member of the YSIAC Council, APAC-India.