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India

Dua Associates

New Delhi

Main Office Address

Tolstoy House

15, Tolstoy Road

New Delhi 110 001
Other Offices

Primary Contact Lawyers

Neeraj Kumar
Salil Gulati
Siddartha Kumar
Shishir Sharma

Firm Profile

Dua Associates

Dua Associates is a prominent, full-service national law firm with offices across eight metropolitan cities in India. For more than three decades the significant experience of its partners and associates has provided a broad range of legal services to domestic and international clients.  Its diverse client base includes many Fortune 500 companies, publicly listed companies, public-sector enterprises, privately owned businesses, as well as many multinational and multilateral organizations and readily recognizable brand names from the U.S., Europe, Japan, and ASEAN. 

The expertise and depth of knowledge of over two hundred and seventy (270) professionals with seventy partners, makes it one of India’s most significant nuclei of experienced lawyers and counsel, consistently providing comprehensive legal advice and strategy. The Firm has recognized achievements in areas such as mergers and acquisition, takeovers, capital markets, infrastructure projects, project financing, corporate, banking, financial transactions, complex litigation, and arbitration, regulatory and tax structuring issues and in-depth understanding of national, local and regional legislation, rules and regulations.

  • Corporate & Commercial
  • M&A and Private Equity
  • Dispute Resolution – Litigation & Arbitration
  • International Trade
  • Insolvency and Bankruptcy
  • Anti-Trust & Competition Law
  • White Collar Crime
  • Projects & Infrastructure
  • Real Estate
  • Aviation, Defence & Space Law

International Directories

Awards and Recommendations

  • Chambers & Partners Global Guide & Asia Pacific
  • - Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded | Dispute Resolution | International Trade
  • India Business Law Journal
  • - A-List Lawyers - 2023-24: C R Dua - IBLJ Icon | Shiraz Patodia - IBLJ Icon | Manoj Menon
  • Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024 Guide
  • - Top Tier Firm - WTO/International Trade
  • - Ranked Practice Areas: Dispute Resolution - Litigation, Antitrust and Competition, Corporate and M&A, Private Equity and Investment Funds, Real Estate & Construction, Restructuring & Insolvency
  • - Leading Individuals: Shiraz Patodia, Ashish Singh
  • - Recommended Lawyers & Next-Gen Partners: Neeraj Kumar, Salil Gulati, Manoj Menon, Angad Varma, Prateek Bedi, Sharan Balasubramanian, Juhi Chawla and Mayank Singhal
  • Legal 500 India Awards 2024
  • - Shiraz Patodia: Lawyer of the Year 2024 - Shipping & WTO Practice
  • Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific 2024
  • - Recognised Firm: Commercial and transactions, Government and regulatory, Insolvency, White Collar Crime and Labour and Employment and White-Collar Crime
  • - Litigation stars: Shiraz Patodia, Senior Solicitor and Angad Varma, Partner
  • Asia Legal Business
  • - India Rising Stars: Angad Varma, Partner
  • Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific
  • - Corporate/M&A | International Trade
  • India Business Law Journal 2023
  • - 2023 Indian Law Firm Awards: International trade (WTO, BIT Arbitration)
  • - A-List Lawyers - 2022-23: C R Dua | Manoj Menon | Shiraz Patodia
  • Forbes
  • - Legal Powerlist 2023 - Top 100 Individual Lawyers | C R Dua - Top Managing Partner
  • - Shiraz Patodia - International Trade | Neeraj Kumar - Corporate & Commercial| Manoj Menon - Corporate M&A & Private Equity | Salil Gulati - Corporate & Commercial | Ganesh Chandru - Arbitration & Mediation | Rajdeep Panda - Litigation | Angad Varma - Insolvency & Bankruptcy | Prateek Bedi - Corporate & Commercial
  • Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024 Guide
  • -Top Tier Firm - WTO/International Trade
  • - Ranked Practice Areas: Antitrust and Competition, Corporate and M&A, Dispute Resolution - Litigation, Private Equity and Investment Funds, Real Estate & Construction
  • - Firm to Watch - Restructuring & Insolvency
  • - Ranked Lawyers: Shiraz Patodia - Elite Leading Lawyer and WTO / International Trade, Dispute Resolution | Ashish Singh - Next Generation - WTO/International Trade | Mayank Singhal - Rising Star - - WTO/International Trade
  • Legal Era 2023
  • - Leading Lawyers Rankings 2023 Awards: Shiraz Patodia, Senior Solicitor - Leading Lawyer Champion in Dispute Resolution
  • Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific 2023
  • - Recognized Firm – Commercial and transactions, Government and regulatory, Insolvency, Intellectual property, Labour and Employment and White-Collar Crime
  • - Shiraz Patodia, Senior Solicitor - Top 100 Women in Litigation - Asia Pacific | Rajdeep Panda, Partner - Litigation Star | Angad Varma, Partner - Future Star
  • Global Law Experts 2023
  • - Corporate Lawyer of the Year in India: C R Dua, Chairman
  • - Annual Awards: International Trade, India - Law Firm of the Year 2023
  • Asia Law 2023 Firm Rankings
  • - Recommended - Dispute Resolution
  • - Recognized - Real Estate, Corporate and M&A
  • - Other Notables - Private Equity, Restructuring & Insolvency, Competition & Anti-Trust
  • Law Wiser 2023
  • - Super 30 (2023) Lawyers Power League: C R Dua, Chairman - Super 30 2023 - Most Influential Law Firm Professionals | Shiraz Patodia, Senior Solicitor: Recognized as 100 Leading Law Firm Professionals
  • Asian Legal Business 2023
  • - Top 40 Dispute Resolution Lawyers: Shiraz Patodia, Senior Solicitor
  • IFLR 1000 2023
  • - Firm Rankings: M&A; Insolvency; Private Equity
  • - Notable Practitioners: Neeraj Kumar, Partner; Nirvaan Gupta, Partner; Angad Varma, Partner
  • - Rising Stars:Prashant Kumar; Toyesh Tewari
  • Chambers & Partners 2022 Asia Pacific
  • - Real Estate | Corporate/M&A | International Trade | Dispute Resolution
  • India Business Law Journal
  • 2022 Indian Law Firm Awards: Real Estate and International Trade
  • Forbes 2022
  • -Legal Powerlist 2022 - Top 100 Individual Lawyers: C R Dua - Top Managing Partner | Shiraz Patodia - International Trade, Dispute Resolution | Neeraj Kumar - Corporate & Commercial | Salil Gulati - Corporate & Commercial | Ranjana Kaul - Aerospace | Manoj Menon - M&A, Private Equity & Venture Capital
  • Mr. C.R. Dua, Chairman of Dua Associates, was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contribution and Excellence in the field of Law by Legal Era at its 9th Annual Indian Legal Awards 2019-20 in Mumbai on March 7, 2020; and
  • The 9th Annual Indian Legal Awards 2019-20 - Ms. Shiraz Patodia, Senior Solicitor, Dua Associates, received the Women in Law Excellence Awards, 2020 and was recognized as a Leading Woman Lawyer.