Vasanth Rajasekaran

Background

About Vasanth Rajasekaran

As a seasoned and established arguing counsel with 25+ years of experience, I develop and execute strategies to deliver decisive outcomes in high-stakes, deeply contested legal matters and have been instrumental in winning high-pressure legal battles for Fortune 100 clients, foreign companies, their Indian subsidiaries, and high-net-worth individuals before various judicial forums in India. My practice areas encompass complex arbitration matters, commercial litigation, infrastructure and tender disputes, white-collar & criminal litigation, fraud investigations & forensics, anti-trust and insolvency-related matters, public, aerospace, and defence procurement. I have been successfully representing many Fortune 100 companies and domestic clients in several high-stake arbitration proceedings under ICA, LCIA, ICC and SIAC rules of Arbitration and also represented them in enforcement and execution proceedings before the High Courts and Supreme Court of India. I have also gained significant experience in corporate commercial litigation, white collar crimes, tender litigation, anti-trust litigation and has been regularly appearing before various courts and tribunals in India. I have been regularly advising many foreign OEM's in the Aerospace, Aviation and Defence sector on legal issues arising out of Defence Procurement Procedure, Offset Policy, Supply contracts, Technology Transfers, License Agreements, Offset Contracts, Arms Act, Strategic Partnership/ Make In India projects etc. Apart from the above, in the Projects space, I have been assisting many multinational companies in many prestigious Energy and Natural Resources projects, Infrastructure and Urban Development Projects, and Projects including providing counsel on issues arising out of tender documents including RFPs, RFQs, Concession Agreements and various contracts such as EPC Contracts, FIDIC Contracts, etc. I have acted for Ministry of Housing in drafting the 'Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Bill, 2012 and have also been the nominated as a member of core committee of sub-ordinate legislation under the RERA Act 2016 set-up by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. I have also been nominated as the Senior Standing Counsel of the Jawaharlal Nehru University and have been representing the university on a pro-bono basis in more than 200 matters before the High Court of Delhi and Supreme Court of India.