Counsel who prepare the matter, not just present it.
C&K Law Offices is a disputes practice with offices in Ahmedabad, Mumbai and New Delhi, advising companies, promoters and individuals before courts and tribunals across India.
The firm was founded in 1998 by Aditya R. Chauhan and Vikram S. Kothari, and has been a disputes practice from the first day. It was built on a straightforward conviction: that the partner who advises a client before proceedings begin should be the partner who argues the matter when they do.
That structure has consequences. Files are not passed down a chain. Advice given at the outset is advice the same person must later defend in court, which tends to make it more careful. Clients deal with one partner throughout, and that partner knows the record.
The firm acts for listed manufacturing companies, banks and financial institutions, asset reconstruction companies, real estate developers, promoter groups and family offices. Its work spans commercial suits and appeals, domestic and international arbitration, insolvency and recovery proceedings, land and property disputes, labour and industrial matters, and regulatory and white collar proceedings.
Six partners lead the practice, each responsible for a defined area. The firm deliberately remains small enough that every matter has a partner accountable for it, and structured enough that no area is left without depth.
Alongside its contentious work, the firm acts as retained counsel to a number of companies, advising on company law, governance and regulatory compliance, and drafting the commercial contracts and dispute resolution clauses that are intended to keep those companies out of court in the first place.
The clause you draft on a quiet afternoon decides the arbitration you argue three years later.Vikram S. Kothari, Founding Partner
How the firm works
One partner, one matter
Every matter is led by a partner who remains on it from first advice through to judgment or award. Associates support that partner. The client is never handed to someone who has not read the file.
Preparation over performance
Most disputes are decided on the record rather than in the hearing. The firm invests disproportionately in documents, pleadings and chronology, on the view that a well-built record makes oral argument shorter and more effective.
Advice on whether to litigate at all
The firm will say when a matter should be settled, and will say so early. A client who is advised to fight everything is not being advised.
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