Komal graduated from the Sydenham College, University of Mumbai, with a bachelor's degree in Commerce. She studied Law from the K.C. College, University of Mumbai. She worked at a prestigious law firm in Mumbai for several years and thereafter she practised independently till she joined the firm as a Senior Associate. She was made up as Partner of the firm in 2018.
She has over two decades of experience in advising various private and multinational clients on company law, contracts, property matters, and various types of litigation and dispute resolution in India. Komal has represented clients before various fora including the National Company Law Tribunal and the Supreme Court of India amongst others. She has substantial amount of experience in dealing with disputes in various arbitration proceedings for builders, contractual matters and wind power energy. She has successfully represented clients for Election Petitions. She has also represented clients in high profile family disputes and matrimonial matters and has facilitated the settling of complex family disputes.
Corporate & Commercial Litigation, Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Shipping & Maritime Litigation, Aviation, Criminal Litigation.
Recent Experience
- Advising and filing winding-up proceedings in India on behalf of a Company based in Europe against an Indian Company.
- Representing various companies in Domestic and International Arbitrations including SIAC, LCIA and ICC Arbitrations, ranging in various fields from real estate, contracts, wind power, etc.
- Advising and representing an international Telecom Company in a dispute against an Indian Telecom Company involving a claim for goods.
- Represented and advising premiere airlines against claims made for loss of cargo and successfully negotiating and settling the claims.
- Represented and advising clients against claims made for oppression and mismanagement before the National Company Law Tribunal and successfully negotiating and settling the claims.
- Representing clients for and against various provisions under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code before the National Company Law Tribunal.
- Advising and representing several international airlines in respect of matters in Indian High Courts, Tribunals and other aspects of their business activities.
- Advised and represented Indian Corporates and multinationals in initiating and defending actions for infringement of trade mark in pre-litigation matters.
- Advised and represented a shipping company, for water transport project on BOOT basis against a Government body for arbitrary cancellation of the Award before the Bombay High Court.
- Advising and negotiating on behalf a Co-operative Society for the restructuring of debt due to an Indian Company and its international parent corporation and successfully settling all claims.
- Assisting a number of clients with estate planning, testamentary issues, trust matters and transfer of property.
- Advised various Co-operative Societies in Mumbai representing the members and the managing committees against erring members in the Bombay High Court.
- Representing various matters involving white collar offences such as cheating, criminal breach of trust and frauds in coordination with various police stations, MPID, PMLA and the Economic Offences Wing (EOW).
- Successfully handled and settled various family disputes including number of matrimonial matters.
Professional Appointments and Activities
- Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa, India
- Member of the Bombay Bar Association
- Co-Chair for the Indian Merchants Chambers Law committee since April 2020
- Member of FICCI
- Member of IAG
Qualifications
- B.Com 1994 - University of Bombay
- L.L.B. 2003 - University of Bombay