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Bharucha & Partners
13th Floor, Free Press House
Free Press Journal Marg, Nariman Point
Mumbai 400 021
India

Work Department

Laws of Crime
Governance, Ethics, & Anti-Corruption
International & Domestic Arbitration
Real Estate
Commercial Litigation

Position

Partner

Career

Sonam plays an important role in leading the Governance, Ethics, and Anti-Corruption Practice at the
Firm and is also engaged with its Impact Policy Group. She has played a key role in significant white-collar
cases in the country, including: (i) successfully defending Unitech Wireless (Tamil Nadu) Private Limited
(Uninor) in the 2G matter before the CBI Special Court; (ii) representing high net worth individuals (HNIs) and corporates in the highly publicised prosecution initiated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) with respect to coal block allocations; and (iii) advising and representing various corporates, promoters,
directors, and other Key Managerial Persons (KMPs) in investigations and prosecutions initiated by investigating agencies like Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Directorate of Enforcement (ED),
Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Directorate General of GST Intelligence, etc. Besides, she has also represented and advised various high-ranking public officials.

Sonam also has considerable experience in real estate aggregation and development and is building and
structuring the Firm’s Real Estate Practice. She also regularly represents and advises clients on insolvency and bankruptcy law, employment law, and arbitrations.

Her practice is multi-faceted and Sonam acts in both commercial and criminal litigation before the Supreme Court of India and High Courts across the country.

Languages

English, Hindi

Memberships

Advocate on Record, Supreme Court of India

Education

B.A. LL.B (Hons.), University School of Law and Legal Studies, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University.
LL.M. (Intellectual Property Rights), University School of Law and Legal Studies, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University.
PG Diploma, Forensic Science and Forensic Medicine, IFS Academy, Pune.

Lawyer Rankings

India > White-collar crime

(Leading individuals)

Sonam GuptaBharucha & Partners

Bharucha & Partners maintains a strong record across the life-cycle of white-collar cases, working with a combination of major corporate clients and high-net-worth individuals on internal advisory and compliance issues, through to internal and regulatory investigations and criminal enforcement proceedings at federal and state level. The firm is able to represent in both defence and prosecution, and has expertise across bribery and corruption, fraud, and money laundering cases. Sonam Gupta in New Delhi, who combines great experience in high-stakes litigation with knowledge of internal governance and ethics issues, heads up the practice alongside Mumbai-based Sneha Jaisingh, who has a broad white-collar practice with particular success in cases before the SEBI and SAT. New Delhi-based senior associates Devansh Arya and Saumay Kapoor are also key members of the team, playing a leading role in major cases before state and federal courts.

India > Dispute resolution: arbitration

Under the leadership of managing partner and founder of the firm MP Bharucha, the dispute resolution practice group at Bharucha & Partners has a solid track record in handling complex arbitrations for multinational corporations and high-net-worth individuals. The ‘very proactive’ team includes commercial disputes expert Sneha Jaisingh, recommended for regulatory matters, and Sonam Gupta, who is a key contact in the firm’s New Delhi office. Unless otherwise stated, all mentioned lawyers are based in Mumbai. Shreya Sircar and Karthik Somasundram left in February 2023 and February 2024 respectively.

Comparative Guides

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