Mr Mustafa Motiwala > Clasis Law > New Delhi, India > Lawyer Profile
Clasis Law Offices
4th Floor, Tolstoy House
Tolstoy Marg
New Delhi 110001
India
- Firm Profile
- Go to...
Mr Mustafa Motiwala
Work Department
Litigation, Arbitration and Alternate Dispute Resolution
Position
Head of Litigation, Arbitration and Alternate Dispute Resolution practice and the Mumbai office
Career
Mustafa’s practice covers the full spectrum of litigation and alternate dispute resolution. He was enrolled as an Advocate in 1994 and as a Solicitor in 1996. He is admitted as a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. A substantial part of Mustafa’s practice involves insolvency and bankruptcy law, commercial disputes, real estate laws, intellectual property rights, media and entertainment laws, succession law, marine and a special focus on financial disputes and white collar crimes. He has strategized complex contentious proceedings and is actively involved in domestic and international arbitrations. During his career spanning around twenty six years, he has advised multi-national companies and Indian companies on several contentious issues related to IPR, real estate, insolvency and many commercial disputes, testamentary disputes and FIDIC arbitration among many others. He has been actively involved in enforcement of foreign judgments and foreign awards. He regularly contributes articles on topical subjects, writes for various legal publications and speaks at conferences and events on varied aspects of law.
Languages
English, Gujarati and Hindi
Memberships
Inter Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)
Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa
Bombay Incorporated Law Society
Education
B.Com.
LL. B.
Solicitor
Lawyer Rankings
India > City focus: Mumbai > Dispute resolution
Clasis Law fields a sizeable team based across its Delhi and Mumbai offices. The group is well placed to represent telecommunication, insurance, banking, aviation and infrastructure companies in a range of litigations, arbitrations, and mediations. Mumbai-based Mustafa Motiwala leads the practice and has vast expertise in handling commercial agreements and insurance disputes, further supported by Aniketh Nair.
India > Shipping
Clasis Law‘s admiralty and shipping team advises a diverse client roster on a wide array of matters, encompassing both contentious and non-contentious issues related to charterparties and disputes arising from bills of lading. Leading the Mumbai office, Mustafa Motiwala oversees the litigation and dispute resolution practice, providing counsel and representation across both wet and dry shipping issues. In New Delhi, Shwetabh Sinha co-heads the practice and specialises in contentious work, with extensive experience in complex cases pertaining to dry and wet shipping, as well as insurance claims and trade mark mandates. The practice receives further support from associates Nihal Shaikh and Vishesh Kulkarni.