Clavius Legal

Transnational Litigation and International Arbitration | Asset Recovery, Enforcement, Global Investigations & White-Collar Crime | Corporate Advisory, Governance & Compliance

Partner & Practice Co-Chair – Transnational Litigation and International Arbitration | Asset Recovery, Enforcement, Global Investigations & White-Collar Crime | Corporate Advisory, Governance & Compliance

Sooraj is a founding Partner at Clavius Legal. He specializes in advisory and advocacy work across a wide range of commercial, international trade, investment, regulatory, and white-collar crime matters. He provides strategic advice and representation to sovereign states (including G7 members), international organizations, business conglomerates, and business leaders, frequently acting as global coordinating counsel to align legal strategy and execution across jurisdictions. He has extensive experience in high-value transnational litigation, international arbitrations seated in major arbitral hubs, and enforcement proceedings across Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, and the Middle East.

His practice encompasses high-stakes corporate, commercial, and shareholder disputes, as well as complex financial conflicts resolved before Indian and foreign courts and arbitral tribunals. Over the past decade, he has acted in more than a hundred international arbitrations under both ad hoc (UNCITRAL Rules) and institutional regimes, including ICC, LCIA, SIAC, DIAC, GAFTA, FOSFA, PCA, and ICADR.

Alongside disputes, he advises boards, multinational corporations, and entrepreneurs on corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and strategic risk management. His advisory work covers cross-border investment structuring, ESG mandates, technology governance, and data protection, with an emphasis on anticipating legal exposure and aligning corporate decision-making with international best practices. He also handles politically sensitive matters spanning multiple jurisdictions, including sovereign asset recovery and extradition proceedings, with significant work involving Indian nationals declared fugitive economic offenders and claims for international protection. His work further extends to issues concerning Interpol Red Notices, diffusions, and data access, correction, or deletion, as well as cross-border financial crime investigations involving mutual legal assistance treaties, fraud, anti-bribery, anti-money-laundering, and conflicts of interest. In these matters, he represents notable individuals, entrepreneurs, and business leaders navigating the intersection of domestic and international law.

Collaboration is integral to Sooraj’s approach, and he frequently partners with lawyers worldwide to provide strategic guidance and address challenges in national and international cases. He is seasoned in large-scale disputes and regularly appears before India’s trial and appellate courts, including the Supreme Court. His expertise spans sectors such as banking and finance, media, energy, infrastructure, real estate, insurance, life sciences, blockchain, technology, AI, data privacy, commodities, trusts, and ESG issues.

Sooraj’s work has been consistently recognized by leading international directories and publications. He was named India Lawyer of the Year at the asialaw Awards 2024, featured among the Top 100 Individual Lawyers in the Forbes India Legal Powerlist 2023, and ranked as a Future Star by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific (2023–2025). He is also recommended by Legal 500 Asia-Pacific (2024–2026), recognized as a Notable Practitioner by asialaw (2024–2025), and listed as a Leading Lawyer in Dispute Resolution, Arbitration & Litigation (2025 -2026) by Legal Era.

Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific describes him as “an incredibly intelligent and hardworking lawyer who understands the needs of the client” and “a phenomenal tactician with a brilliant legal mind.” According to asialaw, he is “extremely strategic and insightful… highly skilled in complex international disputes,” and “fantastic, a true star, and the perfect lawyer to have by your side – his expert guidance during my complex case was invaluable.” Client feedback in asialaw also praises him as “accessible, diligent and sees the bigger picture,” and “a pleasure to work with.” He has been described as “an absolute powerhouse in international disputes, blending razor-sharp expertise with an unwavering commitment to clients that blows the competition away.” Legal 500 Asia-Pacific adds that he is “a fantastic advocate who gives robust, clear advice and is great with clients,” and “an exceptional talent in commercial litigation and international arbitration.”

English & Hindi

Advocate- Bar Council of India Member- Supreme Court Bar Association Member- Delhi High Court Bar Association Member- International Bar Association (Arbitration Committee, Business Crime Committee, Anti- Corruption Committee, Asset Recovery Committee, Forum for Barristers and Advocates, Pro Bono Committee, Asia Pacific Regional Forum, Young Lawyer’s Committee) Member - International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) Panel of Mediators/Conciliators- ICADR

Master of Laws, McGill University Post Graduate Studies in Comparative & International Dispute Resolution- Queen Mary University of London CAS in Arbitration- University of Lucerne/ Université de Neuchâtel & Swiss Arbitration Academy Post Graduate Diploma in Alternate Dispute Resolution- Indian Law Institute Private International Law- The Hague Academy of International Law Dual bachelor’s degree in law & humanities- Gujarat National Law University