Argus Partners

Disputes & ADR; Technology and Data Privacy

Partner

Durga has over 10 years of experience advising and representing clients in commercial disputes, domestic and international arbitrations, and matters involving technology regulation and disputes. She has previously worked at Nishith Desai & Associates, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. and AZB & Partners, and was seconded to the APAC Security Legal team at Meta Platforms Inc.

Durga’s practice includes complex cross-border disputes, shareholder and investor-exit disputes, ad hoc and institutional arbitrations, and proceedings before various courts and tribunals. She also advises and represents clients on privacy and data protection, intermediary liability, content and platform regulation, cybersecurity, enforcement actions, and proceedings concerning blocking, takedown, and other regulatory directions. She has advised clients across various sectors, including technology, digital platforms, financial services, telecommunications, infrastructure, and healthcare.

She writes regularly for Global Arbitration Review, Kluwer Arbitration, and the Supreme Court Observer.

Select Publications

• India Chapter, Global Arbitration Review's Asia-Pacific Arbitration Review (2024).

• India's Territorial Reservation – Referring Parties to Foreign Arbitration, Kluwer Arbitration Blog (2024).

• India to Replace the Information Technology Act with the Proposed Digital India Act: Out with the Old, In with the New?, Kluwer Global Privacy Law Review (2024).

• Decoding the 'S' in 'ESG', Kluwer Business Law Review (2024).

• Generative AI: India's Attempt at Controlling "Deepfakes", Chambers Expert Focus (2024).

• Annulment and Vacatur, Global Arbitration Review's Guide to Investment Treaty Protection (2021, 2023 and 2025).

Durga holds an LL.M. from the University of Cambridge and a B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) from the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata.