DSK Legal has a robust antitrust and competition offering, which covers merger control, enforcement mandates, and compliance. The group's expertise continues to attract new clients to its roster, which consists of notable names from the technology, logistics, and life sciences sectors, to name a few. Abdullah Hussain co-heads the department alongside Kanika Chaudhary Nayar and Abhishek Singh Baghel and specialises in antitrust litigation and competition disputes. Nayar, praised by clients for her 'tremendous amount of knowledge of the subject', has amassed considerable experience acting before the CCI, NCLAT, and the Supreme Court in cartel investigations, abuse of dominance cases, and merger control matters, as well as disputes concerning anticompetitive agreements. On the cross-border front, Baghel is the key contact in the team and regularly advises on multijurisdictional combination filings for foreign clients expanding into India. Kunal Mehra is no longer at the firm.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'DSK Legal has an extremely responsive set of CCI lawyers who are not only always available, but also provide quality advice which is to the point and commercially sound.'
- 'Kanika Chaudhary Nayar is very approachable, has a tremendous amount of knowledge of the subject, and provides very sound and clear advice.'
- 'Excellent lawyers, very responsive.'
- 'The team provides commercially minded advice.'
- 'Abdullah Hussain and Kanika Chaudhary Nayar are the standout practitioners in the team.'
Key clients
- JSW Paints Private Limited
- DHL Express (India) Pvt. Ltd.
- Green Mobiles
- Andhra Pradesh Excise Department
- Andhra Pradesh State Beverages Corporation
- Bayer AG
- GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited
- J.C. Bamford Excavators Limited
- JCB India Limited
- Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemicals Corporation Limited
- Dhampur Sugar Mills Limited
- ICICI Venture Funds Management Co. Ltd.
Work highlights
Representing GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited in abuse of dominance proceedings initiated by Air Works before the CCI, Telangana High Court, and Supreme Court.
Advising Green Mobiles in writ proceedings before the Karnataka High Court and the Supreme Court against its designation as ‘Opposite Party’ in a CCI inquiry.
Advised Mizuho Bank on a competition assessment for its acquisition of a 15% stake in Kisetsu Saison Finance (India) Private Limited.
Practice head
Abdullah Hussain; Kanika Chaudhary Nayar; Abhishek Singh Baghel
Other key lawyers
Shambhavy Singh; Shivam Sharma; Devraj Sood; Sayan Kumar Panda