Samvad Partners's litigation team is praised by clients as ‘super diligent and totally up to date on all legal and compliance issues’, leveraging its extensive background in commercial, corporate, and shareholder disputes in the real estate, construction, hospitality, and sectors. Poornima Hatti, who is noted for her ’impeccable professional candour’, heads the team from Bengaluru, and is a key port of call for contentious shareholder, employment, and other commercial and corporate disputes. Ankur Singh and Aakash Sherwal are both turned to for civil, commercial, and criminal disputes, with the former’s experience in white-collar criminal matters complementing the latter’s strength in IP and employment disputes. Both joined the team in 2025, alongside Aditya Gupte. Arjun Krishnan and Aditya Bhattacharya departed the group in 2025.
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Testimonials
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- 'I had to pleasure to cooperate with Poornima Hatti from Samvad Partner on an international investment arbitration. They provided valuable insight on questions of Indian law. In my opinion their biggest attributes are their professional approach (they are responsive, organized, and communicative), their ability to quickly understand the issue, and their ability to provide explanations on Indian law to civil lawyers in a way that no-follow up questions are necessary.'
- 'Willingness to understand the matter and underlying tech deeply and building a multifold strategy in dispute resolution through dialogue.'
- 'Samvad have assisted us for many years in longstanding litigation. They have been excellent in guiding us through this process and know the file and background well. They work well with the right balance between associate and partner time and provide an extremely responsive service.'
- 'Poornima Hatti is simply brilliant. She is bright and has a strong, firm and humble personality. She is hugely respected by her clients and peers. She displayed impeccable professional candour, and the same attitude reflects within her team.'
- 'The Samvad team, led by Poornima Hatti, is definitely one of the best legal firms I have worked with. They are super diligent and totally up to date on all legal and compliance issues. What I admire about them is their ability to navigate out of the box solutions to the problems I refer to them.'
- 'The Samvad team is making a very good litigation practice because of their special focus on overall prospective of any legal matter. They are very proactive in thier approach and make their client comfortable and well informed.'
Key clients
- Antrix Corporation Limited
- Axis Bank Limited
- Brickwork Ratings India Pvt. Ltd.
- BWCI Pension Trustees Ltd.
- Centre for Development of Telematics
- Citicorp Services India Pvt. Ltd
- CMS Group
- Competition Commission of India
- Delhivery Limited
- Diageo Holdings Netherlands B. V.
- Hamdard Laboratories India
- Hubilo Technologies, Inc.
- Hyundai Rotem Co
- Imagine Marketing Limited
- Interglobe Aviation Limited
- JP Morgan India Private Limited
- Larsen & Toubro-Sojitz JV
- Mahindra & Mahindra Group
- Marriott Hotels India Private Limited
- NoBroker Technologies Solutions Private Limited
Lawyers
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Practice head
Poornima Hatti
Other key lawyers
Ankur Singh; Aakash Sherwal; Aditya Gupte