BRUS CHAMBERS, Advocates & Solicitors, which ‘stands out’ for its ‘excellence in the field,’ consistently provides valuable assistance to both domestic and international clients in the shipping and admiralty domain, covering both contentious and non-contentious matters. Shrikant Hathi, who is recognised as an ‘excellent advocate’, co-heads the practice, specialising in a range of dry and wet shipping matters. Fellow co-head Binita Hathi is a dispute resolution specialist with extensive experience in representing both international and domestic marine insurance and P&I companies. The practice is further supported by dedicated team members including Pritish Das, Nidhi Potla, associate Chandrika Sarkar, as well as recently promoted senior associates Joni Oraon and Vidya Bose.

ZBA’s team, renowned for its ‘excellent track record and expertise’, possesses an in-depth understanding of the maritime space, providing counsel to both domestic and international clients across a wide spectrum of contentious and non-contentious matters, spanning a range of sectors including the infrastructure, shipping, offshore energy and commodities industries. Zarir Bharucha leads the practice in Mumbai, specialising in defendant strategies for litigation and arbitration. The practice also draws strength from key associates, including Bimal Rajasekhar, Chandrasekhar Haridh and Rishi Thakur, who bring significant expertise in international commercial disputes to the team.

Anoma Legal‘s team brings extensive experience to a diverse range of shipping and admiralty matters, encompassing both dry and wet aspects of maritime law. The group’s expertise spans ship arrests, casualty cases, marine insurance issues, charterparty disputes and commodity work, among others. Leading the litigation practice is Kumar Abhishek Singh, who is involved in domestic and international shipping issues. Additionally, senior associate Shubham Agrahari contributes to the practice with broad experience in representing clients in cross-border and domestic shipping and offshore disputes.

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.

Fielding one of India’s largest maritime teams, Phoenix Legal provides comprehensive advice across a spectrum of maritime matters, including chartering arrangements, ship financings, regulatory issues, disputes and ship arrests, among others. Gautam Bhatikar leads the Mumbai office, representing various large banks, shipowners, oil companies and insurers in high-stakes litigation and arbitration, both domestically and overseas. Meanwhile, based in the New Delhi office, Abhishek Saxena and Pranav Srivastava co-head the practice, supported by Zoeb Cutlerywala and senior associate Vikram Kamath.

Based in Mumbai, the team at Renata Partners provides counsel on a broad spectrum of matters across various jurisdictions, with expertise in arbitration proceedings, arrests and releases, bunker claims, commercial litigation, P&I Insurance, salvage claims and dry and wet shipping issues. Leading the practice is Shiv Iyer, who has notable experience in maritime litigation, representing clients in numerous matters before the Bombay High Court and other Indian courts. Meanwhile, with expertise in transactional and advisory work and maritime disputes, principal associate Aditi Maheshwari contributes her experience to the team, while Ankita Sen provides support to the team’s transactional and contentious matters.