Anant Law

India

Analysis

Overview

Founded in 2020 by competition specialists Anu Monga and Rahul Goel, the firm is quickly ascending into the upper echelons as one of the top antirust legal offerings in the country. The team is at the forefront of competition jurisprudence-shaping cases, acting in numerous constitutional challenges to the Competition Act. The team is working towards settling the interpretation with respect to several procedural aspects relating to powers of the Directorate General and the Competition Commission of India (CCI) during investigation and adherence to due process. This involves interpretation of the Competition Act, Code of Civil Procedure and Constitution of India.

Client feedback

Practical, ethical and efficient.” – Regulatory

To the point, high quality and good pricing.” – Technology and telecommunications

Rahul Goel

“Ethical, hard-working and commercially aware.”

Anu Monga

“Cool and collected.”

Competition/antitrust

Work highlights

Successfully represented Builders Association of India (BAI) before the Supreme Court and Madras High Court in petitions filed by India Cement and Dalmia Bharat Cement challenging the impleadment of BAI as an interested party in a cement cartel investigation by the CCI. This was the first judgment in competition law jurisprudence to deal with ‘comity of courts’ and ‘territorial jurisdiction’ of the High Court

Acted for the Federation of Indian Publishers as the informant in a cartel case against the courier express parcel industry, which includes DHL, FEDEX, UPS, ARAMEX and other courier companies.

Engaged by Sumitomo Chemical India to challenge the constitutionality of a regulation of the CCI before the High Court of Delhi.