Dispute resolution boutique Keystone Partners was formed by a group of first-generation lawyers who specialise in commercial litigation, international arbitration, construction disputes and contentious regulatory matters. Each partner has a particular focus, allowing the team to cover a varied suite of disputes practice areas, and one partner is an Advocate on Record of the Supreme Court. The firm also routinely handles contentious energy, technology and trade sector matters. In the past year, its instructions grew in the technology, media and telecommunications law area and it boasts multiple panel appointments representing the state of Karnataka in the Central Sales Tax Appellate Authority at New Delhi, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission and the Competition Commission of India. Keystone has offices in Bengaluru, Mumbai and New Delhi. Senior partner Pradeep Nayak leads a seven-partner strong disputes group that includes notable names such as Sita Kapadia, Pritha Srikumar Iyer, Arun Sri Kumar, Sulabh Rewari, Anupama Hebbar and Vikas Mahendra. In February, the team welcomed partner Aditya Chatterjee from an independent counsel practice.
Work highlights
Represented Uber India Systems against a writ petition filed by a trade union of taxi drivers, seeking recognition of drivers as gig workers to benefit from various social security laws.
Acted for the All India Gaming Federation, India’s largest federation of real money online gaming companies, before the Supreme Court in appellate proceedings regarding the constitutional validity of a statute outlawing operations of the association’s members in Karnataka.
