Sougat Sinha │ Advocate-On-Record, Supreme Court of India │ 22 years
Sougat Sinha is an experienced Counsel with expertise in Trials before Commercial Courts, Arbitral tribunals and Debt Recovery Tribunals. He is on the panel of Bank of Baroda, SIDBI, Canara Bank, Punjab & Sind Bank, NBCC Limited and the Official Liquidator, Calcutta High Court and represents various large corporates in the real estate, construction, and fintech sectors. He regularly appears before the Hon’ble Delhi High Court before its original, appellate and extra-ordinary writ civil jurisdiction as well as tribunals established under the Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act, 1993 and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 i.e. NCLT/DRTs. He is an Advocate-on Record in the Supreme Court of India.
He has successfully structured and closed over a dozen private company amalgamations before the NCLT, Delhi. He also advises clients in management disputes and represents them before the Hon’ble NCLT in oppression and mismanagement cases. His expertise also extends to drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts including commercial leases, management contracts, technical services agreements, development cum lease agreements, shareholding agreements, Debenture Agreements, SPAs, Software Development Agreements, Sale Deeds/Conveyances, Tender documents on behalf of employers/lessors/owners in their transactions with leading brands.
Sougat is a Resolution Professional registered with IBBI and an Arbitrator on the panel of the Construction Industry Arbitration Council (CIAC). He holds a Master’s in Corporate and Commercial Laws from Queen Mary, University of London, where he earned distinction in International Construction Contract and Arbitration and in his research paper. His paper was later published in the International Construction Law Review ([2013] ICLR 161). A Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), he began his career as a Practicing Company Secretary in 2002.
Recognized for his strategic legal acumen, he is frequently sought for advice on contractual disputes, construction arbitration, contract negotiation, and litigation strategy in commercial and banking matters. He is registered with the Bar Council of Delhi and is a member of:
• Supreme Court Bar Association
• Delhi High Court Bar Association
• NCLT & AT Bar Association
• Indian Council of Arbitration (ICA)
• NCLT & IBC Committee of PHDCCI
Managing Partner at Artha Advocates & Legal Advisors, C-4 Basement, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi-110013. www.artha-legal.com
