Amar is amongst the founding members of JSA’s Disputes Practice. He has in past served as the Practice Chair and a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee.
Amar has extensive experience in commercial litigation, arbitration and he regularly appears and argues at various Courts and Tribunals. He has conducted high profile litigations before the Supreme Court of India, High Courts, National Company Law Tribunals and other Tribunals. Several of the legal proceedings Amar has acted in, have resulted in landmark judgments reported in reputed journals. Amar is often invited as an expert in his areas of practice in seminars and conferences.
He is recognized for his creative litigation strategy in complex disputes. He has extensive experience in managing multijurisdictional disputes. He also counsels clients on dispute avoidance and resolution, conflict of law, and enforcement matters.
He has wide experience in conducting domestic and international arbitrations, ad hoc as well as institutional, in a broad range of industries, including Oil & Gas, Real Estate, Commodities and IT.
He also sits as arbitrator. He is a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, and the Executive Committee of ICC India. He has testified as an expert on Indian Law in legal proceedings.
Amar also advises and assists clients in internal investigations and investigations of white-collar offences under anti-corruption laws and their prosecution. He also assists in defending companies and their key officers against investigation and prosecution under laws relating to economic offences.
He is also currently focusing on Insolvency Law. He has represented and advised Financial Creditors, Operational Creditors as well as Resolution Professionals. He also represents clients in Environmental Law proceedings.
Chambers and Partners has constantly ranked Amar has one of the finest litigation lawyers. They have also mentioned that “Amar Gupta is regularly called upon by Indian and foreign corporates for his broad disputes expertise. Based in New Delhi, he advises on both litigation and arbitration, with skills in regulatory and finance-related matters as well as insolvency disputes.”
Benchmark Litigation (Asia Pacific) has recognized Amar as a Litigation Star for Commercial and transactions disputes for two consecutive years 2022, 2023.
Memberships
- Executive Committee of ICC India
- ICC Commission on Arbitration
- Indian Council of Arbitration
- Bar Council of Delhi
Publications
- “NFT as property: A legal analysis” published in Legal Era, Nov-22
- India chapter in “International Civil Procedure” published by Juris Publishing Inc
- India chapter in “Enforcement of Money Judgments” published by Juris Publishing Inc
- “Seat and the law of arbitration” published in ICC India Arbitration White Paper
- “Enforcement of foreign awards in India” published in ICC India Arbitration White Paper
- “Allow Internet the same constitutional rights as print media” published in Fortune India, Feb-20
- “International Arbitration – Trends and Developments (India)” published in Chambers Global Practice Guides – International Arbitration, 13 September 2017