India Desk

Recognised by the India Business Law Journal in the publication’s ‘The Foreign Law Firms Leading on India 2026’ report, PDLegal’s India Desk is regularly instructed by leading Indian law firms acting for their clients in India, Singapore, Thailand and further afield on contentious and transactional matters. We also act for Indian clients based in Southeast Asia seeking to do business here or resolve disputes, as well as for local entities engaged in transactions or disputes with Indian parties.

Our India Desk has built strong working relationships with reputable Indian law firms across commercial litigation, international arbitration, M&A, corporate advisory, maritime and shipping and international trade.

Our dedicated India Desk streamlines and coordinates legal support for Indian entities requiring local law advice and clients investing in or doing business with Indian entities.

Supported by seasoned professionals practising across a wide range of legal fields in Singapore, the India Desk is managed by Peter Doraisamy, our Managing Partner and a Singapore-qualified lawyer with extensive experience advising Indian clients and on India-related matters. The team includes:

• Mato Kotwani, a Singapore-qualified lawyer focusing on dispute resolution, white-collar crime, data protection, employment law and regulatory matters.
• Pranav V. Kamnani, a dual-qualified lawyer admitted in India and New York, specialising in international arbitration and transnational litigation.
• T Dinesh, a Singapore-qualified lawyer, specialising in corporate and M&A.

Recent representative experience includes:

• Represented KSE Electricals Pte. Ltd. (India), an Indian manufacturer based in Kolkata, West Bengal, specialising in power transmission and distribution hardware, in successfully defending an application before the Singapore High Court to set aside an international arbitral award under Article 34 of the UNCITRAL Model Law, with the Court dismissing the application in its entirety.
• Represented the Indian subsidiary of a global sustainable solutions and renewable energy company in arbitration proceedings administered by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre in connection with an equipment supply contract for a power project in Indonesia.
• Advised a private aviation company on its proposed acquisition of an overseas aerospace company and associated aviation assets as part of its broader cross-border expansion strategy, including on corporate governance and related transaction considerations across Singapore, India and Australia.
• Acted as lead counsel to one of India’s leading cashew exporters, with an 80-year history, in an international commercial arbitration administered by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre concerning sales contracts for 4,800 metric tonnes of cashews and a settlement agreement entered into during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Acted as lead counsel to a Singapore-based seismic data acquisition company in proceedings to recover US$3.5 million under an asset sale agreement entered into with a Gujarat-based shipbuilder.
• Advised the shareholders of a conglomerate on the liquidation and recovery of assets, including shares in an Indian-listed company, in connection with a sensitive multi-party dispute.
• Advised one of India’s largest toll road platforms and its Singapore subsidiaries on corporate governance matters, including the validity of board resolutions and compliance considerations arising from cross-border acquisitions of highway toll projects in India.
• Acted for the Singapore subsidiary of an Indian unicorn in winding-up proceedings before the Singapore High Court, alongside parallel proceedings before India’s National Company Law Tribunal involving the enforcement of personal guarantees.
• Advised an Indian public limited company engaged primarily in the manufacture and sale of sponge iron on a potential arbitration administered by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre against an Indonesian coal supplier.