Dharmendra Chatur

Dharmendra Chatur is a first‑generation litigation lawyer with extensive expertise in cross‑border arbitration and commercial disputes arising from large‑scale technology, insolvency, commercial, and banking conflicts. He appears before multiple judicial and quasi‑judicial fora in Bangalore, Bombay, and New Delhi, including the High Courts of Karnataka and Bombay as well as Commercial Courts, City Civil Courts, Sessions Courts, Magistrate’s Courts (First Class), the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), the Competition Commission of India (CCI), the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT), the Income Tax Appellate Tribunals at the Principal Bench and Bangalore Bench.

Dharmendra regularly briefs and collaborates with some of the most renowned Senior Counsels at the Supreme Court of India on matters ranging from constitutional challenges to complex corporate disputes. His portfolio includes advising Indian corporations on regulatory compliance under statutes such as FEMA 1999 while representing multinational corporations on issues arising under Indian law. He has also appeared before foreign courts in jurisdictions including the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas; United States District Court for Western Texas; United States District Court for Eastern Texas; United States Bankruptcy Court for Southern Texas; United Kingdom High Court of Justice Business & Property Courts; Singapore International Commercial Court.

In addition to his courtroom practice he advises clients on dispute resolution strategy across a wide range of sectors—technology companies engaged in software development disputes; financial institutions facing complex banking litigation; construction firms involved in EPC contract disputes; infrastructure developers navigating concession agreements—and has represented clients before tribunals across East Asia such as Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Commercial Arbitration Centre. His work spans shareholder disputes involving minority rights under Companies Act 2013; commercial contract breaches under Indian Contract Act 1872; construction delays under FIDIC‑style contracts governed by Indian law.

Beyond his practice, Dharmendra contributes actively to legal education through teaching engagements and mentoring of younger lawyers, sharing practical insights into the evolving landscape of dispute resolution and helping shape the next generation of advocates.