Arjun Krishnan is a senior disputes lawyer with over 16 years’ experience and leads the disputes practice in New Delhi for the firm. He has acted for clients across various practice areas, including arbitration, competition law, electricity, insolvency and commercial litigation. He regularly appears before the Supreme Court of India, High Court of Delhi and various Tribunals and Commissions, including the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, and the Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal.
He has significant experience in both domestic and international commercial arbitration and has represented a variety of clients in court proceedings for interim measures, setting aside arbitral awards, and appointment of arbitrators. Arjun has also advised the Government of India in arbitrations arising out of bilateral investment treaties.
Arjun also specializes in competition law. He has been involved in a number of seminal cases in what is a rapidly evolving area of law in India. He represents clients in all phases of competition litigation and also advises the firm’s clients on M&A filings before the Competition Commission of India.
Arjun is a national correspondent for India to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).
Arjun is an Inlaks Scholar, an alumnus of the National Law School of India University and New College, University of Oxford. He is an Advocate-on-Record in the Supreme Court of India, and was awarded a silver medal and the Mukesh Goswami Memorial Prize for obtaining the 2nd rank in the Supreme Court’s AOR examination.
Arjun is admitted to practice law in India.
New Delhi
T: +91 11 4172 6200
Recognition
“Arjun Krishnan was noteworthy.”
Asia-Pacific Legal500 2024
“He is a good litigator with good insights on the workings of the court.” “He is good and very thorough.”
Chambers Global & Asia-Pacific 2023
“Arjun Krishnan leads the team from New Delhi, drawing on his specialised knowledge of competition law and disputes; he often advises on investigations into large e-commerce retailers.” “Arjun Krishnan advises asset reconstruction companies and banks on contentious matters before the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal and the Supreme Court.” Asia-Pacific Legal500 2023
The review mentions: ‘“Arjun Krishnan is exceptionally talented, and very good at devising a legal strategy for any kind of case. He is amiable and can work with the most senior professionals in the field and deliver to their expectations.”
Asia-Pacific Legal500 2022
“Arjun Krishnan’s availability, follow-up, and especially the personal attention and prompt replies have been invaluable.”
“’Invaluable to his client’, Arjun Krishnan has a strong track record in competition law disputes, having handled several precedent setting cases in this field throughout his career.”
Asia-Pacific Legal500 2021
"In a significant matter on the competition front last year, the firm represented the CCI in the case of Samir Agarwal v the Competition Commission of India, of crucial importance as it clarified the role of informants and allowed a wider category of people to approach the CCI with information of anti-competitive activity” –
Recognition for his work in India Business Law Journal Law Firm of the Year Awards (2021)
Arjun Krishnan has a strong track record in competition law disputes, having handled several precedent setting cases in this field throughout his career.”
Asia-Pacific Legal500 2021
Recognized as one of India’s leading lawyers in Anthology – A Compendium of India’s Leading Lawyers,
Indian Corporate Counsel Association 2019
Awarded ‘Young Lawyer of the Year - Under 40’
BW Legal World-Global Legal Summit and Awards-2019