Satvik Varma, Senior Advocate, Delhi High Court

Satvik Varma is a Senior Advocate and his areas of practice include corporate/commercial litigation, shareholder & company disputes, breach of contract & specific performance disputes, telecom/satellite law related litigation, insolvency & other proceedings before NCLAT & NCLT. He is regularly retained for disputes under the commercial codes act, original suits including those relating to intellectual property litigation, connected to disparagement claims, copyright violations & advertising council matters. He is also briefed on white collar crime related matters. Additionally, he has particular expertise in domestic & international arbitrations. Given his vast experience in the past, he also advices & provides opinions on corporate legal strategy in relation to mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, foreign direct investment & private equity placements especially in relation to litigation exposure and risks.Satvik holds a masters of laws (LL.M.) from Harvard Law School and is admitted to practice both in India (1998) and in the State of New York (2002).Satvik is a frequent speaker at various business chambers, legal panels, seminars and TV debates. He writes regularly on matters of corporate governance, legislative matters, economic and trade policy and current legal affairs for most of India’s leading business newspapers, magazines, and journals. Having published over 175 articles, Satvik released a book titled “Yes, I’m Opinionated – Musings of a Lawyer on Governance, Law and Policy” in November, 2017 which is an anthology of essays divided into three broad heads of Business & Corporate Governance, Law & Legislative Affairs and Trade & Policy. The book received advance praise from sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India and the Delhi High Court and leading Senior Counsel in India. The Supreme Court Bar Association awarded him a Certificate of Honour for his book which was presented to him by then Chief Justice of India and the Law Minister of India.Satvik has a keen interest in global and regional affairs and was selected as an Asia 21 Young Leader, where he actively engages with others from the Asia-Pacific to discuss issues of common interest to the region. Satvik was also selected from a very large and diverse group of candidates as an Aspen India Leadership Fellow and is cohort of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.