Neha Naik

Neha Naik is a Partner in the Mumbai office of Phoenix Legal and is part of the litigation and dispute resolution team. Her primary practice area is Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law, and she focuses on insolvency and bankruptcy, intellectual property, arbitrations and commercial disputes.

She has in-depth experience advising Indian and foreign clients on pre-litigation strategies and representing them in various fora across India.

She regularly represents resolution professionals, resolution applicants, banking and financial institutions and investors in high-value insolvency and bankruptcy cases, where she is closely involved in the insolvency process from inception to resolution. She also has proven expertise in advising and representing clients in complex intellectual property transactions, contractual disputes, infringement actions and conducting raids for seizing counterfeit products across various business sectors.

Her recent experience includes representing Oricon Enterprises Limited in an international commercial arbitration, successfully securing an arbitration award in relation to a commercial contractual dispute; representing the Consortium of Lenders of Gitanjali Gems Limited in recovery actions against Gitanjali Gems Limited and Mr. Mehul Choksi; and advising and representing Resolution Professionals from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP and KPMG India in Corporate Insolvency Resolution Processes.

She has also represented Edelweiss Asset Reconstruction Company Limited in relation to the appointment of the Resolution Professional under the IBC before the National Company Law Tribunal, Kolkata; represented Standard Chartered Bank to successfully oppose voluntary insolvency proceedings sought by one of its debtors before the NCLT Mumbai and in the successful admission of various petitions for admission of corporate insolvency resolution processes against its debtors; and advised Sojitz Corporation, a leading Japanese company, on pre-insolvency advice against one of its corporate debtors.

On the intellectual property side, she has advised Saurer Group of Companies on the intellectual property due diligence of the entire group of companies; represented Ultratech Cement Limited and Lupin Limited in obtaining injunctions against infringement of their trademarks in multiple suits before the Bombay High Court; and advised Estee Lauder on intellectual property and data privacy issues in India, including review of the Local Service Agreement.