Suadat Ahmad Kirmani

Suadat Ahmad Kirmani is a Partner based in the Bengaluru office of CMS INDUSLAW. His primary practice area is Arbitration and Mediation.

He has over 13 years of experience as a lawyer and is a trusted adviser to both domestic and multinational clients in a wide range of civil and commercial disputes. His expertise lies in litigation, arbitration, mergers and amalgamations, projects, claims and disputes, with a focus on infrastructure disputes as well as insolvency and white-collar crimes.

He has gained experience handling arbitrations conducted under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce, Singapore International Arbitration Centre, Indian Council of Arbitration, Delhi International Arbitration Centre, Hyderabad International Arbitration and Mediation Centre and other similar institutions, representing a wide range of domestic and multinational clients including public sector undertakings and contractors before various courts, tribunals and in arbitrations.

He represents most major private contractors in a wide range of infrastructure disputes in various arbitrations — domestic and international. He has been involved in various complex and technical disputes, ranging from metro rail projects, strategic oil reserves, supply and installation of solar projects, roads and highways, to one-of-its-kind test tracks being developed in India for the first time for high-speed testing of vehicles. He represents clients before various courts all the way up to the Supreme Court.

He regularly advises a range of foreign companies regarding their projects in India and represents them before various arbitral tribunals and courts in New Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Kolkata, and also regularly advises on their contract and claims management. He has advised private developers on issues faced in day-to-day dealings with various stakeholders and domestic and international contractors, as well as public sector undertakings in dealing with various domestic and international contractors.

Most recently, the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024 Rankings recognised him as a 'Recommended Lawyer' for Dispute Resolution. He was also a member of the Young IAMC Steering Committee for 2022–2024.

He regularly speaks at various conferences and seminars on topics concerning alternative dispute resolution mechanisms and delivers lectures at various law colleges. Prior to joining CMS INDUSLAW, he worked for leading Indian law firms.

He holds a B.A. LL.B. from the University of Jammu, a Construction Project Management qualification from RICS Academy, London, and a Certificate Course in International Law from The Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi. He is an Advocate in India and speaks English.