Our Team
Areas of Practice
Shipping, Admiralty, Commercial litigation, Arbitration & Mediation, Company matters, Shipping insurance, Consumer matters
Specialised area of Practice
Prevention of Marine claims, charterparty disputes, ship arrest and release, P&I, FD&D, charterers liability, cargo recoveries, crew matters, company matters. Vetting and drafting of agreements and contracts, shipbuilding contracts, ship management contracts.
Other Areas of Practice:
Banking & Insurance, Insolvency and Bankruptcy, civil litigations.
Work
Handles both contentious and non-contentious matters including company matters, all civil disputes, banking, NCLT, arbitration, Ship sale and purchase, ship arrests, insurance matters, crew claims including death and disability, issues of families of seafarers, charterparty disputes, P&I Club matters, Insolvency and Bankruptcy, drafting and vetting of documents. Acts as Consultant/Advisory to Companies.
Sandhya Pillai is a member of the DG Shipping constituted committee for Sexual Harassment for Women at Workplace, for women seafarers. She is also on advisory board of DG Shipping for review and address issues related to Indian Mercantile Marine.
Sandhya is also a member of the complaints committee constituted by the Directorate General of shipping.
He is a young dynamic Lawyer, previously a Marine Engineer who has branched out succesfully in the field of law specialising in crimnal law practice. His work profile is briefly listed as follows:-
Work Profile
■ Have appeared for Securities & Exchange Board of India as their empanelled advocate for legal representation and allied work, appearing/ representing/ assisting Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) before Special Courts, High Court, NCLT;
■ Dealing with matters relating to Arbitration, Recovery Matters, Civil Suits, Matrimonial Disputes, Tenancy Matters, Negotiable Instruments Act, Deby Recovery Matters, Criminal Trials relating to offences under IPC and Special laws, Appearing before Hon’ble High Court in Writ Petitions.
■ As Associate Advocate was closely associated and involved with practice relating to SEBI Special Court matter, SAT Matters, violations under SEBI Act, matters including Bail matters at various stages, criminal trials, trials relating to defamation, IPC offences, Scheduled and predicate offences, Trials under special Acts and agencies like Enforcement Directorate, Central Investigation Department, CBI, ACB etc
■ Associated with premier Investigation Agencies and regularly appearing/ assisting department in drafting, pleading and appearances in proceedings before Special Courts, Magistrate Courts and High Court for matters in the nature of Writ petitions, Criminal Applications, Bail Applications, Disgorgement Petitions, Matters of Mismanagement by the Companies through its Directors, Litigations with companies under litigations for recovery of siphoned off profits from the companies, and other violations under Companies Act
■ Appeared and briefed by the firm in matters relating to corporate frauds, corporate advisories, arbitrations, civil suits and commercial suits, as also matters including GST violations, Oppression & Mismanagement before NCLT, Arbitration Petitions before the Hon’ble Bombay High Court.
A Law graduate from Symbiosis Law College, University of Poona (1991), India and with a BSc Physics (Hons) degree from N.Wadia College, Pune, Kulshrestha pursued legal career alongside seafaring for 8 years with Barber Ship Management. He is a Member Advocate with Bar Council of Delhi since1993. Handling matters related to shipping business and corporate law, his forte is offering advice on insurance-related matters to corporate clients. Before joining the Firm, he worked with leading ship management companies in Hong Kong and Singapore as Head of Law and Insurance. Prior to this, he worked with a shipping company in India as Legal Manager, where he provided legal support to the organization in shipping business and other related matters.
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