{"id":4827,"date":"2022-08-30T08:41:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T08:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/argus-p.com\/argusdigitalfirmprofile\/?p=4827"},"modified":"2026-05-06T09:21:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T09:21:51","slug":"soorjya-ganguli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/argus-p.com\/argusdigitalfirmprofile\/soorjya-ganguli\/","title":{"rendered":"Soorjya Ganguli"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Soorjya has over 18 years of experience in dispute resolution across civil, commercial and constitutional law matters. A large part of his practice includes arbitration (ad hoc and institutional). He has advised several multi-national entities during his stint as a litigator and arbitration counsel.

Soorjya represents his clients before the Supreme Court of India, several High Courts across the country, the National Company Law Tribunal, and other quasi-judicial authorities. \u00a0He has been involved in several international and domestic arbitrations advising engineering giants in the power, automation, and infrastructure space and acted in international arbitrations under the rules of arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Paris, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), Singapore, International Cotton Association, U.K., and the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), London.

ALB India 2020 top 30 Indian Disputes Lawyers’ list recognized Soorjya as one of the standout practitioners in India’s litigation and arbitration practice.

Soorjya graduated from Symbiosis Law College, Pune, in 2003 and completed his LL.M. from the University of Bristol, U.K. Before joining the Firm, Soorjya was an independent counsel before the Original Side of the Calcutta High Court and has also worked with Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co in their litigation an arbitration practice.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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  • Successfully represented the Liquidator for M\/s Concast Steel and Power Ltd. before the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) in a significant judgment addressing the inclusion of leasehold rights in a Corporate Debtor’s liquidation estate.<\/li>\n
  • Successfully represented the appellants [homeowners] before the Calcutta High Court in relation to the construction of a residential tower in the Elita Garden Vista Project.<\/li>\n
  • Successfully represented United Hotels and Properties (HHI Group) against Vodafone Idea in a cyber negligence case.<\/li>\n
  • Represented Texmaco Rail & Engineering Limited before the Calcutta High Court.<\/li>\n
  • Represented Tata Steel Limited, in their bid to acquire Rohit Ferro-Tech Limited through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Tata Steel Mining Limited, under the aegis of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.<\/li>\n
  • Advised Tega Industries Limited on its resolution plan for acquisition of McNally Sayaji Engineering Limited.<\/li>\n
  • Advised McNally Bharat Engineering Corporation Limited in separate multi crore arbitrations against Government of India entities.<\/li>\n
  • Advised Thermax Limited and Thermax Engineering and Construction Limited in disputes against an Indian listed company in the power generation and mining space.<\/li>\n
  • Advised the Prysmian group of Italy, a multinational corporation and the world\u2019s largest manufacturer of cables in a multi-million-dollar investment dispute with a listed Indian entity.<\/li>\n
  • Advising Rohit Ferro-tech, a listed Indian mining conglomerate in an international arbitration against an Austrian company.<\/li>\n
  • Advised Dongfang Electric Corporation of China which is amongst the top 15 EPC contractors in the world in disputes with the West Bengal Power Development Corporation in India seated ICC arbitration.<\/li>\n
  • Advised ABB India Limited in several arbitrations and litigations across India.<\/li>\n
  • Advised Bank of New York Mellon in disputes concerning FCCBs.<\/li>\n
  • Advised the committee of creditors in the insolvency proceedings of Binani Cements Limited under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 in litigations from NCLT and all the way to the Supreme Court of India.<\/li>\n
  • Advised the Resolution Professional and liquidator in the insolvency and liquidation proceedings of Concast Steel & Power Limited.<\/li>\n
  • Advising Sterling & Wilson Private Limited in disputes with Oil India Limited.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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    • Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2026 and 2025 \u2018Litigation Star\u2019 for \u2018Commercial & Transactions\u2019.<\/li>\n
    • The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific Rankings 2026 and 2025 ‘Leading Partner’ for Leading Firms in Kolkata.<\/li>\n
    • The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific Rankings 2026 \u2018Recommended Lawyer\u2019 for Projects and Energy and Restructuring and Insolvency in India.<\/li>\n
    • Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific Guide 2026, 2025 and 2024 ranked as Band 1 in Corporate\/Commercial: Kolkata.<\/li>\n
    • The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific Rankings 2024 and 2023 \u2018Leading Individual\u2019 for Dispute Resolution.<\/li>\n
    • Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2024 \u2018Future Star\u2019 for \u2018commercial & transactions\u2019.<\/li>\n
    • Thomson Reuter\u2019s, Asian Legal Business India\u2019s Top 40 Disputes Lawyers 2023.<\/li>\n
    • Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific Guide 2023 \u2018Notable Practitioner\u2019 in India Corporate\/Commercial: Kolkata.<\/li>\n
    • \u2018ALB India 2020 Top 30 Disputes Lawyers\u2019 list recognised Soorjya Ganguli, Equity Partner, as one of the standout practitioners in India\u2019s litigation and arbitration practice.<\/li>\n
    • Recognized as a member of the team that drove the process of preparing \u2018The Indian Arbitration Forum Best Practices Guidelines for Conduct of Arbitral Proceedings\u2019 (\u2018IAF Guidelines\u2019). The Indian Arbitration Forum is an association of leading arbitration practitioners committed to streamlining the conduct of arbitration in India and promoting arbitration as an effective means of dispute resolution in India and abroad.<\/li>\n
    • India Business Law Journal recognised insolvency of Binani Cement as \u2018Deals of the Year 2019\u2019 \u2013 in which Soorjya was involved all the way to the Supreme Court of India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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      • “Soorjya Ganguli is noted for his wide-ranging practice in Kolkata, advising on a range of transactions, as well as insolvency proceedings, litigation and arbitration.”<\/em> \u2014 Chambers and Partners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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        • Bar Council of West Bengal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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