LexforteChambers

“The life of the law has not been logic: it has been experience.”

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., The Common Law

Lexforte Chambers is a boutique law practice focused on litigation, corporate advisory, and regulatory strategy in India.

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Philosophy

Five commitments that govern how the chambers works.

Advocacy

A case is won on the record long before it is argued. We prepare briefs that a court can rely on, and we appear ourselves in the matters we advise upon.

Strategy

Litigation is a sequence of decisions, not a single event. We map the forum, the timeline and the exit before the first filing, and we revise that map as the record changes.

Diligence

Facts decide most disputes. We read the primary documents, trace the paper trail, and tell clients what the record will bear rather than what they would prefer to hear.

Insight

Regulatory practice rewards those who read the direction of travel. We track statutory amendment, tribunal practice and appellate trends across the areas in which we act.

Integrity

We accept instructions we can carry properly. Where a matter is better served by another counsel or by settlement, we say so at the outset.

Recent work

Representative matters

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  • Insolvency & Restructuring

    Acted in Supreme Court proceedings challenging an order of the NCLAT in a corporate insolvency resolution dispute concerning the constitution of the committee of creditors.

  • Supreme Court & Appellate Litigation

    Drafted and prosecuted a special leave petition arising from a High Court judgment on the maintainability of a civil appeal in a long-running property dispute.

  • Banking, SARFAESI & Recovery

    Advised a borrower group on securitisation proceedings and appeared before the Debts Recovery Tribunal to resist enforcement over a secured commercial asset.

  • Service, Labour & Employment

    Represented a serving officer before the Central Administrative Tribunal and the Delhi High Court in a promotion and seniority challenge.

  • Arbitration

    Appeared in Section 9 and Section 34 proceedings before the Delhi High Court arising out of a terminated works contract between construction sector parties.

  • Regulatory & Compliance

    Advised a group of allottees on remedies under RERA and consumer legislation following delayed possession in a residential development.

Insights

Notes from the practice

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