- Arjun Kant
- Partner
Practice Co-Chair- Dispute Resolution | IPR & TMT | Corporate Advisory, Governance & Compliance | Debt Recovery, Insolvency & Restructuring
Practice Overview
Arjun Kant is a distinguished commercial lawyer with extensive experience across dispute resolution, corporate advisory, and insolvency matters. He provides expert counsel to multinational corporations, emerging businesses, financial institutions, and regulatory bodies on complex legal challenges. Arjun read law in India and the United Kingdom, specializing in information technology laws. His professional background includes establishing and leading Arkadian Legal, working with prominent law firms in India, and managing intellectual property portfolios for global luxury brands and major corporations.
Awards & Recognition
- Notable Practitioner - Asialaw, 2025
Expertise
Corporate Advisory & Governance
- Guiding start-ups and growth-stage companies through regulatory frameworks and compliance requirements
- Structuring joint ventures and shareholder agreements for technology enterprises
- Advising C-suites on governance, compliance strategies, and risk management
Technology Law & Digital Regulation
- Advising on AI regulation, data privacy compliance, and digital platform governance
- Structuring IP licensing, technology transfer, and commercialization strategies
- Supporting fintech companies with regulatory approvals and compliance frameworks
Dispute Resolution & Litigation
- Representing clients in complex corporate and commercial disputes before the Supreme Court, High Courts, NCLT, NCLAT, and NCDRC
- Handling high-value cross-border enforcement matters and international judgment execution
- Acting in arbitration proceedings and related litigation, including setting aside and enforcement of arbitral awards
Insolvency & Debt Recovery
- Representing financial creditors in corporate insolvency proceedings before NCLT and NCLAT
- Advising homebuyers and other stakeholders in real estate insolvency matters
- Handling debt recovery proceedings and enforcement of decrees
Notable Work
- Acted for the landowners in a significant eminent domain dispute before the Supreme Court of India relating to a multi-billion-dollar land parcel in Mumbai
- Represented a High Net-Worth Individual in a $650 million cross-border enforcement dispute involving India and the UK
- Acted for a prominent American multinational investment bank in debt recovery proceedings for the enforcement of a decree valued at $85 million
- Successfully represented homebuyers in arbitration against real estate developers, securing favourable awards
- Structured IP licensing and technology transfer agreements for a leading AI start-up expanding into India
- Represented a prominent individual in a high-stakes, politically sensitive criminal conspiracy and real estate fraud case before the Supreme Court of India involving one of Asia’s most affluent residential neighbourhoods.
Bar Admission & Professional Memberships
- Bar Council of Delhi
- Delhi High Court Bar Association
- Supreme Court Bar Association
Education
- B.A. LL.B., Symbiosis University
- LL.M. in Information Technology Law, Queen Mary University of London