Kevin Santhosh
COUNSEL
- kevin.santhosh@singularitylegal.com
- +91 70218 33755
- +91 22 4976 5861 Ext. 104
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Kevin is a counsel at Singularity Legal. He specialises in advising energy & resources, construction & infrastructure, shipping & trade, and sports & entertainment companies in shareholder and joint venture disputes, operational disputes, and sovereign disputes. His range of experience includes advising clients in international arbitrations under various rules like SIAC, DIAC and DIFC-LCIA; and in cross-border disputes before courts in the Cayman Islands, DIFC, India, Singapore, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and United Arab Emirates.
- The Seat of the Arbitration: An empirical study of its meaning and relevance in International Commercial Arbitration (World Arbitration and Mediation Review, 2019 Vol. 13, No. 4)
Arbitration
- Representing a Qatari HNI in an arbitration under a settlement agreement for relinquishing his shares in a multinational oil and gas enterprise against his Indian joint venture partner and a Cayman Islands group company (DIAC Rules, London seated, English law)
- Representing a global technology and innovations company in their dispute under a service agreement with a leading supplier of structural steel buildings in the Middle East (DIAC Rules, UAE seated, UAE law)
- Representing an Indian trading company in a dispute against a Hong Kong-based trader (SIAC Rules, English Law)
- Representing a Singapore-based pharmaceutical company in an arbitration under a shareholders' agreement against their Indian joint venture partners (India seated, Indian law)
Litigation
- Representing a Qatari HNI in disclosure applications and tracing claims in proceedings connected with an ongoing arbitration against three DIFC-based venture capital firms (DIFC Courts)
- Advising a Qatari HNI in disclosure applications and tracing claims in proceedings connected with an ongoing arbitration against a Singapore-based venture capital firm (Singapore High Court)
- Representing two UAE companies and their promoter in a dispute for the non-payment of rent and the encashment of rental cheques under a shareholders’ agreement and a tenancy agreement (DIFC Courts.
- A public interest litigation challenging the constitutional validity of India’s National Anti-Doping Code (Delhi High Court)
- Representing 4 Powerlifting Athletes that were tested positive for doping at the 44th National Games, India (Delhi High Court & Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel)
- Representing an Indian powerlifting athlete who was tested positive for doping at the National Senior (Men & Women) Equipped Powerlifting Championship 2023, India (Delhi High Court and Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel)
- Representing an Indian subsidiary of a global advertising company in the challenge to the enforcement of their arbitral award by Indian local civic body (Bombay High Court)
- Representing a Qatari HNI in proceedings relating to the enforcement of a provisional arbitral award (DIFC Courts)
- Advising a Qatari HNI in proceedings relating to the enforcement of a provisional arbitral award (Cayman, Singapore and Swiss courts)