DINESH KADAM

Dinesh leads the trial practice at MZM, spearheading highly contentious and acrimonious mandates. His diverse practice encompasses matters pertaining to blood crimes, serious economic frauds, matrimonial disputes, land/ real estate conflicts, and housing society disputes. His expertise in conducting civil and criminal trials and ensuing appellate proceedings is unparalleled and expansive. A regular at all judicial forums in Maharashtra, his skills have been commended by his clients as also his fiercest opponents. Formulating strategy is his forte and he is supported by a diligent group of lawyers, adept and highly skilled at court craft and on-ground execution. Over the years, Dinesh has trained and built a network of highly-skilled advocates, to ensure stellar legal representation to his clients, even in remotely accessible areas. His expertise, creative solutions, and nuanced understanding of the law provide succour to his clients amidst tumultuous prosecutions and adversarial proceedings.

VIVEK JAIN

A qualified Advocate-on-Record, Vivek brings youth and dynamism to the Delhi Office of the Firm. Specializing in Corporate Litigation, and Insolvency proceedings before the NCLT and Company Law, he displays a keen interest in Arbitration. He is often acknowledged by his peers at the Bar for his impeccable drafting, seamless filings, and persuasive arguments. He is a regular face before the Supreme Court, Delhi High Court, and Tribunals. He enjoys an immaculate reputation with a majority of the designated Senior Advocates in New Delhi and is indispensable in handling highly sensitive and multifaceted litigations for the firm while maintaining uncompromised integrity and incomparable capability.

MOHAMMAD SHINE

Shine is a leading litigation lawyer having diverse experience of over two. He began his career in 2005 in the chamber of the distinguished criminal defence lawyer and parliamentarian Mr. Majeed Memon. His core practice involves handling complex criminal matters and white-collar crimes, especially the ones related to corruption. He has also expanded his practice to contentious civil litigation with a dedicated clientele. He is an ideal choice for most complex disputes involving intricate questions of law and in cases for emergency reliefs where it becomes necessary to make a compelling case for those he represents. Shine provides competent legal advice across jurisdictions and he enjoys accolades from his colleagues and clients before various High Courts. Relentless in expanding his horizons, he holds an MBA and a Diploma in Cyber Laws. Always a proponent of being a student of law, he imparts his passion and wisdom to young minds by regularly conducting guest lectures in reputed colleges across the length of the country.

Abhishek Gupta

Abhishek regularly appears before all Criminal Courts in India and also opines on foreign laws in matters related to financial crimes. With a decade’s worth of banking experience, Abhishek is also instrumental in guiding forensic audits, fund tracing and similar exercises, which are an integral part of financial crime prosecution / defence. Abhishek’s first-hand insights into the restructuring and insolvency operations of Banks and decade long experience make him a restructuring and insolvency expert. As such, he represents distressed / insolvent companies, as well as, creditors before quasi-judicial forums like National Company Law Tribunals and Debt Recovery Tribunals, developing innovative, cost effective and practical solutions to address impending or ongoing financial distress. He also participates in various high-value domestic and international commercial arbitration and commercial litigation mandates.

Ravi Mishra

Ravi is a vital part of the MZM team with over a decade of experience at the Firm. His diverse practice encompasses matters pertaining to white-collar crimes, matrimonial disputes, blood crimes, and serious economic frauds. His ability to liaise with an array of prosecuting agencies in high-pressure and politically sensitive mandates is unmatched. Fastidious towards upholding the interests of clients, Ravi provides holistic and coherent advice with end-to-end support. He is the epitome of being an individual contributor and is empowered by his immense knowledge and vast experience to achieve stupendous results for his clients. His dedication to his work makes it incumbent upon the entire team to operate just as meticulously to achieve stellar outcomes.

CHIRAG NAIK

Chirag Naik is an Associate Partner at MZM Legal LLP’s globally recognised white-collar criminal defence, investigations and disputes practices. Having worked with international clientele and law firms on various complex matters, he has been described as “very knowledgeable in terms of the law”, “very responsive and thorough” and is known for providing “clear and in-depth legal analyses”. Skilled at crisis management, Chirag is praised as “very tenacious and hardworking”.

His practice area covers white-collar criminal defence, criminal compliance, government investigations, dispute resolution, IT law and regulatory enforcement matters. Chirag regularly acts and advises on high profile criminal investigations initiated by India’s premier investigating agencies such as the CBI, ED, SFIO, SEBI etc. and the EOWs and ACBs at the state level. He has represented clients before the Supreme Court and various High Courts and trial courts across India. His cross- border litigation experience encompasses corruption, money laundering, extradition, cyber-crime, fraud, embezzlement, black money, undisclosed foreign assets, corporate governance, defamation, foreign exchange management, sexual harassment, etc. Further, he has conducted various sensitive internal investigations for leading multinational corporations.

Over the last few years Chirag has acted on extremely complex cyber-crimes reported to the police’s specialised cyber-crime units and the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (“CERT-In”).

Chirag regularly appears on national TV News channels who seek his views on legal matters of importance.

RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS:

1. Successively, recognized and ranked by “Legal 500” as a “RISING STAR” in the WHITE-COLLAR CRIME (INDIA) CATEGORY in 2021, 2022 & 2023.
2. Recognized, Awarded and Ranked in the BUSINESS WORLD BW LEGAL 30 UNDER 30 POWER LIST OF 2021.

Nadiya Sarguroh

Nadiya is an Associate Partner at MZM Legal LLP and has a decade's experience in dispute resolution, specializing in International Commercial Arbitration, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Media & Entertainment, and Civil Litigation. She regularly advises her clients on complex corporate issues and transactions.  

A significant part of her practice has been advising and representing clients in matters relating to insolvency restructuring, debt recovery, joint ventures, cross border disputes, investment and shareholder disputes, employment-related disputes, merger and demerger schemes, tender-related disputes, real estate disputes, infrastructure and engineering disputes, and consumer litigation.

Her clientele spreads across a variety of sectors including Banking, NBFCs, Engineering, Procurement & Construction, Media & Entertainment, Hospitality, Infratech, Power, IT (Information Technology), Healthcare, Beauty, FMCG, Apparels and Real Estate sector, to name a few. She regularly advises startups and undertakes a complete handholding exercise for establishing their business and managing their investments. Contract drafting & vetting is another specialised area of her practice.  

She is a well-recognized face before High Courts, NCLTs, Tribunals, Quasi-Judicial bodies, and other regulatory authorities. Nadiya has excelled in her practice areas over the years and is known for her innovative solutions and round the clock support to her clients.  

Her fondness for continuing education has also inspired her to associate herself with many esteemed colleges as a Visiting Professor. Nadiya has an experience of over 8 years in teaching subjects such as Alternate Dispute Resolution, Banking laws, Contract Laws, Advertising Laws, Business Laws, Industrial Laws, and Intellectual Property Laws at various reputed colleges all over Mumbai and Bengaluru. Nadiya is regularly seen judging various Moot Court Competitions and other law events of reputed colleges.

With her in-depth expertise, Nadiya is often approached for her views on complex commercial and insolvency matters by journalists of reputed media houses and is often quoted as an expert.

Awards & Recognitions 

• Recognised by Forbes India as Top 100 individual lawyers (under 10 years of experience) in the Forbes Legal Power list – 2023-2024. 
• Recognised as one of the Future Legal Leaders, 2023 by India Business Law Journal. 
• Recommended Lawyer for Dispute Resolution, 2022 & 2023 by Legal 500 Asia Pacific. 
• Recognized as one of the Rising Stars 40 under 40, 2022 & 2023 by Asian Legal Business. 

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