Corporate Dispute Resolution

Our Corporate Dispute Resolution practice offers strategic legal representation and advisory services to businesses facing complex commercial conflicts. With deep expertise across the dispute resolution spectrum, we help clients navigate contentious situations while protecting their commercial interests and business relationships. We combine sector-specific knowledge with litigation and negotiation skills to achieve favourable outcomes in court proceedings, arbitrations, and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. Our team works closely with clients to develop tailored dispute resolution strategies that align with their business objectives and risk tolerance.

Shareholder and Partnership Disputes

• Advising on conflicts between shareholders, partners, and joint venture participants
• Resolving disputes over control, profit distribution, and minority shareholder rights
• Disputes related to oppression, unfair treatment, lack of access to information, or exclusion from decision-making process
• Handling breaches of fiduciary duty and shareholder agreements
• Negotiating buyout or exit arrangements for stakeholders
• Protecting client interests while preserving underlying business relationships
• Representation in oppression and mismanagement proceedings

Corporate Governance and Boardroom Disputes

• Representing directors, officers, and corporate boards in governance disputes
• Advising on director and officer liabilities and allegations of misconduct
• Resolving disagreements over strategic direction and management decisions
• Ensuring compliance with corporate laws and fiduciary duties during disputes
• Handling conflicts of interest, self-dealing claims, and other misconduct allegations
• Strategic counsel for both boards and activist shareholders in corporate control disputes

Transaction-Related Disputes

• Resolving disputes arising from mergers, acquisitions, and corporate restructurings
• Handling breaches of representations and warranties and indemnity claims
• Addressing post-closing adjustment disagreements and earn-out controversies
• Managing disputes in public and private M&A transactions
• Resolving conflicts within joint ventures over management and profit sharing
• Advising on dissolution of partnerships and joint ventures

Corporate Insolvency and Restructuring Disputes

• Representing creditors, debtors, and resolution professionals in insolvency proceedings
• Advisory on disputes arising under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC)
• Managing conflicts over debt recovery, creditor priority, and asset distribution
• Support during corporate restructuring and rehabilitation processes
• Handling disputes between different classes of creditors
• Strategic advice on distressed acquisitions and related conflicts