Nimita Kaul

Nimita is a legal practitioner with over 16 years of experience, including more than a decade of association with leading law firms in India. Over the course of her career, she has been involved in a wide range of complex and high-stakes matters across advisory and dispute resolution. She was previously a Partner at Kochhar & Co. and has also worked with Khaitan & Co., Argus Partners, Remfry & Sagar, and the Chambers of Mr. Ravinder Narain, gaining diverse exposure to litigation, advisory and transactional work.

Her core areas of practice include insolvency and bankruptcy, commercial dispute resolution, and legal advisory. Nimita has regularly advised and represented public sector undertakings, resolution professionals, financial institutions, and private companies across multiple industries. Her sectoral experience includes banking and financial services, real estate, automobiles, cement, steel, food and beverages, FMCG, hospitality, online and print media, and manufacturing. This cross-sectoral exposure enables her to address legal issues with an understanding of both commercial exposure and industry-specific considerations.

Nimita has extensive experience in dispute resolution and has represented clients in a broad spectrum of matters, including insolvency proceedings, arbitration, intellectual property disputes and prosecution, public law matters, competition law issues, and family estate disputes. She has appeared and argued before various judicial and quasi-judicial forums across India, including the High Courts, Arbitral Tribunals, National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), and other tribunals and authorities in jurisdictions such as Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Allahabad, Gandhinagar, and Ranchi.

In the area of competition law, Nimita has been involved in significant and precedent-setting matters concerning anti-competitive practices, cartelisation, abuse of dominant position, including the determination of penalties in the context of relevant turnovers for Multinational Companies. She has also advised clients, including automobile manufacturers and real estate developers, on structuring and reviewing dealership and distributorship arrangements, with a focus on compliance with competition law.

Her work also includes advising on corporate and commercial issues, including contractual structuring, risk assessment, and regulatory compliance. She has been engaged in matters requiring detailed legal analysis, strategic input, and coordination across multiple stakeholders.

Nimita holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi (2010), and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English Literature from Lady Shri Ram College for Women (2007).