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PROJECTS

Brus Chambers is an independent specialised law firm structured around project practice areas namely infrastructure and construction; oil, gas and natural resources; shipping and port development; energy and mining; entertainment and finance; project finance; and other projects be it minor, mid-sized or mega size projects including bridges, tunnels, highways, railways, airports, seaports, power plants, dams, waste water projects, oil and natural gas extraction projects, public buildings, information technology systems, aerospace projects or project of any size of any nature.

Brus Chamber is a specialised law firm where the lead partner heading the practice is a specialist in that area. The team members that are assembled for the given file too have specialised knowledge. Our lawyers advise on all phases of the project from the initial concept, government and regulatory issues, structuring, risk management, and development through to bidding, financing, engineering and construction, and beyond including drafting of documents and contracts.

We too strongly believe that genuine industry legal specialists are rare, but they can save time and money for clients. 

Within projects, we specialise in
+ Infrastructure & Construction
+ Shipping & Port
+ Oil, Gas & Natural Resources
+ Entertainment & Media
+ Energy & Mining
+ Project Finance
+ Real Estate
+ Other Projects

We represents the sponsors, developers, or promoters of projects as well as commercial and development banks, investors, vendors, landowners, contractors (engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) and operation and maintenance (O&M)), operators, and equipment suppliers and all interested parties.

In handling complex project development and finance transactions, we draw upon the knowledge and skills of our lawyers in related practice areas and technical experts where required.

Key Contacts

Priority Email: in@brus.in
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Dr. Shrikant Pareshnath Hathi

Managing & Practicing Partner
M: +91-9769946865
E: shrikant@brus.in
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Uttam Hathi

Practicing Partner
M: +91-9757282670
E: uttam@brus.in
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Afia SenGupta

Practicing Partner
M: +91-9769946866
E: afia@brus.in
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Pritish Das

Practicing Partner
M: +91-9773672978
E: pritish@brus.in

Infrastructure & Construction

Brus Chamber's practice attracted glowing praise. The firm is known for both its advisory as well as contentious work. The firm represents construction companies and contractors concerning agreements for pre-bid and postbid of tenders. Advice on construction documents such as consortium, joint venture, collaboration, associate agreements for pre-bid and post-bid of tender and other sub-contract documents and Engineering Procurement Contract, Construction Contract, On shore and Off shore Advance Engineering documents and all allied documents. Formation of joint venture (infrastructure) company for project/s or the venture and the allied documents for bridges, roads, dams, tunnels, pipelines, mining, marine, power etc...

Oil, Gas & Natural Resources

We advise on legal aspects of the entire process, from exploration to production to distribution and on all aspects of oil and gas projects and petroleum law involving advice on field development through construction to final production including the construction of the pipelines and platforms, through-put, loading, lifting, royalty in kind payments, operating and sales contracts for crude oil and gas, offtake agreements, drilling contracts, equipment leasing agreements and production sharing agreements...

Energy & Mining

n the electricity sector, we act for state owned and privatized power generation, transmission and distribution companies and large industrial consumers. Brus Chambers Energy & Mining Practice advises on the exploitation, development, investment, acquisition, and financing of energy and mining related projects, and relevant business arrangements and compliance. Brus Chambers has been publicly recognized as one of the top Indian projects law firm, and has represented domestic and foreign clients in a number of energy and mining projects inside and outside of India, covering oil, natural gas, coal bed methane, electric power (including nuclear power), coal, new energy, renewable energy, copper ore, nickel ore, uranium ore, lead-zinc ore and other areas. Our lawyers have a wealth of experience in energy and mining areas and have not only practiced relevant legal services, but also have extensive business experience in these areas, enabling us to provide clients with practical business-orientated solutions....

Project Finance

Brus Chambers is one of the leading Indian law firm for project finance transactions. Our Project Finance practice offers market-leading experience advising on legal matters related to project structuring and development, financing, government regulation, construction and other contract issues across every sector, including Power generation and transmission; Oil and gas; Infrastructure (including roads, airports, bridges, railways and ports); Mining and metals; Water and wastewater treatment...

Shipping & Port Development

Our practice includes port privatisations, development, restructurings, maritime and ports, mergers and acquisitions including the sale and purchase of shipping and ferry lines, docks and yards, ship and rig builders, and logistics companies....

Other Projects

Mega-projects including bridges, tunnels, highways, railways, airports, seaports, power plants, dams, wastewater projects, oil and natural gas extraction projects, public buildings, information technology systems, aerospace projects or project of any size of any nature is advised by us....

ACCOLADES

    Top Tier Law Firm

    Brus Chambers is consistently ranked by Legal500; Shippinglawyers.NET; SALK; Lloyds List; Euromoney Legal Experts; Economic Times, ABLJ etc, as top-tier law firm for shipping work, since 2010...

    Leading Individual

    Dr. Shrikant Hathi and Binita Hathi is consistently listed in the elite 'Leading Lawyers' list as 'Leading Individual' by the Asia Pacific Legal500 and Shippinglawyers.NET for shipping work since 2004...

    Recommended Law Firm

    Brus Chambers, is strongly recommended by Legal500 and other international credential bodies for Dispute resolution; Projects; International Arbitration; Banking, Finance and Corporate work in India...

    SALK

    Brus Chambers is consistently ranked as top-tier law firm for shipping work by SALK and have considered the law firm as one of the leading firm for ship arrest and shipping work and maintains one of India's top shipping practice...

    Shippinglawyers.NET

    Brus Chambers is the best shipping law firm in India while Dr. Shrikant Pareshnath Hathi, dual qualified solicitor from India and UK and an advocate practising in India continues to be the best shipping lawyer...

    IBLJ

    Brus Chambers, Advocates & Solicitors is consistently awarded by the Indian Business Law Journal as the best shipping law firm in India since 2011 and is considered to have the best shipping law practice in India...

    Dr. Shrikant Pareshnath Hathi

    Dr. Shrikant Hathi heads shipping and projects, is consistently listed in the elite 'Leading Lawyers' list as 'Leading Individual' by the Asia Pacific Legal500, SALK and Shippinglawyers.NET for shipping work since 2004 (Legal500)...

    Binita Hathi (Ms)

    She heads dispute resolution, is consistently listed in the elite 'Leading Lawyers' list as 'Leading Individual' by the Asia Pacific Legal500 for shipping work is also known for negotiating amicable settlement (Legal500)...

    Uttam Hathi (Mr)

    Uttam Hathi is exceptional at corporate and project work and is recognised as being a "quality lawyer" by his peers and enjoys a strong reputation for his work on corporate and M&A deals (Legal500)...

    Natasha Sailopal (Ms)

    She specialises in insurance for the ship (Hull and Machinery);insurance for the cargo (Taken by the shipper); insurance for the third party claims (P&I). She also advises the vessel owners and charterers (Shippinglawyers.NET)...

    Poonam Das (Ms)

    She is consistently listed in the 'Next Generation Lawyers' by the Asia Pacific Legal500 for shipping work in India. She is a specialist on crew and bunker claims within ship arrest in India (Legal500). ...

    Pritish Das (Mr)

    He specialises in execution or enforcement of foreign arbitral award or decree in India; contract litigation and arbitration. Litigation before the High Court, Supreme Court of India and Civil Courts in India (SALK)...

    Ship Arrest

    Brus Chambers is consistently ranked by Legal500; Shippinglawyers.NET; SALK; Lloyds List; Euromoney Legal Experts; ABLJ etc, as top-tier law firm for shipping work, since 2010. Dr. Shrikant Hathi and Binita Hathi is consistently listed in the elite 'Leading Lawyers' list as 'Leading Individual' by Legal500 and Shippinglawyers.NET for shipping work since 2004...

    Shipping

    Brus Chambers is recognised by several international credential bodies as the 'Best Indian Shipping Law Firm' and is preferred by international and local clients. Brus Chambers has extensive experience and a global reputation of handling the entire gamut of shipping. Today the firm have a worldwide reputation as specialists in this area (Legal500).....

    International Arbitration

    Brus Chambers is considered as a beacon of excellence in international arbitration. The firm is active in commercial arbitration and maintains far-reaching global arbitration capabilities and a broad-ranging remit of expertise across various sectors. Our Global International Arbitration Practice has repeatedly been recognised as preeminent in its field (Chamber Practice)...

    Protection & Indemnity

    Our firm specialises in insurance for the ship (Hull and Machinery);insurance for the cargo (Taken by the shipper); insurance for the third party claims (P&I). The Firm also advises the vessel owners and charterers. Ms. Natasha Sailopal heads marine insurance and P&I work (Shippinglawyers.NET)...

    Corporate & Commercial

    The firm and its corporate team are widely admired for its prompt and excellent service and is consistently praised by sources for its deep knowledge of corporate law and the quality of its practitioners, the team is very competent and highly knowledgeable (Legal500)...

    Infrastructure Projects

    The firm is known for both its contentious work as well as advisory work in the areas of infrastructure and construction. The firm represents construction companies and contractors from inception including pre-bid and post-bid of tenders (Projects Monitor)...

    Commercial Litigation

    Brus Chambers is known to deliver accurate, commercial advice quickly, to international and local clients. If the dispute covers multiple jurisdictions, their local experts on the ground can quickly act on before any courts in India ...

    Enforcement of Foreign Awards

    Brus Chambers has a formidable track record in enforcement of foreign arbitral awards with a reputation as a aggressive and result oriented law firm. Binita Hathi and Pritish Das co-heads enforcement of awards (Chamber Practice)...

    Banking & Finance

    Banking & Finance being a part of Corporate and Commercial is headed by Uttam Hathi. The firm and its corporate team are widely admired for its prompt and excellent service and is consistently praised for its deep knowledge (Legal500)....

    Oi, Gas & Natural Resources

    Brus Chambers advise on legal aspects of the entire process, from exploration to production to distribution and on all aspects of oil and gas projects and petroleum law (Legal500)...

    Energy & Mining

    Brus Chambers energy & mining practice advises on the exploitation, development, investment, acquisition, and financing of energy and mining related projects (Projects Monitor)...

    Mergers & Acquisition

    To supplement, merger and acquisition specialists have in structuring transactions, developing strategies and understanding market acquisition terms (Honeywell) ...

    The Economic Times

    Brus Chambers is the Upper-Deck law firm for shipping work while Dr. Shrikant Hathi heading shipping is really good...

    Chamber Practice

    Ranked as Band-1 law firm for Corporate; Projects; Shipping; Dispute Resolution and International Arbitration in India ...

    The Best in Marine Law

    Brus Chambers has a strong team for ship arrest and shipping litigation headed by Dr. Shrikant Hathi (Gulf News)...

    The Best

    The firm is a good choice and is best for infrastructure, oil and gas related projects in India (Projects Monitor)...

    Dominant Law Firm

    Brus Chambers is a dominant firm in the Indian admiralty and shipping market and has a global reputation in this sector (Legal500)...

    Best Specialised Firm

    Brus Chambers, the only professionally managed and the best specialised solicitor firm in India (Khaleej Times)...

    World Leading Lawyer

    Euromoney Expert Guides have also consistently ranked Dr. Shrikant Hathi as Worlds Leading Lawyers for Shipping & Maritime and also for Energy & Natural Resource Lawyers...

    Best of the Best

    Dr. Shrikant Pareshnath Hathi is considered as 'best of the best' for shipping work, by Shippinglawyers.NET, he heads the shipping team at Brus Chambers...

    First Class Service

    Binita Hathi provides 'first class service' in litigation and arbitration and is reputed for her specialised cross-border expertise and is praised for her multijurisdiction reach (Legal500)...

    Solid Practice

    Solid ship arrest and shipping practice in India (Legal500)...

    Distinguished Strengths

    Distinguished strengths in Shipping P&I (Legal500)...

    Dedicated Shipping Practice

    Dedicated shipping practice that covers disputes, transactional matters and finance (Legal500)...

    Long Standing Experience

    Brus Chambers has longstanding experience within the infrastructure and energy sector and offers solid expertise in M&A, JVs, licensing, divestiture structuring and development agreements (Legal500)...

    Recommended by its Peers

    Brus Chambers is recommended by its peers for its corporate knowledge. Uttam Hathi is the name to note The firm has undoubtedly joined the race and is now competing with the best known corporate law firms in India (Legal500)...

    Aggresive & Result-Oriented

    the firm has a very powerful, aggresive and result oriented dispute resolution team, they analyse the dispute and make us understand the weak and strong points and are also very powerful in negotiating out of court settlements (COSCO)...

    Super Specialised

    Dr. Shrikant Hathi has super-specialised team for shipping work (The Telegraph)...

    Fantastic Knowledge

    Uttam Hathi has fantastic corporate and industry knowledge (Daimler AG)...

    Preferred Globally

    Binita Hathi is the beacon of excellence in international arbitration (Les Echos)...

    Great Strategist

    'a great strategist' (African Energy)...

    Upper Deck Law Firm

    'upper deck law firm' (The Economic Times)...

    Good Choice

    'good choice'(Tsakos Energy Navigation)...

    Stands Out

    Brus Chambers stands out for its (predominantly oil) projects related work in the Middle East, notably in the UAE, Qatar, and even Iraq (Legal500)...

    Leader

    Market leader in shipping; dispute resolution; international arbitration; corporate; infrastructure projects; oil, gas, energy; banking and finance (Chamber Practice)...

    Clear Road Map

    Assisting foreign entities to establish business in India or doing business in India with a clear road map to India entry is one of the key practice areas of the firm (Embassy of India)...

    Professional Approach

    User friendly law firm and professional approach towards work (Honeywell)...

    User Friendly

    Excellent and user-friendly, timely and cost-effective (Yicheng Logistics (Tianjin) Co Ltd)...

    Dedicated Partner

    Each client has a dedicated partner who leads, coordinates, and is directly responsible to meet client requirements efficiently (SALK)...

    Top Band Law Firm

    Brus Chambers is a top band law firm for shipping work in India encompassing the entire gamut of shipping litigation and non-litigation work, the firm brings to matters 'professionalism and an excellent reputation for shipping (Shippinglawyers.NET)...

    Best Shipping Law Firm

    Brus Chambers is the best shipping law firm in India while Dr. Shrikant Pareshnath Hathi continues to be the best shipping lawyer in India. The law firm maintains one of India's top shipping practice (SALK)....

    Excellent Knowledge

    Brus Chambers, 'knowledgeable team' has 'an in-depth knowledge of ship arrest' and provides 'excellent, commercial legal advice'. The firm regularly advises on the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards (Legal500)...

    Legal500

    Brus Chambers is consistently ranked by Legal500 as top-tier law firm for shipping work since 2010 and have strongly recommended for dispute resolution; projects, corporate, banking & finance work while Dr. Shrikant Hathi and Binita Hathi are consistently listed in the elite 'Leading Lawyers' list as 'Leading Individual' by Legal500...

    Lloyds List

    Dr. Shrikant Hathi is head of Brus Chambers shipping and international trade practice. His practice includes contentious work across the spectrum of shipping disputes. The firm has enjoyed notable success consistently, and is the mastermind behind the firm's rise to the best in India.(Lloyds List)...

    Euromoney Expert Guide

    Euromoney Expert Guides have consistently ranked Dr. Shrikant Pareshnath Hathi as the best shipping lawyer since 2002 and the firm as top-tier law firm since 2010 for shipping and projects work in India. Dr. Hathi is 'the specialist' and 'the best' for any work in shipping (Euromoney Expert Guide) ...

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BRUS CHAMBERS

Brus Chambers is a Top-Tier Shipping Law Firm in India since 2010 as ranked by Legal 500; SALK; Shippinglawyers.NET; ALB; Lloyds List and other international credential bodies and is also highly recommeded for Dispute Resolution; Corporate Commercial and Infrastructure Projects also Dr. Shrikant Hathi is listed in the elite "Leading Lawyers" list as "Leading Individual", by Legal 500 since 2004.