Sumant is a Senior Partner in Desai & Diwanji’s Gurugram office   

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

With a career spanning more than two decades, Sumant currently is a Senior Partner in Desai & Diwanji for past six years at the NCR office. 

He practices in a broad-spectrum of legal fields, which include M&A, Infrastructure, Dispute Resolution, Banking & Finance, Insolvency, Corporate & Commercial, Energy & Natural Resources, Real Estate, Private Equity, Venture Capital and Start-ups, Media & Entertainment, Employment & Labour, etc. He has keen interest and a special focus on capital intensive and long gestation infrastructure projects in the field of power, airports and hydrocarbon. He also boasts pioneering experience in Public Private Partnership (PPP) model businesses in India. Additionally, he has deep insights on regulatory matters, especially in energy and aviation transport business.

His clientele includes many Fortune 500 corporations, domestic corporates, banks, financial institutions, and start-ups.

Sumant regularly appears before various courts and judicial forums including High Courts, NCLTs, APTEL, CERC, Arbitral Tribunal and Supreme Court on commercial disputes, electricity related regulatory matters, bankruptcy related disputes, etc.  

He is an avid speaker at various conferences and seminars. He has to his credit, also chaired Boards of several Companies. 

Sumant is a preferred choice for any given client, in view of his solution-oriented approach, accessibility, and commercial acumen.