Kartikey Mahajan

Kartikey Mahajan is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution practice group in the Singapore office. Kartikey is qualified to practice law in India, England & Wales (where he has rights of audience for all courts) and the State of New York. He is also registered to appear before the DIFC Courts and the Singapore International Commercial Court (as a Registered Foreign Lawyer). Prior to joining the Firm, Kartikey has worked with Magic Circle and White Shoe American law firms in London and Singapore.

His practice focuses on international arbitration (both commercial and investment treaty), commercial litigation, white-collar crime defense, investigation, fraud, enforcement and global asset recovery issues.

He appears as lead advocate in his arbitrations, and as well as a co-counsel and expert on Indian law. He has also sat as arbitrator in a variety of matters under different governing laws (both as a sole and wing arbitrator) with seats in London, Singapore, DIFC and India. He has also represented commercial litigation with a cross-border element in various jurisdictions like India, London, New York, DIFC, Singapore, Hong-Kong, Cyprus, and Iraq. He also advises on global enforcement matters with a particular emphasis on enforcement before India, English, DIFC and Singapore courts.

He has acted on several internal and regulatory investigations (DOJ, SEC, MAS, SFO, FINMA, ED, SEBI, SFIO, EOW and CBI). His expertise in such matters extends to advising the client and senior management in all aspects of investigations starting from the internal fact finding, strategy to engage with the investigation agency, developing a defence strategy as also representation before the courts should the investigations lead to a trial. These investigations have been in relation to wide range of alleged misconduct including corruption, money laundering, securities fraud, financial irregularities, accounting fraud, and employee misconduct. Kartikey also advises private equity and other multinational clients on white collar, fraud, AML, ABAC, sanctions, mutual legal assistance treaty (MLAT) and extradition related  issues.

Kartikey publishes and speaks regularly on international arbitration, white collar crime, corporate governing and financial regulation. Kartikey is a co-editor (along with Gaurav Pachnanda SC and Tenant, Fountain Court Chambers) of Thomson Reuters book on “Principles of Damages, Expert Evidence and Valuation in Commercial Disputes in India” which was published in December 2023. His experience spans private equity, oil and gas, renewable energy, infrastructure and construction, telecom and media industries.