ARBITRATION AND ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PRACTICE

Arbitration is one of the technique / mode of alternative dispute resolution. In order to adjudicate the matter through arbitration, parties may enter into arbitration agreement or have arbitration clause included in the main contract provided arbitration as means of dispute resolution.

Due to cumbersome procedure in the courts, expensive litigations and long time in getting justice, the arbitration and reconciliation has become a subject of demand.

Acumen has got well trained professional team familiar with ADR methods. We help our clients with resolution of disputes in almost all areas of practice that includes but not limit to complex commercials and securities, banking and finance, commerce and industry, patents, copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights.

We try our best to prevent disputes by ensuring proper documentation and by tactful handing of the disputes / case. Depicting on our extensive experience, we help patrons prepare ADR clauses that are appropriate for the kind of disputes that might arise from the transaction and that are calculated to bring a prolific and prompt resolution to problems that might otherwise require protracted litigation.

• Negotiation
• Conciliation
• Settlement
• Preparing and presenting the case before arbitrator
• Domestic and international arbitration
• Enforcement of awards in and outside India

To resolve disputes without litigation we follow various ADR procedures that includes, binding and non binding arbitration, mediation, mini trials, summary jury trials, expert fact finding and early neutral evaluations.

Where dispute cannot be prevented, we help clients develop strategies to resolve their disputes efficiently and effectively with minimum disruption to their business. We have handled the entire range of ADR techniques and in a wide variety of contexts to resolve the disputes. We are extremely well versed in the law that governs ADR, including issues such as the availability of discovery, the scope of the right to confidentiality in ADR proceedings, the enforceability of arbitral awards and the ability to secure special relief like injunctions or punitive damages.

In addition we excessively construct dispute resolution contract clauses for inclusion in client contracts, act for clients in individually tailored ADR proceedings and assist as arbitrators, mediators and other neutrals in ADR proceedings.