Durga Priya Manda has joined Argus Partners as a Partner in Dispute Resolution Practice and Technology & Data Privacy Practice. She will be based out of the Firm’s New Delhi office.

Manda is a 2015 alumna of National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. She earned her LLM from University of Cambridge in 2016.

Manda has over a decade of experience advising and representing clients in commercial disputes, domestic and international arbitrations, and matters involving technology regulation and disputes. Her practice includes complex cross-border disputes, shareholder and investor-exit disputes, ad-hoc and institutional arbitrations, and proceedings before various courts and tribunals. She also advises and represents clients on privacy and data protection, intermediary liability, content and platform regulation, cybersecurity, enforcement actions, and proceedings concerning blocking, takedown, and other regulatory directions. She has advised clients across various sectors, including technology, digital platforms, financial services, telecommunications, infrastructure, and healthcare.

Prior to joining Argus Partners, Manda was associated with AZB & Partners. Her previous engagements include stints at Meta (on secondment), Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co and Nishith Desai Associates.

On joining Argus Partners, Manda shared,

“I am delighted to join Argus Partners. The firm has built a disputes practice with real depth, and its technology and data privacy practice is well placed as India’s regulatory framework for data protection takes shape and moves into enforcement. I look forward to working with the team and building a practice that helps clients navigate the regulations shaping their businesses, and represents them when those rules are put to the test.”

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