CMS INDUSLAW has announced the joining of Mehak Oberoi as a Partner in the firm’s Infrastructure & Projects and Construction team. She will be based out of the firm’s Delhi & NCR offices.
Oberoi is a 2008 graduate of Symbiosis Law School, Pune. She earned her LLM in ADR from the School of Law, GD Goenka University.
Oberoi is a construction law specialist with nearly two decades of experience advising on complex EPC projects, FIDIC-governed contracts, cross-border transactions and disputes across the renewable energy and infrastructure sectors in the Asia-Pacific region. Her practice spans the entire project lifecycle, including project strategy, complex contractual negotiations, risk allocation, claims and dispute avoidance, international arbitration, construction mediation and board-level governance.
She has a distinctive combination of deep sector expertise, legal strategy and commercial insight developed through nearly two decades of advising on major infrastructure and energy projects.
Oberoi is the author of "Constructive Counsel: Construction Law Explained and Construction Mediation: A Practical Handbook", India’s first sector-specific book dedicated to construction mediation. She is also the Founder of ConstructHER Legal Network, an international practitioner-led platform with a presence across seven jurisdictions, focused on advancing women in construction, infrastructure and energy law.
Prior to joining CMS INDUSLAW, Oberoi served as Legal Head – Hydro, Asia-Pacific at GE Vernova, where she led end-to-end legal strategy across the project lifecycle and advised commercial leadership and boards on governance, regulatory risk, joint ventures, restructuring and major capital transactions. She previously held legal roles across GE’s renewable energy, transportation, manufacturing, grid solutions and oil and gas businesses.
On Oberoi's joining, Avimukt Dar and Suneeth Katarki (Founding & Senior Partners) said in a joint statement,
“Mehak’s joining as a Partner, brings in deep experience across construction, infrastructure, energy and complex projects. We, are confident that her expertise will add considerable value to our clients and further strengthen our offering in this space.”
Oberoi shared,
“I am delighted to join CMS INDUSLAW and to have the opportunity to lead the development of the firm’s construction practice, an area I am deeply passionate about. With the sector becoming increasingly complex and sophisticated, my focus will be on building a strong, integrated practice that supports clients across the full project lifecycle, from contracting and risk allocation to claim avoidance, disputes and resolution. I look forward to working with the firm’s wider team and international platform to further strengthen its offering in this space."
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