AoR Nishtha Kumar joins Saga Legal as Partner in Litigation practice

Advocate-on-Record Nishtha Kumar has joined Saga Legal as a Partner in its Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice at New Delhi.

At Saga Legal, Kumar will lead the firm’s regulatory disputes practice, with a primary focus on electricity and aviation matters, and will also contribute significantly to the firm’s commercial litigation and arbitration work.

Kumar is a 2010 graduate of Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi.

She has advised and represented a wide range of clients, including electricity sector conglomerates and airline companies, in complex disputes before the Supreme Court of India, various High Courts, arbitral tribunals, and sectoral regulators. Her experience includes handling high-value and sensitive matters relating to tariff disputes, changes in law and force majeure claims, along with a broad spectrum of corporate and commercial disputes.

Prior to joining Saga Legal, Kumar ran her own independent practice, NK Law.

Commenting on the appointment, Gaurav Nair, Managing Partner, Saga Legal, said,

“Delhi continues to be the nerve centre for litigation and regulatory work in the country. We are consciously focused on expanding our bandwidth here to respond to the growing volume and increasing diversity of client requirements. Nishtha brings strong regulatory and courtroom experience, and her presence will add depth to our disputes practice in Delhi.”

Speaking on her joining, Kumar shared,

“Saga Legal has built a strong reputation in the disputes and regulatory space, and there is a real opportunity to build on that foundation. I am looking forward to working with the team to strengthen the firm’s presence in regulatory and commercial disputes and to contribute meaningfully to its growing practice.”

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