Rajat Jariwal
Partner - Dispute Resolution, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG), Environment and Climate Change
Environmental Law Disputes | Commercial Contract Disputes | Domestic and International Arbitrations
Overview
Rajat Jariwal is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution and Arbitration practice in the New Delhi NCR office. He is part of the firm’s environment and climate change practice. He has been practising for the past 17 years before different tribunals and courts, including the National Green Tribunal, various High Courts and the Supreme Court of India. A substantial part of Rajat’s practice involves complex, high-stake environmental law disputes, typically arising out of default in regulatory compliances and allegations of environmental pollution. Rajat has successfully defended corporates against the imposition of million-dollar environmental penalties. He also advises on environmentally sensitive M&A transactions.
Environmental law matters are often intertwined with constitutional and commercial issues, and Rajat’s vast experience in both these areas of law adds value in advising clients. Rajat regularly advises clients on disputes arising out of commercial contracts, including PE investments and joint ventures. He has represented clients in domestic and international arbitrations (both ad-hoc and institutional), including those governed by the LCIA, ICC and SIAC.
Education
LL.B., Campus Law Centre, Delhi
Admissions
- Bar Council of Delhi
- Supreme Court Bar Association
- Delhi High Court Bar Association
- LCIA
- SIAC
Select representative clients/matters
- A major chemical manufacturer, before the Supreme Court of India in an unprecedented case of transportation of hazardous chemical wastes from a contaminated site
- An Association of major steel manufacturers, before the Supreme Court of India in a public interest litigation involving allegations of illegal and unregulated mining causing environmental damage
- A chemical manufacturer, before the National Green Tribunal on environmental liabilities arising out of an accidental blast in the factory
- A chemical manufacturer, in multiple proceedings arising out of an oleum gas leak in the factory
- One of India’s leading e-commerce companies, before the National Green Tribunal against allegations of excessive usage and improper disposal of single-use plastic packaging in breach of India’s plastic management laws
- A limestone mining major, on compliance with Indian forest laws, including initiating post facto forest clearance and on issues of compensatory afforestation; preparing representations before Forest Advisory Committee and Expert Advisory Committee
- A real estate developer, on initiating post facto environment clearance application; responding to show cause notices; preparing representations before Environment Impact Assessment Committee(s) and Central/State Pollution Control Boards
- A global supplier of engineered systems, in providing environmental risk management services in an environmentally-sensitive business acquisition
- A global beverage company, on application of environmental labels, such as the use of ‘Ecomark’, and ‘Biodegradable’ on products packaging
- A specialty chemical and sustainable technology MNC, advising on hazardous waste laws of India, including on the export of hazardous waste from India
Recognition
- Top 100 Individual Lawyers: Forbes India Legal Powerlist, 2021
- Asialaw Leading Lawyer, Dispute Resolution and Litigation, 2018
