Sourabh Rath
Partner - Dispute Resolution, White-Collar Crime
Commercial Disputes | International Arbitrations | White-collar Crime Investigations |
Overview
Sourabh is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution and white-collar Crimes and Investigation practice at Trilegal. He advises and represents clients in white-collar crime matters, as well as complex and high-value commercial disputes. Sourabh has advised prominent and high-value Indian and multi-national companies in navigating regulatory and internal investigations, international arbitration and domestic commercial litigation. He also advises and conducts training sessions on the anti-bribery and anti-corruption policies of large multinational corporations.
He has significant experience in regulatory and internal corporate investigations, having led various cross-border internal investigations involving anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws, money laundering laws, corporate fraud, as well as corporate governance matters. He has advised clients in identifying, assessing and addressing domestic risks arising out of ongoing or completed foreign enforcement actions such as actions under the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the UK Bribery Act. Sourabh has also guided international clients in the course of assessing and managing the potential anti-bribery and compliance risks arising out of their India-facing mergers and acquisitions. He has also advised companies in the process of updating their internal policies to ensure compliance with international and domestic anti-bribery and anti-corruption norms.
In addition, Sourabh has advised and represented some of India’s largest companies in the course of investigations (and subsequent court proceedings) by India’s leading law enforcement agencies – the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Directorate of Enforcement, in cases involving allegations of bribery/corruption, money laundering and foreign exchange control violations, including during the 2G scam cases.
Sourabh has over a decade of experience in advising and representing international and domestic clients in complex, high stakes and high value disputes before Indian courts and tribunals at all levels (from the District Courts to the Supreme Court of India).
Education
- B.A.LL.B. (Hons.), Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab, Patiala
- LL.M., The University of Chicago Law School
Admissions
- New York State Bar
- Bar Council of Delhi
Select representative clients/matters
- One of India’s largest fin-tech companies in proceedings connected with misappropriation of funds by one of its founders
- A large US-based asset management firm in proceedings connected with IP infringement by rogue websites
- An international electronics and appliance manufacturing company in connection with an internal investigation involving allegations of customs avoidance
- A large South Korea-based chemical manufacturing company in connection with proceedings before various forums, including the Andhra Pradesh High Court, National Green Tribunal, and Supreme Court of India, arising out of an industrial accident in a plant operated by its Indian subsidiary company
- A large US-headquartered neutraceutical product manufacturing company in proceedings pertaining to civil defamation and freezing of bank accounts by the police
- An Indian fin-tech company in civil proceedings for recovery of dues from GoMechanic post the discovery of fraud
- A large Indian airline in proceedings before the Delhi High Court in connection with ongoing insolvency proceedings
