Kewal has over 22 years of extensive experience in handling almost the entire spectrum of legal cases pertaining to varied fields, including corporate, commercial, civil, company law, constitutional, IPR, consumer and criminal cases. He has vast exposure of appearing before Supreme Court, various High Courts, District Courts, National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission (MRTP), Consumer Courts and other Tribunals and forums. He is an expert in handling domestic and international arbitrations and mediations. He also acts as an Arbitrator to adjudicate upon the disputes before International Arbitration.

Kewal has successfully settled more than 100 pre-litigation mediation/ conciliation cases under the aegis of Supreme Court, Delhi High Court and various other courts acting as Mediator/ Conciliator.

He also has extensive exposure to the corporate legal environment and successfully advised clients and drafted and finalised their joint ventures and various other corporate commercial documents/ agreements. He also has experience in registration of Trademarks and Copyright work.

PARTICIPATION IN SEMINARS/ CONFERENCES:

Kewal has extensively participated in Domestic and International Seminars and Conferences and also presented papers and authored articles, which include the followings:

• ICC/FIDIC conference on International Construction Contracts and the Resolution of Disputes from 29^–30^th June 2017, organized by International Chamber of Commerce at New Delhi.
• Asia Pacific International Mediation Summit, sponsored by, American Bar Association-Section of Dispute Resolution in co-ordination with United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific, organized by the Association of Indian Mediators, CPR Institute and Singapore International Mediation Centre from the 12-15 February, 2015.
• International Conference on International Commercial Disputes: Towards a fruitful Indo Turkish Cooperation organized by Global Legal & Economic Council (GLEDCON) in collaboration with Faith University, Istanbul on 26th November 2012 at Istanbul.
• Regional Conference of North Zone States on Mediation: A New Strategy to Responsive Justice organized by High Court of Jammu and Kashmir on 17th March, 2012.
• National Conference on Mediation organized by Supreme Court of India on 7^th& 8^th July, 2012 at Vigyan Bhavan, Delhi.
• Annual Conference on Intellectual Property Rights in Insolvency Proceedings organized by INSOL India at Hotel Usha Kiran Palace, Gwalior on 6th-8th September, 2011.
• Annual Symposium of the Utah Council on Conflict Resolution on 19-20 May, 2011 as an Invitee.
• Comparative Mediation Training “Train the Trainers” organised by S J Quinney College of Law, University of Utah, Salt lake City, USA on 23-27, May, 2011.
• International Conference on Peace Through Law Organized by Supreme Court Bar Association Pakistan alongwith Supreme Court Bar Association India held in Lahore, Pakistan in year 2011.
• Conference organized by Asia Pacific Jurist at Nanital, India on Judicial Activism in June 2010.
• Conference organized by the INSOLE India on Corporate Reconstruction and Insolvency Reforms, ‘Current Trends’ on 21-24 August, 2010 at Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala.
• Conference organized by the Asia Pacific Jurist Association and Attorney Office Mauritius on International Arbitration Law on 2-5 June, 2008 at Mauritius.
• Basic and Advance Mediation Training Program organized by Delhi High Court, New Delhi and Trained Mediator, Mediation & Conciliation Project Committee, Supreme Court of India, New Delhi.
• Part of Delhi High Court Goodwill Delegation to Pakistan in year 2005.
• The Colombo Conclave from 13-15 February 2004, at Hotel Colombo Plaza, Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Balance Recovery, Restructuring and Liquidation – Emerging Challenges in Asia.
• One of the Trainers at Delhi High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre, actively training variousattorneys andlaw students on the Role and Relevance of Mediation in present scenario as Alternative Dispute Resolution.
• Completed Certificate Course (26 hours) for Advanced Dispute Resolution at Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University, School Of Law, Malibu California.
• Presented paper on Reforms in Criminal Justice System in the seminar on Judicial Reforms organized by the Confederation of Indian Barand Konrad Adenauer Foundation on 23-24 February 2008 at Vigyan Bhavan New Delhi.
• Authored and published an article titled as ‘Role of Lawyers in Mediation’ in the 2015 Edition Journal issued by the Association of Indian Mediators.

POSITIONS HELD:

Kewal has held and continue to hold various important positions, including the following:

• Additional Public Prosecutor, Delhi High Court, New Delhi.
• Nominated as Joint Secretary for consecutive five years of Delhi High Court Mediation & Conciliation Centre, Delhi High Court, New Delhi for 2012-2018.
• Treasurer of MAADHYAM, Council for Conflict Resolution, New Delhi.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master of Arts (MA English Literature), Agra University, Agra
• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

MEMBERSHIPS:

• Bar Council of Delhi
• Life Member of Supreme Court Bar Association
• Delhi High Court Bar Association,
• National Company Law Tribunal
• Appellate Bar Association, INSOL India
• India Law Institute (Deemed University), Delhi
• Founder member of MAADHYAM, Council for Conflict Resolution, New Delhi.

EXPERTISE:

• Litigation – Corporate, Civil, IPR & Criminal
• Arbitration
• Mediation
• Trademark & Copyright Registration
• Corporate Commercial Advisory