Warisha Parkar

Overview

Warisha Parkar is a disputes lawyer with over ten years of experience in commercial litigation and arbitration. She advises and represents clients in complex, high-value disputes across sectors, including pharmaceuticals, infrastructure, manufacturing, FMCG, real estate, and technology.

Her practice spans corporate and commercial disputes, contractual claims, constitutional and writ proceedings, and cross-border matters. She has extensive experience in arbitration, including domestic and international proceedings, and regularly represents clients in matters involving interim relief, enforcement, and challenges to arbitral awards.

Warisha appears before the Bombay High Court, Delhi High Court, and other High Courts, as well as arbitral tribunals and regulatory forums. Her work often involves multi-forum strategy, urgent reliefs, and disputes arising out of intricate commercial arrangements.

Experience Statement

• Advised and represented a leading vaccine manufacturer in multi-forum proceedings concerning trademark rights relating to a COVID-19 vaccine, including proceedings before commercial courts, the Bombay High Court, and the Supreme Court of India.

• Represented a multinational pharmaceutical company in a trademark infringement and passing off action before the Bombay High Court concerning pharmaceutical products.

• Advised and represented one of India’s largest cable manufacturers in insolvency proceedings initiated by a consortium of lenders led by a public sector bank.

• Represented a listed diagnostics company in arbitration proceedings arising out of alleged breach of non-compete obligations.

• Acted in an international arbitration involving a leading manufacturing company in relation to disputes under a framework agreement.

• Represented an infrastructure company in multiple arbitration proceedings initiated by contractors and in subsequent challenge proceedings against the arbitral award.

• Appeared in proceedings under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, challenging an arbitral award in favour of a foreign entity.

• Represented a pharmaceutical company in defamation proceedings before the Bombay High Court against a senior editor of a national publication.

• Acted for a public figure in defamation proceedings against multiple media houses and digital platforms before the Bombay High Court.

• Advised and represented a high-net-worth individual in proceedings concerning demolition notices issued by municipal authorities in Mumbai.