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Suvigya Awasthy is a Partner with PSL Advocates & Solicitors focusing on the firm’s commercial disputes and white-collar criminal defence practice at the New Delhi office. He holds a specialised LL.M. in International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution from the National University of Singapore. Suvigya acts for reputed domestic and international clients, including prominent public institutions and multinational corporations, in complex, high-value disputes before specialized tribunals and courts. His practice spans domestic and international arbitration, enforcement and execution proceedings, original side, writ and appellate advocacy, corporate and insolvency disputes, and criminal defence. He is highly regarded for his expertise in the construction, infrastructure, logistics, heavy engineering, energy and real estate sector, having successfully advised and represented clients in complex disputes arising from major infrastructure and high-speed railway projects across various legal fora. His work carries a strong international dimension, extending to investment treaty arbitration and investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS), and to cross-border matters involving interim reliefs, sanctions, asset tracing, investigations and enforcement actions across various jurisdictions including Singapore, Dubai, London, China and Russia. He sits on the India ADR Committee of the ICDR-AAA and actively contributes to the discourse on emerging issues in international dispute resolution, institutional arbitration and cross border advocacy. Suvigya has been consistently recognised and ranked by leading legal directories including Law Asia, Benchmark Litigation, Legal 500, and RSGI. He has been recently named in Benchmark Litigation’s APAC Top 40 Under 40, and as Next Generation Partner: Arbitration by Legal 500.