Urvika Suri

Urvika Suri was enrolled as an advocate in 2011 and holds a degree in law from Amity Law School, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University in New Delhi.

A litigator at heart, in a career spanning 13 years, she has focused on all forms of dispute resolution matters, including arbitrations and civil-commercial litigation. With substantial experience behind her, Urvika has independently handled and argued various types of suits, petitions, criminal complaints, writs in various courts and forums across India. Apart from handling the entire gamut of trial litigation, she appears regularly before both original and appellate courts. These include district and high courts within and outside Delhi, arbitral tribunals and Supreme Court of India. Additionally, she is seasoned in certain special courts covering administrative law (Central Administrative Tribunal); consumer, (district forums, state and national commission); debt recovery (DRT and DRAT); insolvency (NCLT and NCLAT); and telecom matters (TDSAT).

In her litigation practice, she has represented managements of Fortune 100 and 500 multinationals from across the globe and individuals, conducted trials across a spectrum of industries, including aviation, banking, finance, logistics, heavy-duty equipment manufacturing, imaging and electronics, publishing, real-estate and transport. In some cases, she has also acted as an in-house resource for clients as the lead and coordinated with counsels across multiple cities pan-India, managed and tracked development in the cases.

In addition, Urvika possesses in-depth experience in sexual harassment matters. She is a certified trainer in POSH (law on sexual harassment) and an external member of the Internal Committee of various organizations, who regularly advises clients on best practices to follow for ensuring a safe environment at workplace. To this end, she conducts trainings for members of the Internal Committees regularly, notably on how to conduct inquiries, prepare reports and tackle the practical challenges during the process. As an IC member, she has participated in and led inquiries. Her practical experience as a litigator helps navigate the process for IC to conduct fair inquiries. She is frequently called by managements to advise and conduct workshops for employees to sensitize them about the law and underscore the operational expectations from them.