Partners And Associates

An LLB, triple Gold Medallist, a qualified Chartered Accountant with a national merit rank to his credit, and the recipient of a ‘Living Legend of the Law’ Award conferred by the Bar Association of India, founding member SS Naganand’s legal career spans almost four decades, starting from 1981. He was designated Senior Advocate by the High Court of Karnataka in 2003 and is currently serving as the Vice President of the Bar Association of India.He was also appointed an Alternate Councillor of LAWASIA and also serves as a
member of the Executive Committee of LAWASIA. He has also been President of the Karnataka (India) Section of the International Commission of Jurists, Chairman of Maharani Laxmi Ammani College and Trust and is a Trustee of the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust, and a member of their Council of Management as well as of the Lahiri Advocates Foundation. He was also a Senior Partner at M/s Sundaraswamy, Ramdas and Anand, Advocates (SRA) till 2008.

Mr Naganand concentrates his practice on Corporate and Commercial Laws, International Trade and Business Laws, Taxation Laws, Intellectual Property Law, Infrastructure, Power & Electricity Laws, Venture Capital Investments, Arbitration and Mediation and Land Laws. Mr Naganand is one of the most well known Senior Advocates in Karnataka and has represented some of the biggest corporate names in the country, recently acting as Lead Counsel for the consortium of Banks represented by the State Bank of India against the United Breweries Group before the High Court of Karnataka, the DRT, the DRAT and the Supreme Court. 

He also has a thriving constitutional litigation practice and a vast commercial litigation practice that includes disputes relating to oppression and mismanagement, bankruptcy proceedings etc. He has advised a host of clients in respect of insolvency proceedings and issues arising under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code of 2016 as well as under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act 2002. He has represented clients from the Aerospace sector including Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), the Indian Space Resarch Organisation (ISRO), Antrix Corporation and others before the Hon’ble High Court of Karnataka and the Commercial Courts before Bengaluru. He has also advised the families of air crash victims regarding the Warsaw Convention of Liability of Aircraft Operators.

He also has a vast intellectual property practice and has appeared before the High Court of Karnataka as well as the Supreme Court of India in a host of IP disputes pertaining to “Tiger balm” the well-known pain relief balm, “Nandini” the Milk brand of the Karnataka Milk Federation, as well as against “Vogue,” the Conde Nast magazine on the trademark “vogue.” He has a strong pro bono practice as well and his commitment to society is as alive as his love for the law.