Varun Pathak is a Partner with the Firm’s Dispute Resolution practice. He is an Advocate on Record with a rich experience of advisory and litigation of around 16 years.

He is extensively experienced in handling, strategizing, advising on and appearing in commercial litigation and litigation relating to intermediary liability, intellectual property, data protection, privacy, and other aspects of Information Technology laws, regulation and policy. He regularly advises clients on complex issues in the information technology and e-commerce sector and has a rich experience of advising clients (both in private and public sectors) on contentious matters relating to contractual, regulatory issues, issues pertaining to constitutional and administrative laws, technology laws, et cetera.

With a high percentage of success in tariff and regulatory matters he has also advised the Central Government and the Governments of Haryana, Maharashtra and Gujrat on various contentious issues. He represented the Governments of Maharashtra and Gujarat in the coal allocation matters before the Supreme Court. He has also represented various PSUs and government promoted companies in the energy sector.

Varun was admitted to the bar in 2007 after successfully completing LLB (Hons.) from Amity Law School (Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi) and thereafter in 2008 he received an LL.M. in Corporate and Commercial Laws from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

He was a visiting faculty for Symbiosis Law School, Noida from April 2017 to November, 2019.

Select Experience Statement

Varun Pathak’s areas of experience and exposure in litigations includes:

• Information Technology Laws – Matters in the Supreme Court, High Courts, Consumer Forums, and other Courts in India in litigation pertaining to constitutional challenges to information technology laws, intermediary liability, e-commerce, privacy, data protection, intellectual property.
• Electricity Laws – Matters relating to the Power Sector pertaining to distribution licensees, transmission licensees, captive consumers, trading licensees, State Governments, State Electricity Regulatory Commission, generating companies and consumers.
• Contractual disputes – Matters pertaining to commercial contracts, tender process, turn key agreements, employment agreements, enforceability and interpretation, restitution, et cetera.

Varun has advised clients in diverse areas of laws which includes:

• Information Technology Laws – Advised a social media conglomerate and its affiliates on all legal and regulatory aspects of its operations in India, including statutory and regulatory compliance requirements, directions and requests from the State and law enforcement agencies, from an intermediary liability, e-commerce, law enforcement access, payments regulations, and privacy laws perspective.
• Legal Transaction Advisor – He has advised the Ministry of Power in the disbursement of support to stranded gas based power plants through a reverse e-bidding tendering process.
• Private Equity Investment in Oil & Gas Sector – He has participated in Legal Due Diligence exercise for a Private Equity Fund for the purposes of investment in a listed company in the Oil & Gas sector and also advised on issues relating to export & import advances.

A detailed experience statement can be shared on a confidential basis.

Professional Memberships

• Advocate, Bar Council of Delhi
• Delhi High Court Bar Association
• Supreme Court Bar Association
• Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association
• Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association

Education

• LL.M, London School of Economics and Political Science
• B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) Amity Law School, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprashta University