Ananya Kumar
Contractual Dispute Avoidance and Dispute Resolution

Ananya Kumar

Ananya Kumar is a Disputes lawyer whose work encompasses Corporate & Commercial Arbitration and Litigation. He has been practicing law since 2003 and is presently an Equity Partner at JSA, Advocates and Solicitors, a pan-India, full-service law firm.

Ananya’s practice focuses on construction, infrastructure, oil & gas, and roads & highways-related arbitrations and ancillary court proceedings. He also provides clients with legal advice and representation on diverse issues pertaining to litigious aspects of transactions and agreements, with particular focus on shareholder and employment disputes.

Ananya is a part of the Firm’s Dispute Resolution practice, which has been regularly recognised and ranked by various journals. Personally, Ananya was recognized in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2017 editorial as a ‘Recommended Lawyer’ and was recognised as a ‘Litigation Star, Commercial and Transactions’ in the Benchmark Litigation Firm & Lawyer Rankings in 2023 and 2024. Clients have commended his work, which has been recognised by the India Business Law Journal (2017) and Asia Law Firm Rankings (2022).

Ananya is also a regular speaker at various conferences and seminars, writes regularly in periodicals and publications, and has been a guest lecturer on Arbitration & ADR at the All India Management Association’s biannual Certificate Program in Contractual Dispute Resolution.

In addition to his work as a litigation lawyer, Ananya is also a Member of the Specialist Mediator Panel (India) maintained by the Singapore International Mediation Centre.