Atul N Menon

• Advised and successfully represented a director of a food retail company before the Supreme Court in quashing criminal proceedings under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954.
• Advised and represented a leading multinational accounting company and its former and current employees in proceedings under FEMA before the Adjudicating Authority, and continues to represent the company in appeal before the Appellate Tribunal.
• Advised and represented one of the largest IT companies in proceedings under FEMA before the Appellate Tribunal.
• Advised and represented a leading direct-selling company in proceedings under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, including investigations before the Adjudicating Authority and Appellate Tribunal, and assisted in quashing 14 FIRs across jurisdictions in Kerala.
• Advised and successfully represented former directors of a leading healthcare company in quashing cheque-bouncing complaints before the Delhi High Court.
• Advised and represented former partners of a leading auditing firm in a writ petition seeking to quash a Serious Fraud Investigation Office report before the Delhi High Court.
• Successfully advised and represented a former partner of a leading audit firm in a writ petition before the Karnataka High Court seeking quashing of an SFIO complaint before the Special Court.
• Advised and represented the subsidiary of a leading multinational media and digital marketing communications group in filing a criminal complaint against former employees for criminal breach of trust and misappropriation.
• Advised and represented a leading direct-selling company in criminal proceedings concerning an alleged money-circulation scheme before courts in Chandigarh and Andhra Pradesh, and successfully quashed four chargesheets in the Kerala High Court.
• Advised and represented a renowned global media group in the settlement of criminal complaints filed against its representatives for criminal breach of trust and cheating.

• Advised and successfully represented a leading Swiss timing, scoring and results-system provider before the Supreme Court on whether allegations of fraud can be subject to arbitration.
• Advised and represented one of the country’s top real estate developers in a domestic arbitration against its JV partner arising from breach of a Joint Development Agreement.
• Advised and represented one of the leading real estate JV companies in an international commercial arbitration against an Indian company arising from breach of a Shareholders Agreement, including related proceedings under Sections 9, 11 and 17(2) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.
• Advised and represented one of the leading accounting firms and its sister concern in Section 11 proceedings filed by a former senior partner before the Bombay High Court.

• Successfully represented advisors and consultants to an international airport in a writ petition before the Kerala High Court challenging the selection process for the airport’s duty-free operator, and in the subsequent Writ Appeal.
• Advised and successfully represented a renowned German bank, acting as reimbursing bank in a Letter of Credit transaction, in a writ challenging a DRT order holding it jointly and severally liable, and continued representation before the DRT following remand.
• Advised and represented a leading hospital in a writ petition before the Delhi High Court challenging a penalty imposed by the Director General of Health Services.
• Advised and represented partners of leading accounting firms before the Delhi High Court challenging proceedings initiated by the ICAI.

• Represented a leading telecom company before the TDSAT and in appeal before the Supreme Court, seeking to quash the DoT’s rejection of its request to extend UAS licences and allocated spectrum.
• Represented a leading telecom company challenging Special Audit demands and a Licence Fee assessment issued by the DoT, turning on the interpretation of “Gross Revenue” and “Adjusted Gross Revenue” under the UAS licence, before the TDSAT and in appeal before the Supreme Court.
• Advised multinational accounting firms and their directors on proceedings before the Disciplinary Committee of the ICAI.

• Advised, assisted and represented clients and their directors before the Directorate of Enforcement in FEMA investigations.
• Advised, assisted and represented clients and their directors before the SFIO during investigations.
• Advised, assisted and successfully represented a company’s Company Secretary in a complaint before the ICSI and the subsequent challenge before the High Court.

• Successfully represented a reputed audit firm in proceedings under Sections 397 and 398 of the Companies Act, 1956 on oppression and mismanagement before the NCLT, New Delhi.
• Successfully represented one of the largest telecom companies in India in a petition for reduction of share capital under Section 66 of the Companies Act, 2013 before the NCLT, Chandigarh, continuing before the NCLAT, Delhi.
• Advised and represented a public-company manufacturer of explosives in proceedings under Sections 240 and 241 alleging oppression and mismanagement, before the NCLAT and the Supreme Court.

• Advised and represented a leading American global investment firm in two separate high-value civil suits before the Delhi High Court.
• Secured John Doe and anti-defamation injunctions protecting film releases for Mythri Movie Makers, Pawan Kalyan and Clap Entertainment before the Bengaluru City Civil Court.

• Advised and successfully represented the Chairman, Managing Director, Company Secretary and parent company in an insider-trading case before SEBI.
• Advised and represented an investment company and its director in an insider-trading case, including settlement proceedings.
• Advised and assisted a listed public company in making representations to SEBI, including on alleged non-compliance with the SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015.

Empanelled counsel for a leading public sector bank. Advising and representing numerous banks and NBFCs in SARFAESI and recovery proceedings before the DRTs and High Courts.

Handled a significant volume of proceedings under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 and the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007.

Extensively advised, assisted and represented companies in schemes of arrangement and amalgamation under Sections 230 to 232 of the Companies Act, 2013 before the NCLTs in New Delhi and Chandigarh.

• Contributed a chapter, “AI and the Automation of Economic Crimes: Ethical and Legal Challenges,” in The Evolving Landscape of White-Collar Crime, published by Springer.
• Co-authored “Selective Capital Reduction as a Viable Exit Route: The BTL Story and Lessons Taught.”
• Contributed to the India Chapter of White Collar Crime, Law & Practice, 2022.
• Wrote on condonation of delay sought by state machinery, “Explanation vs. Excuse: The State’s Battle for Condonation.”
• Contributed to the India Chapter of Anti-Corruption, Trends & Developments, 2023–24.
• Co-wrote “Decoding the New ‘Made in India’ Code of Criminal Procedure: Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, 2023.”
• Co-wrote a chapter for the Expert Focus page of Chambers and Partners on Manik Hiru Jhangiani v. State of Madhya Pradesh.
• Contributed to the India Chapter of International Fraud & Asset Tracing 2024, Trends & Developments, 2024–25, on attachment of properties under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.