Vikrant Singh Negi

Vikrant Singh Negi

Partner

C-16, Dhanraj Mahal, 3rd Floor, Apollo Bunder, Colaba, Mumbai – 400001, India

Key Practice Areas

  • Crisis Management
  • Dispute Resolution
  • White-Collar Crime

Key Sectors & Industries

  • E-Commerce
  • Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals
  • FinTech
  • Logistics
  • Hospitality

Education

  • B.Com
  • LLB
  • LLM

Professional Memberships

  • The Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa
  • Member, Supreme Court Bar Association

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Kannada (spoken)

Experience

Vikrant has considerable experience in matters relating to white-collar criminal law, cyber laws, forensic investigations and diligence, complex dispute resolution, commercial litigation involving crisis management. He has extensive experience in matters involving money laundering/AML and financial fraud, insider trading, market manipulation, monitoring AML compliance programs and economic sanctions.

He also advises on matters concerning forex transactions and export control under Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA). He also advises in connection with employment laws and drafting of whistle blower policies. He has conducted confidential internal investigation in connection with anti-bribery cases involving the [US] Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), [US] Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA), Sapian II laws of France, the [UK] Bribery Act statutes and the [India] Prevention of Corruption Act.

He frequently advises clients on frauds emanating from matters of copyright and data privacy laws including issues arising in the development and use of generative AI and in setting up incident response mechanism and protocols in connection with cyber incidents. He regularly advises clients in the regulatory enforcement actions by various agencies like the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Serious Fraud Investigation Organization (SFIO), Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI), Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Crime Branch, Economic Offences Wing (EOW).

He also advises companies on corporate governance and compliance matters, including the curating of strategies, policies and procedures to mitigate exposure and risk. He has been involved in drafting anti-bribery and anti-corruption policies, creating and implementing compliance programs, conducting internal investigations and assessments apart from advising on anti-bribery/ AML issues in M&A transactions.

Recent Key Assignments

  • Advising and representing clients before criminal courts and special courts in connection with investigations conducted by law enforcement and investigation agencies like- Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Enforcement Directorate (ED), Serious Fraud Investigation Organization (SFIO), Economic Offences Wing (EOW), Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Crime branch etc.
  • Advising various overseas and domestic clients with respect to diligence and investigations, interviews in connection anti-bribery and corruption cases.
  • Advising clients in connection with setting up systems and procedures for creating a compliance protocol for anti-bribery/ corruption and anti-money laundering laws (AML).
  • Advising clients in connection with cybercrimes involving data theft, deep fakes, and data security in terms of the Information and Technology Act, 2000 and the criminal codes.
  • Advising clients in connection with investigations for fraud, financial irregularities, criminal breach, misappropriations, data theft, sexual harassment, defamation, etc.
  • Advising and representing various clients in connection with commercial disputes, employment issues, recovery claims, misdemeanours, and malfeasances by the employees/directors/promoters/partners/vendors of the entities etc.
  • Advising clients with respect to conducting litigation risk assessment diligence for transactions, joint ventures, partnerships and investments.

Recent Awards and Recognition

  • Ranked as a “Leading Individual” and a “Recommended Lawyer” by Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024.
  • Ranked as a “Notable Practitioner” by Asialaw Profiles 2024.
  • Ranked as a “Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2024.
  • Ranked in Chambers & Partners in 2024.