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August Attorneys LLP
- Advocates, Solicitors & Legal Consultants
Some legal matters are straightforward. Many are not. A corporate restructuring that crosses jurisdictions, an insolvency proceeding with competing classes of creditors, a criminal matter with regulatory and commercial dimensions – these call for a practice able to hold the full complexity of a matter without losing sight of what the client actually needs.
That is the practice August Attorneys LLP was built for.
The firm was founded and is led by Mr. Shailendra Singh, Advocate, enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi (Enrolment No. D/534-A/01) and in practice since 2001. He is also an Insolvency Professional registered with the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Registration No. IBBI/IPA-002/IP-N00471/2017-2018/11372), and has held appointment as Interim Resolution Professional and Resolution Professional – including in real estate corporate insolvency resolution processes – and as Liquidator. He is a Mediator, trained under the Mediation and Conciliation Project Committee (MCPC) of the Supreme Court of India and empanelled with the Supreme Court Mediation Centre, and is registered in Part II of the DIFC Courts’ Register of Practitioners in Dubai (provisional, pending first appearance). The firm comprises advocates and legal professionals practising across litigation, advisory and transactional work.



How We Work
The way a matter is run at the outset determines a great deal of what follows. This page sets out how this firm approaches that.
Understanding the Position First
Preparation
Working Across Practice Areas
Keeping the Client Informed
Matters With a Foreign Element
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Our practice areas of
specialization
Supreme Court Cases
Practising Before India’s Apex Court
The Supreme Court of India is the final arbiter of every question of Indian law. A matter that reaches the Supreme Court has almost always been through one or more lower courts or tribunals — and by the time it arrives at the apex court, the factual record is largely settled. What the Supreme Court decides is whether the law was correctly applied to those facts, or whether a question of law of general public importance requires its authoritative determination.
NDPS/NCB Cases
NDPS Cases: Where the Stakes Are Highest
The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 is one of the most unforgiving statutes in India’s criminal law framework. For commercial quantity offences, the Act mandates minimum sentences of ten years rigorous imprisonment, extendable to twenty years — with no provision for release on probation. The bail threshold under Section 37 mirrors the twin conditions in PMLA: extraordinarily high, and contested vigorously by prosecution.
Arbitration Cases
When Commercial Disputes Need a Faster, Smarter Resolution
Arbitration has become the forum of choice for resolving high-value commercial disputes in India – and increasingly, for cross-border matters involving Indian parties. It offers confidentiality, specialist decision-makers, procedural flexibility, and in most cases, a significantly faster path to resolution than conventional litigation through the civil court system.
Anti Corruption Cases
Corruption Charges Demand Specialist Criminal Defence
An allegation under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 – as significantly amended in 2018 – is among the most serious charges a public official, contractor, or private sector professional can face in India. Investigations are typically conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or state anti-corruption bureaus. The reputational and professional consequences begin before a chargesheet is even filed.
Civil Cases
Civil Litigation: Where Rights Are Defined and Enforced
Civil law governs the legal relationships between individuals, families, businesses, and institutions. When those relationships break down — when a contract is breached, a property right is disputed, a service provider fails to deliver, or a person suffers damage caused by another’s negligence — the civil courts are where the matter is resolved.
Civil Property Cases
Property Disputes: High Stakes, Long Timelines, and Why Preparation Matters
Property disputes in India are notoriously difficult to resolve quickly. A title dispute can run for decades. A possession suit that seems straightforward at the outset can reveal competing claims, missing documents, and jurisdictional complications that weren’t apparent in the first filing. And the stakes — the value of real estate in Delhi and across India’s urban centres — mean that the cost of handling a property matter poorly can be enormous.
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Where We Practise
Where We Practise
August Attorneys LLP is based in New Delhi and appears before the Supreme Court of India, the High Court of Delhi, the National Company Law Tribunal, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, the Debts Recovery Tribunal and the Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal, and district courts and tribunals across India.
For matters with a foreign element, we work alongside independent law firms in Dubai, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. Advice on the law of those jurisdictions is rendered by lawyers qualified there; our role is to advise on Indian law and to keep the Indian and overseas components of a matter aligned.




