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Naval Chopra, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

Naval Chopra

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
New Delhi

Contact
Tel: +91 98 1001 1191
Email: naval.chopra@amsshardul.com

Practice areas

Competition & antitrust; corporate & commercial; data protection; technology, media and telecommunications

Introduction

Naval Satarawala Chopra co-leads the competition/antitrust practice at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. He has been involved with competition law since its inception in India and has won several international awards and recognition for his practice excellence. The competition law practice is ranked as the only “Elite” practice by Global Competition Review and is categorised Band 1 by Chambers and Partners.

Naval focuses on both contentious and non-contentious matters before the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and appellate forums. Naval has been involved in some of the most prominent abuse of dominance cases in India. He is particularly skilled in advising on antitrust aspects of technology related matters, having successfully defended WhatsApp in relation to its 2018 privacy policy and allegations of tying; Microsoft Corporation in relation to licensing terms; and Uber in relation to alleged predatory pricing. He successfully represented several clients in separate abuse of dominance cases against Google relating to search, Android and payments respectively, where the CCI has fined Google in excess of USD350 million in aggregate. He has also been involved in landmark decisions relating to predatory pricing, excessive pricing and unfair terms and conditions.

On the cartel enforcement front, Naval is presently involved in advising several global manufacturers in relation to ongoing international cartel investigations in the auto components sector as well as several other bid-rigging cases in different sectors involving government contracts. He is also involved in challenges before the Delhi High Court on the CCI’s investigation in several cases where due process and natural justice and noncompliance is the issue.

On the merger control front, Naval has successfully obtained merger clearances in several prominent cases including, Think and Learn’s acquisition of Aakash Educational Services, which is India’s largest yet education sector transaction; Facebook’s USD5.7 billion investment in Jio Platforms Limited; Siemens Heathineers acquisition of Varian; and Bayer AG’s acquisition of Monsanto Company.

Naval is qualified to practice law in India, England and Wales and the State of New York. Prior to joining SAM, he practiced law at a magic circle firm in London.

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