COUNSEL
Manvi Adlakha
Insurance & reinsurance · Arbitration · At the Bar since 2015
Biography
Manvi Adlakha is Counsel at Solaris Legal and leads the firm's civil and commercial disputes practice. She has practised in dispute resolution since 2015 and appears before the Supreme Court of India, the High Courts, District Courts and tribunals across the country, including the NCLT, NCLAT, NCDRC and DCDRC, and in ad hoc and institutional arbitration.
She acts for domestic and foreign clients across insurance, construction and engineering, banking and finance, software, aviation, real estate, power, and oil and gas. Her matters cover money recovery, breach of contract, contempt petitions, the enforcement and challenge of domestic and foreign arbitral awards, insolvency proceedings and applications for urgent interim relief.
She also advises on pre-litigation strategy, defensive positioning and general advisory work under Indian law, contributes to the firm's legal publications and client alerts, and mentors the firm's junior lawyers.
Education & Qualifications
- LL.B., Faculty of Law, University of Delhi (2012–2015)
- B.Com. (Hons.), Shaheed Bhagat Singh College of Commerce, University of Delhi (2009–2012)
Publications & Lectures
Mondaq · 11 May 2026
Delayed and Unworkable Arbitral Awards
Mondaq · 2 January 2026
Mere use of the term “Arbitration” does not constitute an arbitration agreement
Mondaq · 2 January 2026
Distinction between Lex Contractus, Lex Arbitri and Lex Fori
Mondaq · 5 August 2025
Enforcing Interim Relief: The Growing Role of Contempt Jurisdiction in Arbitration Cases
Mondaq · 11 June 2025
Safeguarding the subject matter of Arbitration: Delhi HC grants interim relief under Section 9 in the Gensol–BluSmart Dispute
Solaris Legal Website · 13 May 2025
Will an arbitration clause exclude a consumer forum
India Business Law Journal · 19 April 2018