Shekhar Bharania
Shekhar Bharania, Senior Partner of the firm, is the Head of Corporate & Commercial Law at Philip Jones Legal. Shekhar is a qualified Solicitor and successful entrepreneur. Shekhar uses his experience as an entrepreneur to give practical commercial legal advice to his clients. Shekhar is an International Commercial Arbitrator (MCIArb).
About Shekhar:
Head of Corporate & Commercial Law at Philip Jones Legal
• Qualified and practised as a Solicitor of England and Wales at Top-Tier City firm Duncan Lewis Solicitors (2017-2021)
• Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb)
• University of Oxford, Saïd Business School
• Master of Laws (LL.M.) - College of Law (London)
• GDL and LPC - College of Law (London)
• Classical Studies BA (Hons) - University of Manchester
Notable Cases & Highlights
Acted on behalf of a Scottish trading company with turnover of over £200m in its representations to central government.
Acted on behalf of a British group of companies whose industries include manufacturing, haberdashery, arts & crafts and event decor.
Acted on behalf of a Delaware FinTech company in a Master Hosted Services Agreement with Citibank, N.A. London Branch, the 3rd largest bank in the United States of America.
Acted as UK Counsel for a German entertainment studio, with funding of over €36m, in a cross-border investment agreement with a Hong Kong and BVI company.
Lead lawyer in a LCIA arbitration acting for a hotel against an international hospitality group with a claim value of £6m.
Acted on behalf of a UK real estate company in the sale of a site with planning for 6 apartments in Middlesex, to a Kazakh investor based in Turkey, for the price of £1.2m.
Acted on behalf of a UK consulting company to prepare a Facilities Agreement of circa £400,000.
Acted on behalf of a Dubai Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ) trading company in a dispute with claim value of $750,000 (U.S. Dollars) against a British Virgin Islands freight and logistics company.
Acted on behalf of an Indian multinational company whose industries include in tea production, construction, education, and trading to expand into the UK.
Acted on behalf of a UK Investment company in a claim involving a breach of undertaking by a New York Attorney for a claim value of $280,000 (U.S. Dollars).
Acted on behalf of the world’s first licensed secured infrastructure providing a suite of banking products to empower millions of retail & business customers for its Corporate & Commercial and Business Immigration matters.
• Advised and conducted a share buyback off-market purchase of company shares for £100,000 in a UK medical company.
• Drafted and advised a Paris based humanitarian fashion brand on an international cross-border Sponsorship Agreement and Celebrity Endorsement Agreement.
• Drafted and negotiated Bollywood film production agreements, in-film branding and other advertising agreements.
• Drafted the App Development Contract, Terms and Conditions with Customer agreement and Contract of Services for Drivers for a liquor delivery app.
• Acted on behalf of the Indian High Commission on visa facilitation services outsourcing.
• Acted for a technology start-up to negotiate and draft funding and Investment Agreements with its investors Porsche Cars (Great Britain) Ltd. and Intu Shopping Centres PLC.
• The Queen (on the application of Hagos) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Dublin returns – Malta) (IJR) [2015] UKUT 271
• The Queen (on the application of SL) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [CO/1036/2019] (Admin)
• AA v Secretary of State for the Home Department [PA/05520/2019] (Immigration & Asylum Chamber)