Founding Partner

Strategic
Disputes &
Restructuring

Insolvency · Commercial Litigation · Regulatory Advisory

Rigved Kalekar

Advising on restructuring, disputes and institutional legal strategy with commercial precision and procedural depth.

Rigved Kalekar is a Founding Partner at Restice Legal Associates and advises on insolvency, restructuring, commercial disputes, regulatory strategy and institutional advisory mandates.

His experience spans legal practice, financial institutions, distressed asset environments, regulatory systems and strategic dispute resolution.

He regularly advises businesses, institutions, stakeholders and private clients across contentious and non-contentious matters involving restructuring pathways, regulatory challenges, litigation strategy and commercial documentation.

Institutional Experience
IL&FS Group

Advised on distressed asset resolution, restructuring strategy and multi-jurisdictional institutional matters involving regulatory coordination and procedural complexity.

Kotak Mahindra

Served as Associate Vice President (Legal), advising on institutional compliance, commercial transactions and strategic regulatory matters.

Axis Securities

Led legal and regulatory advisory involving institutional documentation, strategic commercial structures and dispute management.

BARC

Worked within legal and compliance systems involving media regulation, technology frameworks and institutional data governance.

Institutional Legal Environment
Practice Architecture

Insolvency & Bankruptcy

Commercial Litigation

Regulatory & Compliance Strategy

Corporate & Commercial Advisory

Constitutional & Administrative Law

Strategic Dispute Resolution

Strategic Capability
01

Distressed Asset Strategy

Strategic advisory involving restructuring, insolvency pathways and distressed resolution environments.

02

Commercial & Institutional Disputes

Representation and strategic advisory involving litigation, procedural challenges and dispute management.

03

Regulatory & Governance Advisory

Advising businesses and institutions on compliance systems, governance structures and strategic legal positioning.

Strategic legal advisory requires the ability to combine legal precision, commercial understanding and procedural clarity into institutionally sound solutions.
Qualifications
LL.M · M.Com (Banking & Finance) · P.G.D. Securities Law
Courts & Tribunals
Bombay High Court · NCLT · RERA Authorities · ROC · District Courts · MSEFC · MAT · Arbitral Tribunals
Connect

For disputes, restructuring and strategic legal advisory engagements.

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