Krishnamohan K. Menon

Founding and Managing Partner

About

Abhirup is a partner in the Dispute Resolution and Restructuring & Insolvency practice group of the firm. With over 10 years of experience, he specializes in Insolvency & Bankruptcy laws, banking litigation, securitisation laws, corporate litigation, civil, criminal and company matters, arbitration and land acquisition matters. He is one of the earliest insolvency law practitioners since the promulgation of the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code. He is a law graduate from University School of Law & Legal Studies, Delhi

Practice areas

  • Dispute Resolution
  • Restructuring & Insolvency

Expertise

  • Insolvency & Bankruptcy Litigation
  • Banking & Finance Litigation
  • Corporate & Commercial Litigation
  • Debt Recovery Laws
  • Insolvency, Banking and Finance Advisory

Representative matters

  • Tata Power and Pramerica Life Insurance Company on representing before the NCLAT in the IL&FS Case
  • South East Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation on representing before the Supreme Court in the landmark judgment titled Swiss Ribbons vs. Union of India wherein the constitutional validity of the provisions of the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code were challenged and in the landmark judgment titled Dharani Sugar vs. Union of India wherein the constitutional validity of the circular dated Feb 12, 2018 was challenged and successfully quashed for being unconstitutional
  • Asset Reconstruction Company (India) on representing before the NCLAT in insolvency proceedings pertaining to Dagcon India and Corporate Power
  • ICICI Bank in the insolvency proceedings of Jindal India Thermal Power, Unnati Fortune and Dehradun Highways Project
  • RBSA Advisors on representing the client who have been appointed as the Resolution Professional of Lotus Auto Engineering and Fedders Electrical & Engineering before the NCLT in the continuing insolvency proceedings

Publications

About

Krishna is one of the Founding Partners of Mimansa and is also an Advocate on Record of the Supreme Court of India. Apart from a robust Supreme Court practice in different subjects, Krishna enjoys an expertise in the areas of Commercial/Company litigation (including Insolvency) and Taxation (including GST) and wherein he has successfully advised and handled the thousands of disputes of multifarious Domestic and International
clients before various fora including the Supreme Court, various High Courts, Company Law Tribunal/Appellate Tribunal and Central Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal.

Krishna’s litigative endeavors have also contributed substantially to the evolution of the law in the recently growing Insolvency segment; this is an addition to the value propositions in the Tax and other Commercial jurisprudence. One of the pioneers of the idea of ‘Strategized Litigation’, Krishna has been instrumental in increasing the litigative efficacy of various clients with an analytical approach towards past data, closure of defunct proceedings and weighed choices of mode and forum of litigation in tune with the dynamic Indian legal system. Krishna is a prolific speaker and has multiple industry and professional addresses to his credit. Krishna traces his career back to a meritorious graduation from Pune University, execution of Code Drafting Projects in association with the Law Commission of India and handling of High Stake litigations with a tier 1 taxation firm in addition to association with the Chambers of the Additional Solicitor General of India.

Krishna has been a professional cricketer and has also co-founded one the biggest youth volunteer networks operating for the education of underprivileged children. He is a fitness enthusiast, yoga practitioner and enjoys a keen interest in the subject areas of theology, macroeconomics and astronomy. His hobbies include philately and nature walks.

Email: krishna@mimansalaw.in