The Principal

Prashant Kumar Nair

Advocate-on-Record, Supreme Court of India

Advocate-on-Record at the Supreme Court of India

Prashant Kumar Nair is an Advocate-on-Record at the Supreme Court of India and the principal of Corpus Lawyers, practising from 148 Lawyers Chambers, Saket Court Complex, New Delhi. He holds the AOR designation under Order IV Rule 1 of the Supreme Court Rules, 2013 — a qualification requiring a rigorous examination administered by the Supreme Court itself and a structured period of training under a senior AOR.

His practice spans the full commercial law spectrum, with particular depth in insolvency and bankruptcy law under the IBC 2016, domestic and international arbitration, real estate and RERA disputes, corporate transactions, and commercial litigation before the High Courts and Supreme Court of India.

Academic Work

Prashant Kumar Nair is a PhD candidate at the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL), Punjab, researching the intersection of arbitration law and insolvency law in India — specifically, the systemic delay pathology that affects both IBC proceedings before the NCLT and arbitration proceedings, and the structural reform interventions required to address it.

This academic work informs the firm’s advisory practice in both domains — particularly in matters where insolvency proceedings and arbitral proceedings intersect, and in advising clients on the enforceability of arbitration agreements in the context of ongoing CIRP.

The Courtroom through Boardroom Approach

The firm’s positioning as a Courtroom through Boardroom practice reflects Prashant Kumar Nair’s own professional development — equal capability in transactional and contentious work, and the view that these two capabilities reinforce rather than compete with each other. A transactional lawyer who understands how contracts fail in litigation drafts better contracts. A litigator who understands the commercial context of a transaction argues the case more effectively.