

DR. MANOJ KUMAR
Founder & Managing Partner
LOCATION
New Delhi
PHONE
+91 11 4155 1824
AREA OF EXPERTISE
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Dispute Management & Arbitration
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Corporate Commercial M&A
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Policy, Regulations & Strategy
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Real Estate & Infra Projects
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Banking & Finance
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Corporate Governance
PROFILE
Dr. Manoj Kumar is the Founder & Managing Partner of Hammurabi & Solomon Partners. An alum of the prestigious Harvard Business School and National Law School of India, Manoj is a distinguished author, teacher, conflict resolution expert, strategist, columnist, thought leader, and is called upon by governments and top-of-the-line Indian and international institutions including the World Bank, UNESCO, IBA, ABA, CII, SILF, SCL, CIarb. for contributions, discussions, and training on various key issues.
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Manoj is Vice-President of Society of Indian Law Firms(SILF), Vice-Chairman of the Society of Construction Law UK - India, and Vice-Chair of the Natural Resources Committee of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA). Dr. Kumar is also an Expert on the Inclusive Policy Lab of UNESCO, a visiting fellow at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), a visiting professor at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), an editorial board member of Thinkers 50 India, and independent director on Corporate Boards.
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He has worked extensively across sectors, including civil nuclear liability, pricing of IPR in media, natural resources sector, environment, climate change, forests, public-private partnerships, technology and IT, data privacy, corporate laws and capital markets, land acquisition, POSH, legal services sector reforms in India, safe cities in India, making India a hub for international arbitration, ease to do business, fast track commercial courts, blockchain and crypto, AI, media regulation, legal status of intel agencies in India, etc. to name a few.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
Mahatma Gandhi Samman
House of Lords, London
Honorary Professor
Academic Union of Oxford, UK (2021)
Recognized as
"India's Super 50 Lawyers"
Asian Legal Business
(2021, 2020)
Recognized among "Top 50 Managing Partners in India"
Forbes India (2021)
Recognized as "Top Individual Lawyers" for Corporate Commercial, M&A, Project Finance and Privatization & Divestments
Forbes India (2021)
Recognized as "Managing Partners of the Year" at Global Legal Leaders Awards
BW BusinessWorld - BW LegalWorld (2021)
Recognized as
"India Top Lawyers"
in "The A-List"
Indian Business Legal Journal
(2020, 2019, 2018)
Recognized among
"100 Legal Luminaries of India"
Indian Business Legal Journal

Highly Awarded
Dispute Management
Practice



Award Winning
Corporate M&A
Practice

Globally Acclaimed
Policy & Regulatory
Practice
