Karan Singh Chandhiok heads the competition law practice group at Chandhiok & Mahajan. His practice focuses on all aspects of antitrust law and advises and represents clients on mergers, commercial arrangements, strategic alliances, and behavioral matters (cartels and abuse of dominance) in India. He has extensive experience in EC and UK competition laws. He has also assisted in merger review investigations undertaken under US antitrust provisions.
Karan started his career at Allen and Overy and has worked at Luthra and Luthra Law offices previously.
He has been ranked amongst the top 40 practitioners under 40 by Global Competition Review in their quadrennial survey. In January 2022, Global Competition Review nominated Karan as ‘Lawyer of the Year – under 40’.
Notable Matters:
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Karan has advised and represented clients such as Google in investigations by the CCI into its app store and mobile payments app;
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He has defended Intel in two investigations relating to abuse of dominance;
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Secured immunity for Panasonic in the dry cell batteries cartel cases;
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Represented Timken in the dismissal of cartelization in the bearings market
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Successfully defended Hyundai in appellate court against a finding of resale price maintenance and
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Secured clearance for the US$ 20bn Clariant- Huntsman merger
Karan Singh Chindhiok
Partner and Head of Competition & Regulatory Practice
