Speakers

Shweta Bharti is the Managing Partner at Hammurabi & Solomon Partners and a distinguished legal practitioner in the Construction and Infrastructure sector, with over 25 years of experience encompassing complex litigation, arbitration, and strategic advisory. She is widely recognised as a trusted legal advisor to developers, contractors, infrastructure companies, financial institutions, and public sector bodies on high-value construction and real estate disputes, as well as advisory and regulatory mandates.

Her practice is deeply rooted in construction arbitration and dispute resolution, including matters arising out of EPC and item-rate contracts, delay and disruption claims, cost escalation, termination disputes, variation claims, and enforcement of arbitral awards. She has represented clients before the Supreme Court of India, all High Courts across India, and specialised forums including the National Company Law Tribunals and Appellate Tribunals, the Competition Commission of India, and TDSAT. Internationally, she has acted in arbitrations administered under the rules of leading institutions such as the ICC, SIAC, and LCIA.

Shweta brings extensive experience in real estate, land acquisition, and infrastructure development laws, making her a go-to advisor across the construction value chain. Her advisory practice covers large-scale real estate and infrastructure transactions, commercial leasing, REIT structuring, regulatory compliance under RERA, and disputes involving development authorities, municipal bodies, and urban planning agencies. Her strong command over zoning regulations, environmental clearances, municipal laws, and land-use norms enables her to deliver comprehensive legal strategies spanning project conception, execution, and dispute resolution.

In addition to her practice, Shweta is a published author whose work is widely referenced by legal professionals, scholars, and practitioners. She is the author of the two-volume compendium Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 with Rules, Regulations & Guidelines and Jurisprudence, which integrates statutory provisions with extensive jurisprudence from the Supreme Court, High Courts, NCLAT, and NCLT, offering a practical and authoritative resource for legal research and practice. Her thought leadership further includes industry reports and numerous articles on dispute resolution, arbitration, and infrastructure law.

Shweta has received widespread recognition from leading legal publications and ranking agencies for her work across construction, dispute resolution, and commercial law. Her notable recognitions include:

• Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific 2025 – Litigation Star – Commercial & Transaction
• IBLJ A-List 2026 – Recognized for Arbitration & ADR, Corporate & Commercial, Litigation, and Restructuring & Insolvency
• Legal500 Asia Pacific 2025 – Recommended Lawyer for Commercial Corporate and M&A (NCR), Dispute Resolution (NCR), Real Estate and Construction (NCR), Corporate and M&A, Real Estate and Construction
• IFLR1000 Asia-Pacific 2024-25 – Highly Regarded for Banking, Restructuring and Insolvency
• Asialaw Rankings 2024-25 – Distinguished Practitioner for Dispute Resolution
• India Business Law Journal (IBLJ) 2024 & 2023 – India’s Top A-List Lawyer
• BW Global Legal Summit and Legal Leader Awards 2023-24 – Women Lawyer of the Year
• Asialaw Rankings 2023 – Notable Practitioner for Dispute Resolution
• LegalEra Rankings 2023 – Leading Lawyers Ranking for Dispute Resolution Arbitration & Litigation
• IFLR1000 Asia-Pacific 2023 – Notable Practitioner for Banking, Restructuring and Insolvency
• ALB Women in Law Awards 2023 – Private Practitioner of the Year, India and Middle East (finalist)
• Legal500 Asia Pacific 2023 – “Recommended Lawyer 2023” for Labour & Employment and Corporate & M&A in India and Commercial, Corporate & M&A in Delhi NCR