Our Panel
FEAM's panel comprises accomplished legal professionals and ADR practitioners committed to fair, efficient and expert dispute resolution.

Rohit Kumar
Mr. Rohit Kumar is an Advocate-on-Record at the Supreme Court of India and a dispute resolution professional, with over a decade of experience at the Bar. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), an RICS Accredited Mediator, and a member of the young practitioner groups of MCIA, SIAC, AIAC and WIPO. His practice covers domestic and international commercial arbitration, corporate and commercial litigation, constitutional matters and intellectual property, before the Supreme Court, the High Courts and tribunals including NCLT, NGT and the FEMA Appellate Tribunal. He trained in the chambers of Senior Advocate Anand Grover. He has also served as in-house counsel at Google, ByteDance and Snap Inc., the last as Legal Counsel APAC and Chief Compliance Officer for India. This experience gives him rare insight into the commercial realities of global technology businesses and recognised expertise in technology law, data privacy, intermediary liability and digital regulation. He brings to every dispute a combination of strong advocacy, commercial pragmatism and a solution-oriented approach.

Adv. Leena Gogate
Adv. Leena Gogate is an advocate with 28 years of practice. She holds M.Com. and LL.M. degrees from the University of Mumbai. She is an empanelled mediator with the Main Mediation Centre, Mumbai, and the Mediation Centre, DLSA, Thane,. She also holds Postgraduate Diplomas in Child Rights Law and in Consumer Law and Practice from NLSIU, Bengaluru, and in Arbitration & Mediation from MNLU. She has presented research on mediation in protecting the constitutional rights of senior citizens, and has taken part in national and international ADR conferences, including programmes associated with the Supreme Court's Mediation and Conciliation Project Committee (MCPC).
Adv. Shailesh K. Gatlewar

Adv. Palak Jain
Adv. Palak Jain is a dispute resolution professional who combines the skills of a mediator with extensive experience in litigation and arbitration. She is an empanelled mediator with the Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation (IIAM), a neutral on SAMA ODR, and a member of Young Women in International Arbitration. She holds a Postgraduate Diploma (Executive) in Arbitration and Mediation from Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai, awarded with an A++ grade. She appears before the Supreme Court of India, the Orissa High Court, the National Company Law Tribunal, Debts Recovery Tribunals and Commercial Courts. Her work covers commercial and contractual disputes, insolvency and restructuring, banking and financial services, and regulatory matters. Her clients include leading corporates, financial institutions and public sector bodies, and she also advises organisations on workplace governance and POSH compliance. She is known for a structured, solution-focused approach to resolving complex, multi-stakeholder disputes.

Adv. Avanishkumar Yadav
Adv. Avanishkumar Yadav is an advocate and dispute resolution professional. His work brings together corporate law, compliance and technology. As Managing Partner of Lynx Legal Partners LLP, Mumbai, he leads a practice covering commercial litigation, intellectual property, insolvency, banking and SARFAESI recovery, consumer and family disputes, and corporate advisory. He holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Arbitration and Mediation from Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai, an LL.B. from Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi, a Master’s in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from the University of Mumbai, and an M.A. in Hindi Literature. This multidisciplinary grounding shapes his analytical, structured approach to resolving complex disputes. Committed to strengthening India’s ADR ecosystem.

CMA Ravi Monga
CMA Ravi Monga is a Fellow Cost and Management Accountant (FCMA) at the Institute of Cost Accountants of India with more than 20 years of experience in corporate governance, financial leadership, mergers and acquisitions, business restructuring, international taxation and ESG. He is a former CFO of International Tractors Ltd. (International Business) and a former Board Member of Sonalika Tractors Group companies, and has worked across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and the USA. He is the Founder and Managing Director of Purple People International Pvt. Ltd., and a Certified Independent Director (MCA–IICA) trained at IIM Ahmedabad in M&A and Corporate Restructuring. He has written several books on strategy, international taxation and finance, and is a speaker and former faculty member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India.

Ajay Tendolkar
Mr. Ajay Tendolkar is an industry and business specialist with more than 35 years of leadership experience in engineering, manufacturing and enterprise management. He is Managing Director of Millturn CNC India Pvt. Ltd., which designs, develops and manufactures innovative products and plastic injection moulds for the plastics industry. He is also a Designated Partner at Lynx Legal Partners LLP. His career includes over a decade heading manufacturing engineering functions at Mahindra & Mahindra and thirteen years as Director of Subir Precision Industries Pvt. Ltd. Through these roles he has built deep, hands-on expertise in manufacturing operations, project management, commercial dealings and business strategy. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from K. J. Somaiya Institute of Engineering and Information Technology and a PGDM in Marketing from the All India Management Association (AIMA). This makes him a valuable resource in disputes involving technical, industrial and commercial issues.

Adv. Utkarsh Sharma

Anala Tendolkar
Ms. Anala Tendolkar is a corporate and commercial specialist with more than 12 years of experience in corporate governance, business operations and strategic advisory. As Managing Partner of Lynx Legal Partners LLP and Director of Millturn CNC India Pvt. Ltd., she advises founders, promoters and business leaders on decisions that protect value, reduce risk and support growth. Her expertise covers corporate, contract, and labour and employment law. Her industry background includes vendor management, quality systems and operations at Mahindra & Mahindra Limited, as well as sales, supply-chain and finance management in the FMCG sector. She combines an engineer’s analytical rigour, management training from IIM Kozhikode and legal education from the University of Delhi. This gives her a well-rounded understanding of commercial disputes involving business, operational and contractual issues.

Adv. Hitesh Ramchandani
Adv. Hitesh Ramchandani is a Mumbai-based advocate and dispute resolution professional with more than 13 years of experience in arbitration, commercial disputes, banking and finance, civil litigation, consumer protection, employment, family and infrastructure matters. He has served as Sole Arbitrator in over 1,000 commercial cases, delivering clear, impartial and enforceable awards. He is empanelled as an Arbitrator and Conciliator by the Hon’ble Bombay High Court (Circular No. 5 of 2025) and with the Chandigarh Arbitration Centre of the Punjab & Haryana High Court. He is also on the panels of leading international institutions, including DIAC (Dubai), AIAC (Malaysia), HKIAC, VIAC (Vienna) and the Maldives International Arbitration Centre, as well as several major ODR platforms. He is an IIAM Certified Arbitrator, an internationally accredited APCAM Arbitrator and an IMI-qualified International Mediator, and holds an LL.M. (Criminal Law), an LL.B. and a B.Com. A regular speaker and judge at arbitration and mediation competitions at leading law schools, he is recognised for his neutrality, procedural rigour and efficient, cost-effective resolution of disputes

Dr. Sibichen K Mathew
Dr. Sibichen K. Mathew is a 1992-batch Indian Revenue Service officer who retired in May 2026 as Director General of Income Tax, after 33 years of service with the Government of India. His career covered tax evasion investigation, appellate adjudication as Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals), representing the department before the ITAT, and regulatory work as Advisor to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. He also led the technology transformation of the Income Tax Department’s CPC and headed a sub-committee that worked on the new Income Tax Act, 2025. He holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Arbitration & Mediation (A+ grade) from MNLU, an LL.B., a PhD, a Post Graduation in Public Policy and Management from IIM Bangalore, and is a Certified Fraud Examiner. He is empanelled as an Arbitrator and Mediator with the Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation. He has written books including You Just Got Cheated: Understanding White Collar Crimes (Sage) and When the Boss is Wrong (Rupa), and has received a national award for meritorious service from the Income Tax Department.

Mr. P.V.S.D. Gopala Krishna Murthy
Mr. P.V.S.D. Gopala Krishna Murthy is an advocate and dispute resolution professional with 37 years of experience in administration, establishment and disciplinary matters. This includes 24 years of handling legal matters from trial courts to the Supreme Court, as well as tribunals and ADR forums, during his service with the Survey of India, from which he retired as Establishment and Accounts Officer. He holds an LL.M. in Mercantile Law and an LL.B. from Osmania University, both in First Division, and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK). His mediation credentials include certification from IICA and ICADR, Specialist Mediator training from the Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC). He is empanelled as a Specialist Mediator (India) with SIMC, as a Mediator with the International Arbitration and Mediation Centre (IAMC), Hyderabad, and with the DLSA, City Civil Courts, Hyderabad, and serves as a neutral on SAMA, Presolv360 and JustAct. His areas of focus are family, matrimonial, commercial, contract, administrative and employment disputes, and he can conduct proceedings in English, Hindi and Telugu.

Mr. Rameshwar Vishwanathrao Jatale
Shri Rameshwar Jatale is a former Principal District Judge who served for nearly 29 years (1990–2019) in the Maharashtra judiciary across the Pune Division, retiring at that rank. He began his legal career as an advocate in 1983, and after retiring from the bench returned to legal practice as a law consultant. Since 2019 he has served as a Judge Arbitrator, acting as sole arbitrator and co-arbitrator in private and public sector disputes, including banking matters. In all, he has over 13 years of experience in advocacy, consultancy and arbitration. He holds an LL.B. from ILS Law College, Pune, and an LL.M. in International Business and Trade Law from Savitribai Phule Pune University, and works in English, Hindi and Marathi.
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