Principal Areas of Practice
Arbitration
Banking & Finance
Corporate & M&A
Employment, Privacy & Discrimination
Family Office & Private Clients
Family & Matrimonial
Insolvency & Restructuring
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Real Estate
Regulatory & Compliance
Shipping & Logistics
Wills, Probate & Trusts
Education
2007 LLB (Hons), DAVV, India
2009 LLM, DAVV, India
Admission
2008 Bar Council, India
2025 Registered Foreign Lawyer, Hong Kong
Experience
Surendra Chandrawat is an Indian qualified lawyer with over 15 years of extensive experience, focusing on general corporate, commercial, M&A, restructuring, compliance, arbitration and litigation support. Surendra’s practice is mainly arbitration, banking & finance, corporate & M&A, employment, privacy & discrimination, family office & private clients, family & matrimonial, insolvency & restructuring, litigation & dispute resolution, real estate, regulatory & compliance, shipping & logistics, wills, probate & trusts. Surendra is active in corporate restructuring and business set up, with experience in several jurisdictions worldwide. He also provides professional directorship and shareholder services to domestic and international clients. Surendra is currently a managing partner at Chandrawat & Partners. He is involved in a wide range of local and cross-border transactions. Surendra is an advocate of India and registered as a foreign lawyer in Hong Kong.
Speaking Engagements
• “Doing Business with South East Asia”, Amazing Goa, Vibrant Goa Foundation,
November 2024
• “Arbitration in Hong Kong and India – Key Features and Enforcement of Awards”,
Deacons, July 2022
• “Career in Law & Para-Legal Disciplines”, Amity University, May 2022
• “Explore Business and Investment Opportunities in Hong Kong and Mainland China”,
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Singapore, Invest HK, Hong Kong Trade
Development Council, Federation of Indian Export Organisations, Confederation of Indian Industry and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, April 2022
• “Virtual banking in Hong Kong”, Statrys, February 2022
• “Explore Opportunities for Indian lawyers and law students in Hong Kong”, Bennett
University, November 2021
• “Hong Kong-India Business Scenario – Regulatory, Tax and Trade”, World Trade
Center, November 2020