Indian Commercial Litigation & Asset Recovery Attorney Needed

We are a U.S.-based company seeking an experienced **India-based attorney, advocate, or senior legal professional** to assist with evaluating a significant commercial dispute involving an Indian business relationship. The matter involves several years of emails, agreements, invoices, payment records, spreadsheets, correspondence, and other business documents. We believe approximately **USD $700,000** is owed or otherwise recoverable. Our primary objective is **recovery**. Before investing substantial time and legal fees reconstructing the complete historical record, we want to determine whether there is a realistic and economically sensible path to recovering a meaningful portion of the claim. ### Phase I - Initial Paid Recoverability Assessment The first assignment will focus on preliminary recovery, asset, corporate, and legal research. We would like the selected professional to assess matters including: * Relevant individuals and business entities * Related Indian companies, directors, ownership interests, and business affiliations * Lawful Indian corporate and public-record research * Litigation, insolvency, charges, liens, or similar available records * Potentially recoverable business or personal assets using lawful sources * Whether known operating businesses or other apparent sources of recovery exist * Potential corporate versus personal liability * Available remedies under Indian law * Jurisdiction, arbitration, venue, and limitation issues * Asset preservation, attachment, enforcement, and collection options * Practical obstacles that could make recovery difficult even if the underlying claim is strong The key question we want Phase I to answer is: **If approximately $700,000 is legally owed, is there a realistic and commercially sensible avenue for recovering a meaningful portion of that money?** We expect a concise written preliminary assessment before committing significant resources to the complete historical document review. ### Potential Follow-On Engagement If Phase I supports proceeding, we anticipate a substantially larger engagement that may include: * Reviewing a significant volume of emails and business records * Understanding the complete business relationship from beginning to end * Preparing a master chronology * Creating a document and exhibit index * Reconstructing payment and credit history * Identifying acknowledgments of amounts owed * Identifying important representations, commitments, and promises * Identifying contradictions or changing explanations * Identifying strengths, weaknesses, defenses, and missing evidence * Conducting Indian statutory and case-law research * Preparing an attorney-ready case brief with supporting evidence This is **not simply a document-summarization project**. We need someone who can personally understand the business relationship, identify what is legally and commercially significant, and explain the matter clearly. ### Preferred Qualifications We are particularly interested in candidates with substantial experience in several of the following areas: * Qualified Indian attorney/advocate or highly experienced legal professional * Indian commercial litigation * Commercial contract disputes * Debt or money recovery * Corporate and director research * Lawful asset/recovery investigation * Fraud or misrepresentation matters * Document-intensive litigation * Evidence review * Legal research * Case chronology preparation * Drafting legal memoranda and case briefs * Working with U.S. or international clients * Excellent written English ### Confidentiality and AI Use This matter involves sensitive commercial information. Shortlisted candidates may be required to execute a confidentiality/NDA agreement before receiving detailed case materials. AI and other technology may be used appropriately as productivity tools, but they may not substitute for the professional's own review and reasoning. Important factual conclusions must be verified against original source documents, and legal authorities must be independently verified. Confidential documents may not be uploaded to public or consumer AI systems without our prior written authorization. ### Please Include the Following in Your Proposal 1. Your legal qualifications and where you are licensed/admitted, if applicable 2. Your experience with Indian commercial disputes and money-recovery matters 3. Your experience reviewing large volumes of emails and documentary evidence 4. Your experience with lawful Indian corporate, director, asset, litigation, and insolvency research 5. Your experience evaluating whether a claim or judgment is realistically collectible 6. Your experience researching potential personal liability of directors, owners, or principals 7. Examples of similar litigation-support or case-analysis projects 8. The Indian legal research databases and public/commercial information sources you use 9. Whether you personally perform the work or use assistants/subcontractors 10. How you use AI in your work and protect confidential client information 11. Your proposed fee structure 12. Your availability over the next several weeks 13. How you would approach Phase I before we invest substantially in the complete document review Please begin your proposal with the words **"Recovery First"** so we know you have read the posting carefully. We are looking for thoughtful, independent analysis rather than someone who will simply tell us what we want to hear. If the initial assessment supports proceeding, there is significant potential for continued work on the larger matter.