Legal Career

2007	'Senior Advocate' designated by Supreme Court of India.
1975-2006	Founded and headed 'P.H. Parekh & Co.', one of the premier law firms in India, with one of the largest filing in the Supreme Court for the last three decades.
1972-1975	Senior Partner 'Bhandare Parekh & Co.'
1969-1972	Chambered with Mr. H.R. Gokhale, Senior Advocate, (former Union Minister of Law and Justice), New Delhi.
1966-1970	Chambered with Mr. G.N. Joshi, Senior Counsel for the Income Tax Department, Bombay. Have edited and authored a number of Books, articles and spoken extensively at various national and international seminars in different parts of the world.

Academic qualifications

1965	LL.B., Government Law College, Bombay. First class honours. Awarded Sir Charles Sargent Memorial Scholarship Awarded prize for "Best Student of the Year in Bombay" by Rotary Club of Bombay General Secretary of the Students Union of Law College for both the years and General Secretary of the Telang Memorial Hostel for several years.
1963	BA. (Hons) with Economics and Statistics, Elphinstone College, Bombay Stood first in Statistics in Bombay University and Stood third in entire Economics in Bombay University
1961	Inter-Arts, Elphinstone College, Bombay Stood First in the University in Logic in Bombay University and Awarded Dhirajlal Mathuradas Scholarship

Societies and Organisations

President (former)	Supreme Court Bar Association (four terms 2004-2005, 2005-2006 and 2007- 2008 & 2008-2009)
President	Confederation of Indian Bar.
Member of Executive Council, HQ at London	International Law Association.
Organising Secretary	International Law Association (Regional Branch, India)
Trustee and Chairman	Consumer Education and Research Centre.
President (former)	Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (10 years)
Secretary General	International Institute of Human Rights Society.
Treasurer	Supreme Court Legal Aid Committee; Middle Income Group, Supreme Court of India
Panel Member	ICA Panel, Delhi.
Member	International Bar Association.
Member	American Bar Association
Member	Union Internationale De Avocats (based in Paris);
Treasurer	Indian Branch UIA.
Invited	by the American Centre at Salzburg to participate in a seminar on "United States Constitution, 200 years later".

Representative Clients
Have represented a number of leading individuals and organisations.

• Have appeared for and represented former Presidents of India, Vice Presidents of India, Prime Minister of India and Government of United States of America, number of present and past Union Cabinet Ministers, Chief Ministers, State Ministers, Ford Foundation, Election Commission of India, Bombay High Court, Patna High Court, Consumer Education Research Centre, Press Council of India, the Bombay Stock Exchange, Bombay Municipal Corporation, Kalyan Municipal Corporation, Nuclear Power Corporation City, Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corp Ltd and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra and other large industrial houses.
• Appeared for Reliance Industries Ltd., Somaiya Group of Industries, Kothari Industrial Corporation, Jaiprakash Industries, Hindustan Unilever Ltd., ELECON Engineering Co. Ltd. (Group of Companies),
• Hydro-Electric Power Plants, Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, Gujarat Electricity Board.
• Gujarat Gas, Gas Authority of India, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation.
• Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL)
• Taj Group of Hotels, International Hotel Licensing Company.
• Indian Sugar Mills Association, Thiru Arooran Sugar ,South Indian Sugar Mills Association, Walchandnagar Sugar mills.
• Tata Memorial Hospital, German Remedies.
• HSBC Bank, Hongkong Bank, Axis Bank, State Bank of India, Syndicate Bank, UCO Bank, Punjab National Bank, Indian Bank, Bank of India, Canara Bank, State Bank of Saurashtra, Jammu & Kashmir Bank, Punjab & Sind Bank. National Bank of Fujairah.
• Air India, DIAL
• Various Medical Colleges , Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya.
• National Institute of Fashion Technology, National Institute of Design
• Hope Plantations (tea), Garden Silk Mills, Gujarat Lease Financing Ltd., Hindustan Photo Films, , Sakal Paper, Blue Dart, BEST, Taj Television (I) Pvt. Ltd. (Ten Sports), Kandla Port Trust, NITCO Tiles Ltd.,
• Have represented most of the Indian and foreign Construction Companies. Currently appearing for Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd., Larsen and Toubro Ltd., Gammon India Ltd., K. Raheja Group of Companies, Ajmera Housing Corporation ; B. Seeniah & Co., S.P. Singla Construction Ltd Joint Venture of BSC-RBM-PATI, Joint Venture of Impregilo-HCC, Joint Venture of Kumagai-Skanska-HCC-Itochu etc.
• 15. Have been appointed as an Arbitrator by CIAC (Construction Industry Arbitration Council) in several cases.