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Purnima Kamble

Senior Partner, Fox Mandal, Hyderabad

Purnima Kamble is a Senior Partner at Fox Mandal & Associates LLP, based in the firm’s Hyderabad office, with over 25 years of experience advising clients across sectors on corporate, commercial, real estate and dispute resolution matters, including high-value international and cross-border disputes.

Recognised as a Band 1 lawyer by Chambers and Partners, a Leading Partner by The Legal 500, and a Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation, she has also been named among the Top 100 Lawyers in India by Forbes India and honoured with the Women of Excellence Award.

Purnima is widely regarded for her expertise in complex commercial dispute resolution, advising clients on shareholder, contractual, transactional and trade disputes across diverse industries. Beyond her practice, she is an active voice in professional and industry forums, having served as Chairwoman of International Women’s Network Telangana and Co-Chair (South India) of the Young ICCA Mentoring Programme Steering Committee.

She is also deeply committed to advancing workplace equality and awareness on issues relating to sexual harassment at the workplace, regularly conducting training programmes and serving on Internal Complaints Committees for several multinational corporations.

Side events

Vienna International Arbitral Centre: India-Related Disputes in Europe

VIAC is organising this event on the eve of CAD 2026 (14th May 2026, 11:30-13:30), at Four Seasons Hotel. The event is sponsored by Pittas Legal and Fox Mandal.

There will be two panels, as follows:

Panel 1: "Resolution of Disputes about Investments to and from India"

Moderator: Dr Mahmood Hussain; Speakers: Roman Khodykin; and Purnima Kamble

Panel 2: "International Arbitration at VIAC"

Moderator: Tzabarit Kim Esra; Speakers: Franz Schwarz; and Agis Georgiades

The event is open to CAD 2026 Participants. To register, please email “VIAC” to info@cad.com.cy.