A senior advocate at the Delhi High Court, Mr Rajiv Nayar has been a lawyer for the past 26 years.  Having passed out from Modern School New Delhi in 1973, he graduated from Hindu College, Delhi in 1976 and did his LL.B in 1979 from Law faculty, Delhi. He was a Standing Counsel for the Govt. of India in the Delhi High Court in 1989-90 and is representing long port folios of private sector and Public Sector Enterprises including MMTC, NBCC, Bharti Tele-Ventures group, DCM group, Ranbaxy Laboratories, Hindustan Times Limited, Reliance Industries, Exide Industries, BSNL, Star TV and Public Sector branches like RBI, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Punjab & Sind Bank and ICICI Bank. Among the International Corporations, he represents UNOCAL & DAIKIN.

His field of specialization is in Corporate Law Contracts, International Law, and International Trade.  He handles large-scale amalgamations and corporate litigations, specially in handling recovery and civil actions and arbitrations. He has been a badminton player and takes active interest in politics and journalism, having written frequently for the Pioneer and Hindustan Times.