Debevoise & Plimpton and Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu are acting for Japan’s Suzuki Motor Corp. in arbitration proceedings launched against German automotive giant Volkswagen A.G.

The dispute concerns Volkswagen’s purchase in 2009 of a 19.89-percent stake in Suzuki, then worth $2.5 billion, a transaction designed to give Volkswagen a foothold in the growing Indian car sector.