Founded on the legal expertise and legal acumen developed by its network of partners and associates, our Firm offers a full range of legal services and high level of specialist advice including in the following key broad practice areas:
The Firm has a strong litigation team, with experience in both civil and criminal litigation and other forms of dispute resolution such as arbitration and mediation. Litigation practice forms the core of our services to our clients. Geared for rapid response, our litigation & dispute resolution team can be called upon at short notice to resolve litigation matters.
Our litigation team has substantial experience in complex legal matters, having tried hundreds of cases at all levels and before variety of courts and tribunals – before the Supreme Court of India, High Courts, District Courts, Consumer Forums, Debt Recovery Tribunals, Income Tax Tribunals and other tribunals in India, for clients in civil and criminal matters, commercial and business disputes involving contractual issues, property disputes, family law matters, debt recovery matters, SARFAESI matters, matters under Negotiable Instruments Act, 1981, employment/labour matters and economic offences related matters. Our members also regularly conduct arbitration and mediation, assisting the clients to expeditiously resolve their disputes.
The Firm has a strong expertise in various facets of corporate and commercial laws, transactional and sector specific laws, on investments, acquisitions, and exits of both domestic and offshore entities.
Our corporate team has a vast depth of experience in structuring and advising on complex transactions, addressing regulatory requirements and assisting in due diligence investigations/regulatory audits, risk assessment, transactional structuring, asset transfers, foreign investment and regulatory/licensing issues.
Our partners have advised clients across sectors such as in the defence sector on offset policy related issues and general requirements under the defence procurement procedures; in the education space on contractual arrangements; fee regulations; safety and security policies; in the e-commerce transaction space vis-à-vis clients operating online platforms/websites to provide services or acting as aggregator of services, on all kinds of legal issues, contractual arrangements with vendors, customers and employees; structuring and investment transactions and legal compliances (including aspects of data protection, privacy, confidentiality, security practices and procedures on dealing with sensitive personal data or information etc.).
The Firm also offers legal services relating to drafting of general corporate commercial contracts along with advice on contractual obligations and liabilities, enforcement, remedies and reliefs as well as contract management issues.
The Firm advises clients across all industries on due diligences, employment manners legal compliances, and legal audits. Our services include statutory and secretarial compliance management, compliance implementation, advice on corporate governance issues, legal due diligence exercises, contractual compliance assessment.
The Firm also offers advice on real estate development related matters, including undertaking title due diligences and providing land title and encumbrance related opinions, providing all legal support on all aspects of real estate and property transactions including on negotiation on real estate acquisitions, drafting and negotiating documentation, conveyance related documents, project development agreements, leases, licenses, financing documentation, advising on consents / land approvals / usage conversion related matters, and securing registration and enforcement related matters.
The Firm also offers advice on real estate development related matters, including undertaking title due diligences and providing land title and encumbrance related opinions, providing all legal support on all aspects of real estate and property transactions including on negotiation on real estate acquisitions, drafting and negotiating documentation, conveyance related documents, project development agreements, leases, licenses, financing documentation, advising on consents / land approvals / usage conversion related matters, and securing registration and enforcement related matters.
The Firm renders legal advice on all aspects of labour and employment laws, statutory labour related compliances and registrations, drafting of employment and consultancy contracts, human resource policies, manuals, advising on termination and retrenchment strategies, relocation of employees, and litigations involving employee disputes and other labour related matters.
The Firm has expertise in handling corporate litigation involving issues relating to the Companies Act such as shareholders disputes, commercial disputes, joint venture disputes, mismanagement and oppression matters, transfer and transmission of shares, compounding matters for the default committed under the Companies Act, winding up of company and mergers and acquisitions. Apart from representing the clients before the court, the Firm regularly advises and assists its clients on day- to-day legal issues relating to their corporate objectives, statutory, regulatory and operational aspects and conduct of business such as liabilities of directors, rights issue, non-compete conditions, specific performance of contract, etc.
The Firm has a vast experience in the field of arbitration and mediation and regularly represents its clients in both domestic as well as international arbitration matters. The Firm has expertise in handling all aspects of arbitration right from invocation of the arbitration till enforcement of the award including representing the clients before the jurisdictional court to obtain interim relief, constitution of the arbitral tribunal/appointment of arbitrator, challenge to the award, enforcement of the award, etc. The Firm also strongly believes in resolving the disputes between the parties amicably and thus encourage its clients to opt for mediation wherever possible. The Firm has succeeded in resolving several matters through mediation in an effective, efficient and less expensive manner.
The Firm has expertise in handling matters under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. Since the introduction of the Code, the Firm is regularly advising and representing the clients before the National Company Law Tribunal and its Appellate body, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal. Apart from representing the clients before the court, the members of the Firm also have expertise to advise and represent the clients on the other aspects such as preparation of resolution plans, advising and representing the clients before the Committee of Creditors and Resolution Professional, implementation of the resolution plans, etc.