Experience and In-Depth Knowledge

GENERAL PRACTICE AREAS

Our attorneys offer diverse legal, business and governmental backgrounds, bringing vast experience and practical knowledge to each client they represent. Our practice areas are focused on specific legal disciplines, but we also have teams that are equipped to address the needs of particular industries.

Antitrust, Unfair Competition & Trade
Arbitration
Bankruptcy & Reorganisation
Commercial Contracts
Ecommerce Transactions
Electricity Law
Environmental Law
Foreign Investments
Infrastructure Projects
Insurance
Joint Ventures & Collaborations
Licensing Franchising
Litigation
Mergers & Acquisitions
Outsourcing Arrangements
Private Equity & Venture Capital
Privatization & Disinvestments
Project & Corporate Finance
Real Estate

Antitrust, Unfair Competition & Trade

We are specialists in the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1969 (MRTP Act) and the Competition Act 2002 (Competition Act), that came into force in its entirety in June 2011. This area of law regulates business practices in India so as to prevent practices having an appreciable adverse effect on competition (AAEC) in India. Our team advises on the entire spectrum of issues including market dominance, merger control, cartel investigations, restrictive practices and industry tailored complaince. We handle matters, regularly representing our clients at the Competition Commission of India (CCI), which is solely responsible for the enforcement and administration of the Competition Act and the Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT).

Arbitration

Our arbitration team handles domestic and international commercial arbitration matters arising from contractual disputes, construction disputes and recovery proceedings, across a vast range of sectors including e-commerce, mining, oil and gas, banking and finance, and power. We represent clients in arbitration tribunals pan India and facilitate dispute resolution.

Bankruptcy & Reorganisation

We advise clients on insolvency and corporate restructuring with focus on meticulously designing the strategy taking into account the operational, legal, taxation and economic issues, which need to be identified, refined and balanced in order to meet the desired objectives. Combining our expertise on Indian tax laws, The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 and industry specific experience, we carefully guide our clients through the process.

Commercial Contracts

One of our key practice areas is corporate and commercial contracts, covering their entire lifecycle. Starting with initial conferencing and negotiations, finalising and drafting and subsequent contract management, we offer our clients an end to end solution. Our client’s include reputable Indian and international companies and we take pride in having represented our clients in various domestic as well as cross-border investments.

Ecommerce Transactions

Our team is always updated with the latest legal know how and is well equipped to advise clients on all their legal needs related to e-commerce. Covering compliance, tax laws, corporate governance and more, our team is always avaialable. Proving the entire gamut of services, we make sure that our clients are secure and protected on the World Wide Web. We assist startups to established players in enabling best legal practices tailored to their specific industry.

Electricity Law

We advise clients in building and operating major power projects and securing production and distribution business. Our Energy and Infrastructure team works closely with sponsors, developers, governments, banks, contractors, consultants and other market participants. to advise on a range of areas such as oil and gas, power and electricity, equipment procurement, construction arrangements and PPP projects. We also offer advice on credit facilities, including project and equipment finance. We deal in negotiating and drafting the project documents, including Concession Agreements, EPC Contracts, O&M Contracts and financing and security documentation, Power Purchase Agreements and Fuel Supply Agreements. In the electricity sector, we act for state owned, public and privatized power generation, transmission and distribution companies. We advise our clients on issues relating to renewable energy including solar energy and wind energy. We also advise on regulatory and environmental compliance related to power and energy projects.

Environmental Law

As India’s corporate sector faces growing environmental compliances and CSR requirements, we guide our clients through still evolving environmental laws and compliances and latest policy developments of relevance to the corporate sector from a long-term risk management perspective. We assist with obtaining or renewing environmental permits under the various laws including those relating to the use and management of water, air, forests, chemical substances, hazardous wastes, e-waste, plastic waste, construction & demolition waste, bio-medical waste, ozone depleting substances, insecticides as well as food safety laws. We assist companies with their environmental due diligences and assessments of whether an Environmental Clearance / Environmental Impact Assessment needs to be obtained. Clients are guided through their interactions with the State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs), the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the central Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC).

Foreign Investments

We have successfully assisted many multi-national corporations in establishing their presence in India and counselled organisations across sectors (including highly regulated sectors from a foreign investment perspective such as insurance, retail and defence) on the changing regulatory environment with regard to foreign investment. Our practice regularly advises non-resident and resident clients looking to create business synergies through international tie-ups either through equity investments or technology tie-ups. We also work closely with regulators across industries, to ensure compliance.

Infrastructure Projects

We have specific expertise in the projects and infrastructure space, including in sectors such as power, oil and gas, roads, railways, metro, MRT, subway, airports, and ports. We provide a host of services to our clients in the infrastructure space, assisting in a host of legal and regulatory issues. Our team engages involved stakeholders and assists in executing and implementing best legal practices.

Insurance

Our insurance practice provides the full spectrum of legal services to insurers, reinsurers, intermediaries, investment banks, investors and policyholders. We have in-depth knowledge and understanding of the legal, regulatory and commercial issues faced by the insurance industry in India and regularly act on the cutting edge of Indian insurance work. Our team regularly advises on complex M&A and PE transactions in the insurance sector, as part of growth, market entry or consolidation strategies (or disposals as investors or partners exiting their investments), regulatory matters, insurance registrations, distribution channels and networks, fund raising (public offerings and debt issuances), restructuring, litigation and digital platforms.

 Joint Ventures & Collaborations

We represent individuals and business entities in a wide range of matters involving joint ventures, both national and international. We advise best legal practice and strategic routes that are beneficial and suitable to the needs of the clients. We negotiate, draft and vet Shareholders’ Agreements, Stock Holders Agreements, Share Purchase Agreements, to name a few.

Licensing Franchising

We offer the whole gamut of services related to intellectual property transactions. We draft agreements for licensing, franchising, assignment, sale and purchase of all various kinds of intellectual property including trademarks, patents, copyrights and designs. We also assist companies in IP management and conduct IP due diligence and audits. Our law firm’s services also include registration of trademarks, patents, copyrights, designs and geographical indications at the competent offices.

Litigation

We represent clients in all matters of civil and corporate litigation in tribunals, courts and appellate courts. It is one of the cornerstones of our Firm with experience in defending clients’ interests in the Supreme Court of India, various High Courts, District Courts, Commissions and Judicial & Quasi-Judicial authorities for matters relating to government contracts, tender laws, labour and service laws, land acquisition, Companies Act, arbitration and financial laws.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Our track record, expertise and local knowledge of the M&A market, ensure that we deliver cost-effective, deal oriented, high quality legal advice. Our experience of advising clients on multi-jurisdictional transactions, enables us to anticipate issues and risks that will arise, allowing us to provide insightful customised solutions for each transaction.

Outsourcing Arrangements

Our team assists clients with their outsourcing arrangements covering the entire spectrum from outsourcing contracts to contract management. We assist our clients in deriving efficient outsourcing arrangements and creating balanced, mutually beneficial partnerships.

Private Equity & Venture Capital

We have in-depth experience in advising domestic and international private equity and venture capital funds and also assisting Indian companies in corporate finance transactions. We work with diverse private equity funds assisting through the course of the fund life cycle, providing the full range of legal services, including corporate, tax, finance, real estate, local licensing and other regulatory issues.

Privatization & Disinvestments

Our team of lawyers assist and advise our clients in tendering documents, conducting legal due diligence, complying with the regulatory aspects and policy guidelines, negotiations and liaison work with the government departments.

Project & Corporate Finance

We assist our clients in all legal and regulatory compliance in relate to banking and finance. The Firm offers services, ranging from regulatory compliance to strategic legal advice, tailored to the varied needs of national and multinational banks and financial institutions.

Real Estate

Our expertise in Real Estate practice focuses on the unique demands of one of India’s most heavily regulated sectors. Our specialist team of Real Estate lawyers offer advise on end to end RERA compliance and represent them RERA tribunals and appellate courts. We offer advise on focused funds and real estate companies in investments, joint ventures, property acquisitions/ sales, and leases. We are well versed with a range of real estate structures and have a wide range of experience with handling complex issues in this sector.

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