Our Expertise
Corporate - Commercial Advisory and Contracts
The Team has advised on corporate and commercial transactions, including foreign direct investments, joint venture arrangements and private equity transactions. While handling the transactions.
The Firm has a strong expertise in various facets of corporate and commercial laws, transactional and sector specific laws including private equity investments and exits, acquisitions, business transfers & joint ventures.
Our corporate team has represented both domestic and offshore entities, and has a vast depth of experience in structuring and advising on corporate and commercial transactions. While handling the transactions, they have advised on regulatory requirements (including FDI, FEMA, RBI regulations and Companies Act); conducted legal due diligence exercises; drafted transaction documents and provided pre-closing and post-closing related assistance.
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 matters, regulatory compliances and corporate governance matters.
Our partners have advised clients on various areas of laws and across sectors such as:
- Private Equity/Venture Capital
- Mergers & Acquisitions & Joint Ventures
- Defence
- Manufacturing and Retail
- Education
- E-commerce
- Data Protection and Data Privacy
- Real Estate & Construction
- Aviation
- Tourism & Travel
- Healthcare
- Renewable energy
- Transport and logistics
- Intellectual Property & Technology
- Banking & Finance.
Capital Markets & Securities Regulation
Our Corporate Team also has hands-on experience of handling capital market transactions, including initial public offering and takeovers. The members of the Firm have been retained by large and mid-size listed companies, mutual fund distributors, investment advisers and other market intermediaries for its expertise in securities regulations.
Defence
The corporate team is regularly assisting clients from private defence manufacturing sector and advising them on defence regulations, defence acquisition procedures and policies, foreign investments, procurement of relevant licenses and approvals including industrial licenses, exports authorization and SEZ related authorization for companies having units in Special Economic Zone, and on defence manufacturing, offsets, sub-contracting and joint venture agreements.
Banking & Finance
The members of the Firm have extensive experience in the areas of project finance, debt restructuring, term and working capital lending, debenture issuance and mortgages. They have been part of some of the biggest project finance deals in India across diverse sectors including thermal power plants, fertilizers, ports, roads, renewable energy (solar, hydro and wind), telecom and urban infrastructure.
Litigation, Arbitration & Other Dispute Resolution
The members of the Firm have a vast experience in handling civil, commercial, constitutional and criminal matters. They have efficiently handled matters pertaining to economic offences, money laundering, anti- corruption, defamation, white collar crimes, mining, banking & finance, real estate & property, family law matters, debt recovery and SARFAESI matters, NCLT matters, tender & contracts, trademark & copyrights, central excise & service tax, education, public service, and labour and industry, in the original as well as appellate jurisdiction. The partners of the Firm also have years of experience in other forms of dispute resolution such as arbitration and mediation.
The litigation and dispute resolution 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.
Employment & Labour
The members of the Firm have advised and represented corporate houses in relation to employment and labour laws related mandates. They also have expertise in handling all aspects of labour and employment laws including advising on labour law compliances and registrations and drafting of employment and consultancy contracts, human resource policies, labour and employment manuals for organizations factoring various industry specific local and central legislations. The Firm also renders legal advice on termination and retrenchment strategies, relocation of employees; conducting of training sessions/workshops under POSH; and handles litigations involving employee disputes and other labour related matters.
Intellectual Property & Technology
The members of the Firm have handled both, the registration, as well as litigations pertaining to intellectual property including trademarks.
Members of the Firm are also frequently engaged for drafting of intellectual property licensing agreements, royalty agreements, technology transfer agreements, etc.
Real Estate & Property
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/property development agreements and collaboration agreements, commercial and residential leases, licenses, financing documentation, advising on consents / land approvals / usage conversion related matters, and securing registration and enforcement related matters.
Economic offences & Money Laundering
The litigation team of the Firm handles white collar crimes for large business houses and individuals. The team has assisted clients in cases of high profile financial and economic offences of money laundering, insider trading, price manipulation, cheating and fraud arising out of complex transactions.
The Team has experienced attorneys and arguing counsels with in-depth knowledge of criminal laws and have represented clients before investigating agencies, adjudicating authorities, High Court and the Supreme Court,in proceedings relating to economic offences and money laundering.
