Our practice strives to help clients successfully navigate the Indian legal system, situating local laws in the context of the global legal environment. Our team’s multi country expertise has supported clients for over 25 years in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas. We have advocates in various Indian cities and a network of lawyers in jurisdictions across the world who have a strong civil and criminal practice in both personal and commercial laws.
We are firmly committed to aligning the various aspects of legal practice. Our lawyers hone their expertise by approaching their subjects from various angles. This is why in addition to our regular advisory and litigation practice we work hard to ensure we are constantly researching and analysing our legal world. Our efforts translate into excellence in legal philosophy and policy.
While private international law principles are important when it comes to inter-company transactions, for the individual it is public international law that becomes significant. Our team has expertise in various aspects of international law, whether it is the conventions that govern the rights of children, the extradition protocols, data protection, commercial aspects such as shipping and maritime law and trafficking. We advise individuals, companies, courts, international organisations, state, and non-governmental organisations on the impact of these international laws and arrangements with regard to India and along with our advisors on south Asian laws.
We have comprehensive litigation and advisory expertise with regard to the court process, including trials and appeals processes. We have been successful in dealing with cases involving business crimes which include money laundering, fraud and forgery, bribery and other anti corruption, financial crimes, embezzlement, and related issues. As these investigations often involve questions of extradition and international law, we have a cross subject team on such matters so that we are able to effectively and successfully address civil and criminal issues in these proceedings as well as work with the investigating agencies to ensure resolution.
Our civil law and commercial practice is once again helped by our cross-jurisdictional experience. One of the most important aspects of our civil law practice is to bridge the expectations of clients in jurisdictions that have a purely civil or common law basis. Thus, the interpretation of Indian laws and the structuring of contracts as well as their successful defence in courts requires skill and ease in various aspects of drafting, negotiation and litigation. We have experts in both the fields of personal family laws, whether inheritance, custody and adoption, divorce and maintenance as well as commercial law and issues of breaches, intellectual property, misrepresentation, distributor issues, false representations and company law issues. The proper management and running of subsidiaries in India form a substantial part of our practice and our experts cover the range from due diligence, operational advice as well as litigation and civil defence. While we deal with all aspects of commercial law we also have a robust practice in sports and arts law, whether our clients pursue their interests in these fields for passion or money, we ensure they have the right advice at all times.
We advise our clients and provide services on the following aspects:
- Compliance / due diligence
- Internal investigations relating to misconduct and other related intra-company issues.
- Guidance to ethics and governance
- Investigations in regard to whistle-blower complaints
- Policies and procedures for reducing corruption
- Corporate compliance, fraud, misappropriation
There have been some recent developments in corruption laws, which include the strengthening and amendments to the prevention of corruption and anti-money laundering law. We also advise enhancing transparency to comply with foreign contributions and their regulation. While corruption in the public sector has a regulatory framework, private sector corruption is addressed via a combination of existing laws and case precedents. Our team also deals with cross-border issues and corporate liability of companies.
We have a specialized team to handle all the services related to corporate affairs. We are engaged by our clients for legal issues in their day-to-day business, corporate legal affairs, creation, acquisition and winding up of a legal entity in India and overseas, commercial contracts, and documentation as per their business requirements.
We represent our clients before forums such as National Company Law Tribunal and its appellate authority, the Debt Recovery Tribunal and its appellate authority, all the High Courts in India and the Supreme Court.
In addition to the initial due diligence and structuring strategies, we advise on the following aspects:
- Share Holding and Transfer Agreements
- Collaboration and Investment Agreements
- Merger & Acquisition
- Winding up of a company and insolvency
- Joint ventures
- Amalgamation
- Confidentiality and non compete safeguards
- Corporate social responsibility initiatives
We have acquired extensive experience in these laws as our lawyers have been involved in cases which led to the evolution of these laws in the country. We represent individual consumers as well as corporate houses.
We advise and provide services to our clients on the following aspects:
- Consumer agreements
- Consumer complaints
- Settlement of disputes through mediation and conciliation
- Issues related to misleading advertising
- E-commerce safeguards and protections
Our team of experienced lawyers assist in the registration, filing, application and renewal of trademarks, patents and copyrights as well as their defence.
- Industrial Designs
- Trademark Laws
- Patent Laws
- Copyright Laws
- Geographical Indications
- Entertainment/Media Laws
Our practice in administrative and constitutional law includes advising on various rights and access issues. We have worked on prison and health reform and as also supported our clients through various tribunal resolution processes and local authorities. We help our clients develop policies aligning their privacy requirements with international developments in the EU and other jurisdictions. This combines with our policy work in these fields.
We are working closely with various specialist lawyers and firms in India and abroad in our art and media practice. We advise our clients on their rights in this field and support the sale of their works as individual artists or the purchases by corporate houses of such works for their collections or onward sale and exhibition. We advise on:
- Distribution Contracts
- Privacy and fair use
- Media Litigation
- Advertising and marketing
- Broadcasting
- Copyright and other IPR issues
- Co-production agreements
- Antiquities and art
- Royalties and secondary sale rights
The focus on sports in India is increasing. The combination of laws required to advise on cases involving sportspersons, the federations and the business of sports is continuously evolving. We count amongst our ranks professional sportspersons who have retired from their sport and now support others on their journeys. This personal experience creates a strong support network that our clients depend on. We advise on
• Litigation and arbitration proceedings including in CAS
• License and PR rights
• Employment contract
• Association constitutions drafting and interpretation
• Sponsorship Agreements
• Related legal queries
We provide legal advice and consultation to our clients with respect to immigration rules and nationality law, including refugee and asylum cases. We also advise on commercial aspects of emigration/immigration and guide them through the complete process of aligning the various requirements locally with those of their countries of origin or current residence. We support the huge Indian diaspora in various countries and work closely with embassies and consulates to help and support Indian-origin families aboard.
We have worked to secure the rights of persons currently facing extradition into India as well as the rights of undertrials facing extradition. We work with disadvantaged and minority groups to secure a fair hearing.
We provide legal services for all matrimonial and family disputes to our domestic as well as international clients. We support the complete process whether it deals with adoption, surrogacy, custody, marriage, recognition, divorce, domestic violence and abuse, inheritance, succession or estate management.
We regularly represent our clients before various forums such as district courts, family courts, high courts in India and the Supreme Court. We also represent other organisations such as the National Commission of Women, the National Human Rights Commission and other forums specially instituted for the rights of children and women.
We have been appreciated for our client handling skills and for giving them the personal attention and support required in delicate family issues. The courts too regularly call upon lawyers in our team to give expert opinions or act as amicus curiae in complex cases. We support our clients to resolve their disputes in the manner best suited to their interests.
We advise our domestic and international clients on all aspects of both the federal and state-specific laws governing real estate transactions. Our team regularly appears before the various designated local authorities, district courts, high courts and the Supreme Court.
We advise on:
- Due Diligence
- Disputes related to the transfer of property and real estate regulations
- Joint Development Agreements
- MOUs, lease agreements and license agreements
- Conveyance and sale
- Landlord-tenant matters
- Commercial leasing
- Real estate tax abatements and exemptions
Employment Law
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We are working hard to strengthen the rights of children in our jurisdiction. The present laws and conventions governing international and domestic custody, fostering and adoption arrangements do not adequately address the requirements of children today. Child labour and refugee children have specific challenges that require more concentrated effort to provide adequate safeguards. The rights of all children to family and security have to be recognized. Our team has been providing timely and accurate advice as well as raising awareness of these issues with governmental and other institutional agencies.
We advise on the speciality areas of non-compete, disclosure and confidentiality. Our experience with industrial and trade unions gives us a unique perspective in this field. We provide legal advice and representation in issues relating to:
- The laws governing industrial disputes and relations
- Employment Agreements
- Confidentiality Agreements
- Compliance with social security legislations
- Anti-Sexual Harassment Laws (POSH)
- Independent Contractor Agreements
- Separation Agreements
- Disputes related to arbitration agreements.
