Practice Areas

Real Estate

India has witnessed an exponential growth in the real estate sector, in the past decade. As one of the most experienced real estate practices, we simplify bureaucracy and adopt a straightforward and pragmatic approach. The real estate practice is headed by one of our senior partners, who possesses more than thirty years of real estate and conveyancing experience. Our team delivers comprehensive advice on legal and regulatory issues faced in the development of residential and commercial properties. Our services in the real estate sector broadly includes:

• Commercial projects
• Residential projects
• Real estate related dispute resolutions
• Venture capital funds and investment in the real estate entities
• Redevelopment projects
• TDR acquisitions
• SRA projects

Dispute Resolution

Dispute resolution (more particularly litigation and arbitration) is a very integral part of the judicial system in India. The Firm’s dispute resolution practice is one of the oldest in India. Our senior partners head the dispute resolution team and provide clients with creative and unconventional solutions, to complex legal issues, drawing upon their experience of over thirty years. Our work in this area includes assisting on:

• Pre-litigation strategy
• Domestic litigations in all courts and forums in India including Securities Litigation before Securities Exchange Board of India and Securities Appellate Tribunal
• International and domestic commercial arbitrations
• Negotiations, conciliations and mediations
• Enforcement of the foreign judgments and awards in India

General Corporate

We advise on full range of corporate and commercial matters, right from advising on the setting up of an appropriate entity to a spectrum of complex regulatory issues in relation to such legal entities. Our work in general corporate practice includes:

• Strategic alliances & collaborations
• Conducting due-diligences including vendor due diligences
• Setting up entities and governance thereof
• Advising entities on regulatory and tax aspects
• Assisting entities in making filings with the regulators
• Assisting on all agreements related to entities

Foreign Investments, Private Equity & Joint Ventures

India offers tremendous business opportunities across sectors for foreign players. Our expert team assists the clients in tapping full potential of the Indian market. We bring to the table customized structure options tailor made for the needs of our clients. Our works in this area include:

• Advising on all legal issues relating to inbound investments
• Assisting in documentation for inbound transactions
• Assisting in making all requisite filings with the regulator
• Registrations of the Foreign Institutional Investor and Foreign Venture Capital Funds
• Assisting in making applications and filings with the regulator
• Setting up of liaison, branch and project offices In India
• Obtaining requisite approvals required from the regulator where investments are not permitted under automatic route

Mergers & Amalgamations

India is one of the hot destinations for M&A activity. The rich experience of our team in this area and general corporate practice combined provides valuable advice to the client on mergers and acquisitions. Our services in the area include assisting on:

• Structuring schemes of arrangements, reconstructions and demergers
• Acquisition and divestment of shares, assets and businesses of private, public and listed entities
• Friendly and Hostile Takeover of the Company under the Indian Takeover Code
• Leveraged buy-outs

Overseas Investment

Outbound investments are steadily increasing, on account of the desire and need for Indian players to acquire access to the natural resources, technology or skills and create new international markets for their products or services. We assist our clients on the transaction right from structuring the outbound investment to conclusion of the deal while securing maximum value for our clients. Our work in this area includes:

• Structuring the outbound transaction
• Assisting in the documentation
• Assisting in making filings with the concerned regulatory bodies
• Advising on all legal issues in relation to the outbound transactions

Estate Planning, Trust & Private Clients

We understand the importance of arranging for the disposal of an estate, in order to avoid future uncertainties regarding succession and to the importance if securing the the maximum value of the estate by reducing taxes and other expenses. We therefore have a fully developed team to assist and advice on:

• Tax efficient wealth management and estate planning
• Efficient business succession planning
• Family succession planning (through use of trusts, etc)
• Wills / Codicils / Probate matters

Tax

Being a full service law firm, we have a specialized taxation team to advice on most tax efficient structures for our transactions. We understand that the aspect of taxation has significant bearing on advices to clients in any and all practice areas of law for the advice to have maximum value. We therefore have a team which advices on both direct and indirect taxes.

Intellectual Property Rights

With the tremendous value that Intellectual Property Rights offers to corporates and individuals, it has become very important to preserve these rights. To this end, our team vastly assists clients on:

• Trademark and domain name searches, filings, registrations and renewals
• Copyright registrations and renewals
• Drafting patent applications, patent registrations and renewals
• Design registrations and renewals
• Intellectual property litigations
• Intellectual property enforcements
• Licensing of technical know-how and intellectual property rights

Banking & Finance

Banking and Finance industry in India has witnessed considerable expansion and growth in last two decades. The law in this sector is dynamic and witnesses constant changes by the regulators. Our team aims at providing innovative and solution based advice to our clients. Our work in banking and finance primarily includes:

• Financing and Loan documentation
• External Commercial Borrowings
• Syndicate financing
• Restructuring and Insolvency
• Non-Banking Financial Companies

Employment & Labour Law

Employees are top priority of any successful organization. Therefore, attracting and managing talent is very important for corporate houses to flourish. This being said, the employment laws are becoming more and more stringent in India. Our team is equipped in providing creative, realistic and commercial solutions on employment laws. Our services in this area include advice on:

• Employment agreements
• Statutory compliances
• Employee handbooks
• Human resource / personnel policies
• Labour disputes and employee claims
• Expatriate taxation, social security & immigration issue.