The areas in which we provide legal advice include

• Fund formation;
• Onshore & Offshore structuring;
• Drafting offer documents for the raising of funds;
• Tax & Securities registration issues in India;
• Registration with regulatory authorities in India;
• Due Diligence of prospective investee companies;
• Negotiation assistance from term sheet stage till closing;
• Documentation & overall transactional support, including working closely with regulators like the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the Foreign Investment Promotion Board of India (FIPB) and the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI); and
• Structuring incentives and sharing of the ‘carry’ for fund managers & research analysts.

• Civil commercial contracts
• Recovery matters
• Consumer related claims and issues
• Claims of damages and compensation
• Permanent injunction suites
• Accident related claims
• Negotiable Instruments Act
• Insurance related claims
• Specific performance of contract suites
• Matrimony related disputes and issues
• Enforcement of foreign decrees and awards
• Matters pertaining to restrictive and monopolistic trade
• Recovery of debts due to banks and other financial institution
• Corporate Commercial Disputes including Shareholder Joint Venture Disputes, Contractual Disputes (Commercial contracts, Licensing contracts, Project contracts, Construction contracts, Real Estate contracts, Technology Transfer contracts, Asset and Business Transfer contracts and other Commercial contracts and arrangements), and Constitutional matters affecting client’s business interests.

• Employment contracts
• Provident fund related issues
• Contract labor
• Drafting of labor and employee policies
• Industrial policies and work related guidelines
• Handling and advising on compensation claims
• Retrenchment issues
• Employee issues during mergers, acquisitions and business takeovers
• Departmental enquiries

• Advising on Foreign Direct Investment matters
• Advising and assisting on Joint Venture initiatives
• Advising on investment opportunities in varied sectors of business
• Setting up of liaison offices and branch offices
• Business to business contracts for assisting in localization
• Vertical mergers

• Trade Mark searches
• Trade Mark registration
• Opposition proceedings and cancellation proceedings
• Trade Mark watch and renewals
• Patent searches in all jurisdictions
• Valuation of Patent
• Patentability analysis
• Patent drafting in the field of Biotechnology, Electronics, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Life Sciences
• Patent Watch
• Copyright and Design registrations and prosecution
• Investigation and raid actions in cases of infringement and counterfeiting
• Intellectual property due diligence
• Drafting and drawing the framework for Intellectual Property of companies
• e-commerce
• Conducting brand protection campaigns
• Intellectual Property audits and portfolio management
• Assignment and Licensing of intellectual property
• Training for Intellectual Property provided to in-house lawyers and brand protection managers of companies
• Passing off actions
• Enforcement actions for violation of trademark and copyright

• Land use rights issues
• Buying, selling and leasing of property in connection with various businesses
• Development of commercial, residential and industrial real estate
• Property construction, civil engineering and city planning
• Sale and lease related contracts and documentation
• Title search of properties and land
• Due diligence of residential and commercial property
• Property management