PRACTICE AREAS
- SECTORAL SPECTRUM
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- Aviation: Advising and preparing the complete set of transactional documentation for lease of aircraft to Indian entities, their registration and de-registration, issues of finance and taxation as well as the issues arising out of international financing transactions;
- Banking & Finance: Finance Facility Documentation, Debt Recovery, Securitisation, Asset Reconstruction.
- Competition Law: Advisory and consultancy on various aspects of the Competition Act, Merger and Acquisition issues, cases related to the erstwhile MRTP Act.
- Construction/ Infrastructure: Project/Corporate Finance Documentation.
- Cosmetics & Pharmaceuticals: Advising on Intellectual Property related issues including Trademarks/Patents, Licensed Manufacturing, Business Structuring, Distributorship agreements, etc.
- Education: Joint Ventures.
- Infrastructure: Finance Documentation, Vetting and Legal Risk Analysis of tender documentation, Policy Analysis, Due Diligence Reports.
- Real Estate: Property Due Diligence, Sale-Purchase Agreements, Security Documentation.
Software Industry: License Agreements, Technology Transfer Agreement, Copyrighting of Software, JVs and Collaborations.
- SERVICES BOUQUET
- Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) - Arbitration, Conciliation & Mediation.
- Commercial
- Transactional documentation (Corporate/ Project/ Infrastructure Finance);
- Mergers and Acquisitions;
- Shareholder's matters;
- Debt structuring; and
- Transactional structuring.
- Employment Laws
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- Human resource policies and practices;
- Wage and hour issues;
- Disciplinary action and termination;
- Wrongful discharge;
- Employment agreements;
- Restrictive covenants and confidentiality agreements; and
- Unemployment compensation claims.
- General Corporate Advisory & Secretarial Practice
- Promotion, formation and incorporation of companies, including section 25 (non-profit making) companies;
- Registration of non-government organizations like societies and trusts;
- Corporate re-structuring which includes: buy-back of shares or securities, amalgamations, mergers and acquisitions, demergers and spin-offs, reduction of share capital, takeover of business/unit, takeover of companies, partnership, sole proprietary concern and winding up of companies;
- Legal compliance audit and due diligence, including secretarial audit of companies, audit of depository participants and registrar and transfer agents;
- Filing the petitions before the Company Law Board; appearing as an authorized representative before the Company Law Board, Central Government, Regional Director and the Registrar of Companies;
- Pre-certification of documents required to be filed with the Registrar of Companies & Regional Director and the Reserve Bank of India under the companies law, FEMA, labour laws, etc.;
- Maintenance of secretarial records and statutory books;
- Preparation of status and search reports for banks/ financial institutions/others, based on information with Registrar of Companies with regard to the same;
- Company law issues relating to – holding of meetings, maintenance/ filing of records/ returns, corporate governance, ESOP, insider trading, etc.; and
- Corporate governance certification under clause 49 of the Listing Agreement.
- Taxation (Indirect)
- Financial auditing / internal auditing /concurrent auditing services;
- Income taxation services (corporate and personal)/ firms/ not for profit organizations;
- Representation of cases in the Income Tax Appellant Tribunal;
- Financial consultancy;
- Service tax matters consultancy;
- Consultancy in Excise & Custom laws;
- Preparation of wealth tax returns and advise on issues related to wealth tax;
- Preparation/ review of corporate tax returns;
- Preparation/ review of withholding (TDS) tax returns;
- Review/ assistance in advance tax computations;
- Seeking Advance Rulings;
- Global Transfer Pricing; and
- Providing services related to other statutory compliances.
- Intellectual Property Rights
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Trademark
- Conducting searches;
- Filing of new trademark applications;
- Filing and defending trademark oppositions;
- Filing and defending trademark cancellation actions;
- Filing and payment of maintenance fees and declarations of use;
- Attending to recordation of assignment, merger, change of name or address;
- Attending to licensing issues and recordation;
- Undertaking and payment of renewals for trademarks;
- Providing consultation on trademark issues;
- Providing consultation on distributor agreements touching on IP issues;
- Watching the trademark gazettes for infringing marks;
- Conducting market surveys for counterfeit acts and/or market information; and
- Taking legal actions against infringers.
Patent
- Preparation of utility and design patent applications;
- On-going competitor patent review;
- Handling PTO correspondence;
- Searches with regard to patentability and validity of patents, study of prior art references, drafting technical specifications, and claim chart preparations;
- Patent illustration with state-of-the-art systems;
- Patent infringement research and drafting of necessary briefs;
- Patent compliance and technical analysis needed to create infringement-free designs for the client’s innovations; and
- Patent proofreading.
Industrial Design
- Preparation and filing of design patent applications;
- Renewal, opposition and infringement procedures;
- Design search;
- Preparation and filing of design patent applications;
- Advising on registration of design;
- Advising on infringement of design;
- Advising on opposition and licensing of design; and
- Design watch.
Copyright
- Advising on issues like registration, assignment and infringement of a copyright;
- Advising on software program copyright;
- Drafting deeds for transfer of copyright, royalty, etc.;
- Advising and assistance with registration and assignment of copyright; and
- Advising on infringement of copyright.
- Investment Issues
- Consultancy and compliances with regard to foreign direct investment for setting up joint venture entities/ wholly owned subsidiaries in India;
- Obtaining approvals from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board and/ or the Reserve Bank India for issue or transfer of shares to Overseas Corporate Bodies/ foreign nationals/ NRIs, wherever applicable;
- Filing of inward remittance certificates with the Reserve Bank India, fling of FC-GPR Forms for allotment of shares and dealing with other follow up matters;
- Obtaining various certifications prescribed under the FEMA;
- Filing applications with the Reserve Bank of India for purchase/sale of shares, debentures & securities directly to or from residents in India and outside India;
- Any other specific advice or consultancy required in relation to matters of the Foreign Investments Promotion Board and the Reserve Bank India; and
- Obtaining permissions for opening Liaison and Branch office in India.