Incorporation and structuring, joint ventures and shareholder arrangements, foreign direct investment, commercial contracts, and day-to-day corporate advisory.
Civil, commercial, and company-law litigation before Indian courts and tribunals, including interim relief and enforcement.
Domestic and international commercial arbitration — drafting clauses, conducting references, and challenging or enforcing awards.
Trade mark and copyright filing and prosecution, licensing, and action against infringement and passing off.
Advice on sectoral regulation, data protection, and compliance for Indian and foreign-owned entities operating in India.
Due diligence, documentation, and dispute work for commercial property transactions.
Most of a company's legal exposure is fixed long before any dispute arises — in how it is incorporated, who controls it, and what its contracts actually say. We advise on the full life of an Indian enterprise: choosing between a private limited company, a limited liability partnership, or another vehicle; structuring shareholder and joint-venture arrangements so that control, deadlock, and exit are dealt with in advance rather than litigated later; and drafting the commercial contracts — supply, distribution, services, licensing, and shareholders' agreements — on which the business runs. For overseas clients we map the foreign-investment position onto the commercial plan, so that ownership and funding sit comfortably with the applicable sectoral conditions.
When a commercial relationship breaks down, the early decisions shape everything that follows. We conduct civil, commercial, and company-law litigation before the courts and tribunals of India, from recovery suits and contractual claims to oppression-and-mismanagement and insolvency proceedings. Particular attention goes to the interim stage — injunctions, attachment, and other protective orders — because a position secured early is far harder for an opponent to erode. We advise candidly on the merits before a matter is filed, on the likely cost and timeline, and on whether a negotiated resolution serves the client better than a judgment years away.
Arbitration is now the default for serious commercial contracts, and the chambers handles it end to end. That begins with the clause itself: a clear seat, the governing rules, the language, the number of arbitrators, and a workable appointment mechanism, drafted to withstand a later challenge to jurisdiction. We conduct domestic and international references, both institutional and ad hoc, and act in the court proceedings that surround them — applications for interim measures, challenges to the constitution of a tribunal, and the setting-aside or enforcement of awards under Indian law. The discipline of arbitration, where a single document often decides the outcome, informs how we draft contracts in the first place.
A brand or a body of original work is frequently a company's most valuable asset and its least protected. We carry out clearance searches, file and prosecute trade mark and copyright applications, and structure licensing and assignment so that rights are not quietly lost in the paperwork. On the enforcement side we act against infringement and passing off, combining cease-and-desist correspondence, injunctive relief, and, where it is the better course, negotiated coexistence. The advice is always practical about what enforcement realistically achieves and what it costs.
Operating in India means operating within a layered regime of sectoral regulation, foreign-investment conditions, and data-protection obligations. We advise Indian and foreign-owned entities on the rules that apply to their sector, on building compliance into ordinary business processes rather than bolting it on after an inspection, and on responding when a regulator raises a question. The object is to keep the client compliant without smothering the business in process it does not need.
Commercial property transactions turn on diligence done properly. We examine title, verify approvals and encumbrances, and prepare the agreements, leases, and conveyances that record the deal, flagging the risks a buyer or tenant should price in before committing. Where a property dispute has already arisen — over title, possession, or the terms of a lease — we act to protect the client's interest through the appropriate forum.