24 Business Practices. One Accountability Line.

Buy-side and sell-side M&A across India, the UAE, the USA, and global corridors. Deal structuring, legal due diligence, SPA/SSA/SHA documentation, regulatory approvals (CCI, FEMA, NCLT, SEBI), earn-out and indemnity structuring, distressed and IBC acquisitions, and 100-day post-merger integration. Strategic parent-group deal advisory is delivered by group brand Solvencis.

Capital Markets & Securities

IPO and SME IPO readiness, DRHP and offer-document work, QIPs, rights issues, preferential allotments, NCD and debt programmes, AIF/VCF structuring onshore and in GIFT City, and the SEBI LODR continuous-disclosure regime. Built for mid-market and first-time issuers, SME listings, fund sponsors, and merchant bankers needing scalable co-counsel.

Company Law & Corporate Governance

Outside general counsel and legal-operations infrastructure: Companies Act compliance and ROC/MCA filings, board and committee advisory, related-party transaction structuring, SEBI LODR governance, governance risk analytics, crisis and white-collar defence coordination, and cross-border entity architecture across India, the UAE, and the USA, on flat-fee retainers.

Commercial Contracts

Drafting, redlining, negotiation, abstraction, and obligation tracking across MSAs, NDAs, SaaS and technology contracts, distribution and channel-partner agreements, vendor and supply-chain documentation, and cross-border frameworks, with DPDP-compliant data clauses. Delivered bespoke, productized through Vetted, or as a managed CLM, with Legal Protect 360 cover for contract-related legal risk.

Disputes & Restructuring

3 Practices · Disputes & Restructuring

Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

Domestic and international arbitration across SIAC, LCIA, ICC, DIAC, and Indian institutional seats (MCIA, DIAC Delhi, IIAC, IAMC), plus interim relief, award challenges under Sections 34 and 37, enforcement of foreign awards against Indian assets, mediation, and litigation finance through FundMyCase for qualified matters.

Insolvency & Restructuring (IBC)

The full distress lifecycle on every side of the table: pre-IBC workouts, OTS and RBI-framework restructuring, CIRP under Sections 7, 9, 10, and 95, the new creditor-initiated process (CIIRP) under the 2026 Amendment, resolution plans and CoC strategy, Section 32A clean-slate acquisitions, liquidation, personal guarantors, and cross-border distress. Turnaround strategy with group brand Solvencis; litigation finance via FundMyCase.

Antitrust & Competition

Competition Commission of India (CCI) merger-control filings, anti-competitive-conduct defence (cartel, abuse-of-dominance), leniency applications, and competition-compliance programme design.

Regulatory & Compliance

4 Practices · Regulatory & Compliance

Banking & Finance

The full financing lifecycle for lenders and borrowers: structuring, due diligence, loan documentation, security creation and perfection (ROC/CERSAI), RBI and FEMA compliance, ECBs under the revised 2026 framework, restructuring, and SARFAESI / DRT / IBC recovery through panel advocates. Litigation finance via FundMyCase on qualified matters.

Tax & Transfer Pricing

The full tax lifecycle across direct tax, GST, and transfer pricing: structuring and advisory, compliance at managed-service scale, notice and audit response, litigation from CIT(A) and ITAT through the High Courts and GSTAT, and the certainty instruments (APAs, safe harbours, settlements) that end disputes. Built for the transition years: the Income-tax Act 2025 and GST 2.0 mean every position now straddles two regimes.

Data Protection & Privacy

India DPDP Act, EU GDPR, UK GDPR, and sector frameworks (HIPAA, PCI-DSS where in scope). Data-protection-impact assessments, DPA negotiation, cross-border transfer mechanisms (SCCs / DPDP equivalents), and incident-response playbooks.

Employment & Labour

Employment contract drafting, ESOP design and rollout, severance and exit work, internal investigation support, POSH (sexual-harassment) compliance, and representation in labour-court and industrial-disputes proceedings.

Sector & Industry

11 Practices · Sector & Industry

Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT)

Sector-specific advisory for tech, SaaS, e-commerce, fintech, ed-tech, OTT, and telecom, IT Act compliance, intermediary safe-harbour, content regulation, telecom licensing, and the regulatory layer that intersects with data, IP, and consumer protection.

Healthcare & Life Sciences

Regulatory advisory for hospitals, pharma, medical devices, biotech, and digital health, drug and clinical-trial regulation, DCGI approvals, telemedicine compliance, healthcare data privacy, and medical-negligence dispute defence.

Energy & Infrastructure

Project documentation across power, renewables, oil & gas, roads, ports, airports, and urban infrastructure, concession agreements, EPC contracts, financing documentation, regulatory approvals, and dispute work across CERC / SERC / arbitration tribunals.

Financial Services & Fintech

Regulatory advisory for fintech, payment systems, lending platforms, neobanks, wealth-tech, and insurance distribution, RBI digital-lending rules, payment-aggregator licensing, IRDAI regulations, and the cross-cutting compliance overlay across KYC, AML, and consumer protection.

Real Estate & RERA

Title diligence, lease and leave-and-license drafting, RERA registration and compliance, large-format real-estate transactions, society redevelopment (CHS) documentation, and dispute work across consumer fora and civil courts.

Manufacturing & Industrial

Sector-specific advisory for manufacturers, industrial groups, and supply-chain operators. Plant land and labour, EPC and supplier contracts, environmental and pollution-control compliance, product-liability defence, and the cross-border IP and tech-transfer agreements that ride alongside production.

Retail, Consumer & D2C

Consumer-protection advisory for retail, FMCG, e-commerce, and D2C brands. Marketplace-platform structuring, advertising and labelling compliance, returns / warranty policy, customer-grievance frameworks, and the GST and BIS overlay that comes with selling to consumers.

Aviation & Maritime

Sector advisory for airlines, MROs, port operators, shipping lines, and logistics groups. DGCA and DGS approvals, lease and finance documentation for aircraft and vessels, casualty and salvage support, and the cross-border bilateral and treaty work that frames international transport.

Education & EdTech

Regulatory advisory for universities, schools, training institutes, and EdTech platforms. UGC and AICTE approvals, foreign-collaboration MoUs, online-education and ODL compliance, learner-data protection, and the consumer-protection overlay specific to education services.

Hospitality, Travel & Tourism

Sector advisory for hotels, restaurant groups, OTAs, tour operators, and the broader travel ecosystem. Hotel management agreements, F&B licensing, tour-operator regulation, traveller-protection rules, and the consumer-grievance framework that defines hospitality liability.

Defence, Aerospace & Public Sector

Regulatory advisory for defence manufacturers, aerospace OEMs, and PSU / public-sector counterparties. DPSU and SP-route procurement, offset compliance, ToT and licence-production agreements, public-procurement disputes, and the bilateral-treaty layer specific to defence trade.

Cross-Cutting

2 Practices · Cross-Cutting

Intellectual Property

The full IP value lifecycle: patent and trademark filing and prosecution, copyright, designs, and trade-secret programmes, IP contracts and licensing, managed portfolio and docketing at scale, IP due diligence on transactions, and graduated enforcement through the High Court IP Divisions. AI-era questions, training data, AI-generated works, and personality rights, handled as core work.

ESG, Sustainability & Climate