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PRACTICE AREAS
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SECTORAL SPECTRUM
  • 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
  • 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

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.

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