Aviation

The Firm is capable of assisting with any issue facing airlines, financial institutions, governments and insurers.

The Firm handles matters relating to the Aviation industry and Aerospace laws including Corporate counseling on constructions relating to airports, joint ventures, and strategic alliances; assisting lessors, lessees, lenders, arrangers, airlines, manufactures, insurers and export credit agencies in all matters relating to the sale, purchase, lease, financing and insuring of commercial aircraft and related equipment worldwide, including securitization.

The Firm have advised on matters relating to advertising, airport operator relationships, construction agreements, concessions, shopping center, travel agent relationships, general aviation, catering, ground handling, cargo, real estate, insurance, premises and vendors; representing investors acquiring equity in domestic and foreign companies and airlines; and advising clients with respect to labour, employment and personnel matters; and in handling passenger relations and liability claims.

In addition to typical commercial and legal issues which arise in financial transactions in the industry, the financial side of the practice addresses, and in many cases, develops, innovative structures involving true or synthetic leases, loan securitization, asset preservation and enhancement..

Industry and Labour

The firm provide day-to-day consultation and advisory work, information and opinions on all matter pertaining to Industrial and Labour Laws; and also advice in connection with the registration of the establishment under the applicable labour laws; and its compliance under the various labour laws. The firm gives information and advice in respect of new amendments/ notification under the labour laws in order to keep its clients abreast with the changes in law.

Its counsels have extensive experience in handling of labour related matters / disputes and have regularly been assisting and representing Clients before the judicial and quasi-judicial authorities in respect of matters relating to the Contract Labour (Regulation and Arbitration) Act, 1970 and the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and the Rules and Regulations framed thereunder. Its services include negotiations, settlement between the management and the labour unions, opinion on various issues pertaining to labour matters and representing the management before the relevant courts/forums.

Corporate and Commercial Transactions

Advising its clients over the breadth of commercial matters, including fiscal matters, mergers, acquisitions and take-overs, monopolies and restrictive trade practices (anti-trust actions) and all other aspects of corporate governance.Advising its clients over the breadth of commercial matters, including fiscal matters, mergers, acquisitions and take-overs, monopolies and restrictive trade practices (anti-trust actions) and all other aspects of corporate governance.

Assisting and advising industries, institutions and associations on matters arising out of the negotiations of trade agreements and their consequences.

Advising on compliance with the relevant laws, rules and regulations including recovery and reimbursement issues, advice to public authorities and beneficiaries on how transactions should be structured

Advising its clients dealing in information technology business and the overall structuring of launching new ventures, companies and web sites/Portal etcAdvising its clients dealing in information technology business and the overall structuring of launching new ventures, companies and web sites/Portal etc..

Advising on customs issues, such as classification and valuation of goods and matters concerning Foreign Exchange Management Act; Anti-dumping proceedings before the Designated Authority and Tribunal;

Drafting of agreements pertaining of information and Technology, Software Development, Tenders, Management Control, Franchises etc;

Drafting all kinds of Agreements, e.g. relating to: Land and Building, Advertising, Copyright, Employment, Underwriting and Brokerage, Agency and Distributorship, Contracts of Guarantee and Indemnities, Hire Purchase, Hypothecation & Pledge, Foreign Collaboration, Joint Ventures, Labour; And Deeds concerning property, Lease, partition, Sale, Trust and Societies besides other miscellaneous agreements.

Litigation, Arbitration And Alternate Dispute Resolution

The firm’s litigation and arbitration teams are active in commercial, civil and regulatory disputes of every size and nature. The firm representits clients before various judicial and quasi-judicial authorities and tribunals including the Supreme Court of India, High Courts of various States, District Courts for Criminal matters, Boards of Industrial & Financial Reconstruction, Labour Courts and Consumer Protection Forums.

Its counsels have extensive experience in litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution.

Its counsels have extensive experience in criminal courts across the country for criminal prosecution as well as defense for the accused in various courts in the country. The Firm has handled criminal prosecutions for crimes ranging from quasi criminal cases to crimes relating to society.

Its counsels lay special emphasis on planning the case, whether in litigation or arbitration, depending on the strength or weakness and the instructions of the client. Clients are advised on the timing of negotiating settlement, settlement conditions and documentation thereof. In pursuing litigation, focus is on expediting favorable results by overcoming delays planned by the opposition through strategic methods. Having represented as counsel and as arbitrators in numerous arbitrations and ADR procedures, the firm are able to provide advice on the comparative advantages, including costs, of conducting arbitrations under different set of rules and in different places. This enables clients to make informed decisions on pursuing arbitration, other forms of dispute resolution or settlement.

Competition

The firm provides legal assistance on competition issues arising from take-overs, mergers and acquisitions, dissolution of businesses, reconstructions and joint ventures. We also have a dedicated team skilled in due diligence assignments.

Taxation

The firm advises its clients on all aspects of Goods and Service Tax, and indirect tax, in particular on property purchases and loan structures. We handle tax appeals before various benches on Income Tax Tribunals.

Intellectual Property

The firm advices its clients on copyrights, designs, patents, trademarks, franchising and licensing in diverse fields such as biotechnology, software entertainment, chemicals and pharmaceuticals

As a specialist law Firm, , offers the complete range of law related services. It co-operates with commercial firms and lawyers both within India and outside.

The firm provides professional services to Indian and foreign clients on various other sphere of law, such as, Collaboration, Joint Ventures. Assisting on all aspects of corporate and commercial compliance with all procedural requirements, like obtaining approvals from Reserve Bank of India and other administrative organs of Governments, registration of Trade marks, Patent, Design etc.

The firm’s objective is to provide fully co-ordinated services attuned to the needs of its clients.The firm’s objective is to provide fully coordinated services attuned to the needs of its clients.