- Formation and Governance of entities: Assisting with entity formation (e.g., LLCs, corporations), drafting bylaws, board and corporate governance advice and support; acting as resident / independent director.
- Day-to-day legal advice: Providing ongoing legal counsel on various corporate matters.
- Commercial Contracts: Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts for goods and services, intellectual property, distribution, financing, and joint ventures.
- Expertise in various contract types: service agreements, software product licenses, implementation agreements, EULAs, shrinkwrap license agreements, SAAS Agreements, sales and distribution agreements, strategic partnership contracts, joint venture agreements, employment contracts, etc.
- Strong drafting skills: Ensuring clarity, comprehensiveness, and protection of client interests.
- Negotiation prowess: Bringing years of experience to clients in complex negotiations.
- Risk identification and mitigation: Proactively addressing potential legal issues in contracts.
- Commercial litigation: Representing clients in breach of contract, intellectual property, antitrust, and other commercial disputes.
- Employment litigation: Representing employers or employees in employment-related litigation.
- Regulatory Licenses: Advice on licensing requirements for various businesses, depending on the type and nature of requirements including licenses/ authorisations from regulators like TRAI, RBI, SEBI and IRDA.
- Anti-corruption: Implementing anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) programs, conducting risk assessments, and providing training.
- Anti-money laundering (AML): Developing AML compliance programs, monitoring transactions, and reporting suspicious activity.
- Modern slavery regulations: Advising on compliance with global modern slavery laws, conducting due diligence, and developing responsible sourcing strategies.
- Whistleblowing and Ethics: Advising and Supporting on compliance with whistleblowing requirements and setting up and implementing a whistleblowing and ethics program.
- Corporate governance: Assisting with board meetings, shareholder relations, and executive compensation matters.
- Data privacy compliance - Advising on compliance with data privacy regulations, gap analysis and remedial measures and support on managing data privacy compliance requirements
- Data security - Implementing cybersecurity measures, responding to data breaches, and advising on cyber insurance.
- Advising on employment contracts and disputes.
- Employment contracts and policies: Drafting and reviewing employment contracts, handbooks, and policies.
- Support in internal investigations and action.
- Conducting internal investigations: Investigating allegations of fraud, misconduct, or ethical violations.
- Preserving evidence and interviewing witnesses: Ensuring a thorough and impartial investigation.
- Providing legal advice and recommendations: Guiding clients on appropriate remedial actions.
- Managing communications and public relations: Protecting the client's reputation.
- Cooperating with regulatory authorities: If necessary, assisting with regulatory investigations.
- Transaction structuring: Structuring to ensure transactions are legally compliant and commercially viable.
- Documentation support and negotiation: Documentation support right from the term sheet stage to closing and post closing of transaction documents. Negotiating favourable deal terms for clients in mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures.
- Due diligence: Conducting comprehensive due diligence to identify potential risks and opportunities.
- Regulatory approvals: Obtaining necessary regulatory approvals for transactions.
- Post-closing integration: Assisting with integration of acquired businesses.
- Fund formation: Advising private equity funds on formation, and compliance.
- Portfolio investment: Advising private equity funds on investments in portfolio companies.
- Exit strategies: Assisting private equity funds with exits from portfolio companies.
- Compliance and regulatory matters: Advising private equity funds on compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
- Guiding clients through real estate transactions, acquisition of property, leases, financing, developm ent projects and property management arrangements.
- Real estate transactions: Representing clients in buying, selling, leasing, and financing real estate.
- Real estate litigation: Representing clients in real estate-related disputes.
- Property management: Support on contracting, advising property owners and managers on legal issues related to property management and related compliances.
- Providing legal counsel on issues related to intellectual property, data privacy, e-commerce, and emerging technologies like AI and blockchain.
- Litigation and Dispute Resolution: Representing clients in commercial disputes, contract breaches, shareholder disagreements, and regulatory investigations.
- E-commerce and online transactions: Ensuring compliance with online privacy laws and regulations.
- Emerging technologies: Advising on legal issues related to artificial intelligence, blockchain, and other emerging technologies.
- Policy Development and Drafting:Working closely with clients to understand their specific needs and draft clear, concise, and enforceable policies covering a wide range of areas, including:
- Data Privacy, Technology & Cybersecurity: Data privacy policy, intellectual property, acceptable use of technology, data retention and governance.
- Governance and compliance: Corporate Code of Ethics / Business Conduct policy, corporate governance, board of directors' responsibilities, conflict of interest, insider trading, anti-corruption, whistleblowing, corporate gifting policy, anti-money laundering, modern slavery, and supply chain/ ethical sourcing.
- Human resources: Equal opportunity policy, anti-discrimination, prevention of harassment, prevention of sexual harassment, employee conduct, and human rights policy.
- Policy Review and Audit: Support in assessment and audit of existing policies for effectiveness, compliance, and alignment with current regulations and best practices.
- Training and Education: Provision of training sessions and workshops to senior management for sensitisation on corporate governance matters and policies and also to employees to help them understand and adhere to company policies.
- Risk Management and Mitigation: Identify and mitigate potential risks associated with policy gaps or inconsistencies, including in implementation of policies.
- Litigation Support: Legal counsel and support in case of policy-related disputes or litigation.