The Firm has rich and unique experience in the sphere of international laws relating to trade remedial measures like anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and safeguard measures. It has been engaged by the domestic Industry, exporters, importers and various government bodies in the most contentious trade remedy cases in India. The track record of the Firm ant-dumping and safeguard cases had been widely appreciated. The firm represents its clients from the inception to the completion of any proceedings i.e., from the administrative and quasi-judicial bodies to the Supreme Court. The Firm has been retained for important assignments from time to time by the Ministry of Commerce on policy issues and negotiations in WTO.
The practice consists of advising lending institutions in financing domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and equity investments. The Firm assists banks and venture capital firms on all aspects of the deal structure, negotiations and documentation including issues of commercial lending, leasing and other asset-backed activity, real estate finance, securities and debt recovery issues. The partner and associates of the Firm represent the interests of bankers and investors on the boards of incubates, start-ups and invested companies. The firm has advised issuers, merchant bankers and investors on FCCBs, GDRs, IPO’s, high-yield offerings and other private placement transactions. In the year 2007 alone, the Firm acted as the legal advisor to lead managers and issuers of FCCBs/GDR issues in the Luxembourg and Singapore Stock Exchanges in over 20 issues.
The Firm represents and counsels domestic and international businesses and clients in corporate, partnership, securities and business law matters. The Firm’s expertise includes the information of incorporated and unincorporated business and associations, tax structuring, public and private debt financing. The Firm frequently advises on corporate governance issues, reporting and disclosure requirements, limitations on foreign investments, as well as on various alternatives, such as joint ventures, minority acquisitions and such post transactional matters as financing alternatives, licensing, public relations matters and market entry strategies. T he Firm also regularly advises on general commercial and corporate transactional matters, including commercial agreements, mergers and acquisitions.
The Firm has a strong competition and consumer law team and has represented almost all leading consumer organisations in the country. The Firm helps manage one of the country’s largest resource centres on consumer law and policy in India and its dedicated band of researchers had been involved in addressing various legal remedies affecting consumers at large. The Firm has helped conceive, manage and implement the CORE Centre project on behalf of the Consumer Co-ordination Council and the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
The Firm advises on a variety of issues in the sphere of general duty structure, levels of protection, sector-specific matters, etc. The Firm represents its clients before quasi-judicial authorities, various High Courts and Supreme Court of India. The Firm assists various international law firms and corporations on indirect tax issues right from setting up operations in India to the import and export of goods. The Firm has extensive experience on issues relating to valuation, related party transactions, classification, interpretation of notifications and filing of representations before Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Finance. The Firm has successfully conducted compliance checks for its clients to avoid pitfalls and litigation. The Firm has devised operating procedures for many of its clients and has conducted global indirect tax minimisation programs for multinational clients.
The Firm counsels several Fortune 500 companies on patents, trademarks, copyright and trade secrets, as well as on the new concepts embodied in the intellectual content of digital information. It provides intellectual property advice in the course of transactions, prepare registrations and litigate for a while range of clients as they create, acquire, license, divest and litigate on intellectual property rights on a global basis. The Firm has had substantial experience in trademark, copyright, computer software licensing, information technology law, libel, advertising, media, privacy, multimedia, trade secret, trade regulation and unfair competition issues.
The Firm is actively involved in litigation and has filed over 2500 Special Leave Petitions/Writ Petitions/Appeals and over 10000 Applications before the Supreme Court of India various High Courts and other appellate fora. The Firm’s exposure to litigation ranges from the subordinate to the appellate courts in several State of India. Apart from this, the associates and partners of the Firm regularly appear before various forums such as the Company Law Board, ITAT, CESTAT, MRTP Commission, Designated Authorities and other adjudicatory bodies. Further, the Firm interacts actively with most leading Senior Counsels of the country and has retained their services for its clients.
Our lawyers/consultants also advise the Government of India and exporters in the WTO dispute settlement process and negotiations in the WTO. The Firm is also consulted on various procedural and legal aspects relating to anti-dumping, subsidies and safeguards and other international trade related areas including bilateral and multi-lateral trade arrangements by the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India as well as various apex chambers of commerce and industry. Our Firm has also been retained by the Ministry of Commerce to draft the new anti-dumping and anti-subsidy laws for India.