• Advising Clients » on preparing and negotiating documents on lending / loan / facilities / loan products extended
by banks and financial institutions (including consortium finance, refinance, syndicated lending
etc.), preparing security documents. » in relation to cash credit facilities (like bill discounting, letter of credit facility, pre and post
shipment, bank guarantees), term loan facilities, housing loan, and preparing related
security documents. » on creation and enforceability of mortgages and general banking related issues. » on defaults by borrowers, on non-performing assets and on recovery mechanism. » on general corporate financing, private and corporate banking transactions, trade financing
and other forms of negotiable instruments.
• Representing clients in: » Debts Recovery Tribunal. » High Courts. » Supreme Court
• Adjudication of security documents for payment of stamp duty and registration of the
documents, if required.
• Conducting title due diligence and issuing title certificates/reports.
DIRECT TAXATION
• General Taxation Advisory.
• Cross-Border tax advice in relation to optimum tax planning, structuring, documentation and
overall guidance to minimise taxation through established legal practices.
• End to end services in Transfer Pricing from setting up transfer pricing policy, documentation,
Form 3CEB compilation, representation and submissions before TPO and various judicial
forums like Dispute Resolution Panel, Income Tax Appellate tribunal and Higher Courts.
• Tax advisory in relation to Inbound investments via FDI, FII and Private Equity route with special
expertise in derivatives, Capital Markets and securities laws.
• Opinion on taxation in regard to various triangular taxation, attribution of profit to a
Permanent Establishment, Withholding tax issues and various related issues like taxation
of royalty, Fees for technical Services and Force of attraction principle in relation to
Cross Border Taxation.
• Advise and Opinions on taxation and Accounting treatment in relation to derivatives and
securitisation accounting from the perspective of US GAAP, and current and proposed Indian
GAAP.
• Preparing pleadings and representation in Income Tax matters before various tax authorities
and judicial forums.
• Taxation and Financial Due Diligence for PE investment and funding transactions.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION, ARBITRATION
LITIGATION
• Advising clients on: » Choice of law, jurisdiction and conflict of laws. » Pre-litigation and dispute resolution strategy. » Enforcement of foreign judgments in Indian courts. » Choice of arbitration- domestic or foreign, choice of law, place of arbitration and related documentation.
• Representing clients before: » Supreme Court » High Courts » City Civil & Sessions Court » Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court » Small Causes Court » National Company Law Tribunal, Estate Officers, Conciliations Officer, Sub-Registrar and Registrar
• Drafting pleadings and filing papers in the forums/courts.
ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
• Representing clients: » To obtain interim measures before courts in relation to the subject matter of Arbitration. » In the Arbitration proceedings. » In proceedings challenging the Arbitration award and its enforceability. » In courts to enforce an award - domestic or foreign. » In Lok Adalats and Mahalok Adalats (Mediation Proceedings)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
• General Advisory in relation to various IPR laws and issues like Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights,
Geographical Indications, Trade Secrets, Integrated Circuits, Plant Protection and
Biodiversity Acts.
• Application and representation before the Registry of Trademarks for oppositions, examinations
and rectifications.
• Drafting of Claims, specifications and responses to Examination report for patent applications
including PCT applications.
• Advise and representation before the Bombay High Court and the Intellectual Property
Appellate Board in Trademark, Patent and Copyright matters.
• Drafting of employment, Non compete and trade secret agreements.
• IPR Due Diligence in case of funding and PE investment.
PROPERTY AND REAL ESTATE
• Advising Clients on » Purchase and sale of properties (e.g. land and buildings) privately or in trusts, societies,
condominiums, housing estates, commercial and shopping complexes, offices and industrial
units. » Legal, regulatory and taxation issues on cross border investment in real estate and in
residential & commercial properties. » Land laws, development control regulations, public trusts, redevelopment of slums and cessed
buildings.
• Advising and preparing documentations in relation to transfer of property, settlements,
mortgages, assignments, lease, licence, gifts.
• Advising and representing clients in land and property disputes.
• Title investigation, title search, due diligence of properties.
• Stamp duty, property tax, and registration of real estate transactions.
