Practice Areas

Counsel that keeps a business on firm legal ground

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We act as counsel to corporations, promoters, directors, and founders on the corporate, transactional, and regulatory questions that arise as a business is built, run, and eventually restructured or exited. Our advisory work is informed by the firm's disputes practice: we structure and document matters with a clear sense of how they would be tested if a relationship later broke down.

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What we handle

 

Entity structuring and incorporation.

Choice of structure and incorporation of private limited companies, limited liability partnerships, subsidiaries, and joint-venture vehicles, and the documentation that incorporation requires. Where a matter involves foreign investment, exchange-control, or tax structuring, we advise on the legal framework and coordinate with specialist FEMA and tax advisors so that the structure is sound from every angle.

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Corporate governance.

Advice to boards, directors, and shareholders on governance, fiduciary duties, director and officer responsibilities, and the day-to-day legal questions of running a company.

 

Shareholder and investment documentation.

Shareholders' agreements, share subscription and share purchase agreements, founders' arrangements, and the rights, protections, and exit mechanisms that sit within them.

 

Joint ventures and commercial arrangements.

Joint-venture, collaboration, and strategic-alliance documentation, including the governance and deadlock provisions that determine how well the venture survives a disagreement.

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Transaction support and due diligence.

Legal due diligence and documentation support on transactions, investments, and reorganisations, coordinated with the client's financial and tax advisors.

 

Regulatory and tribunal matters.

Advisory on sector and corporate-law compliance, and appearances in corporate disputes before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), including oppression, mismanagement, and shareholder-dispute proceedings.

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Founder and start-up advisory.

Practical counsel for founders on incorporation, co-founder arrangements, term sheets, employee stock options, and the legal groundwork that early-stage companies need before they scale.

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How we approach it

Good advisory work anticipates the dispute that never has to happen. We advise with the litigator's eye — asking, at every stage, how a document or decision would hold up if it were challenged — and we keep the commercial objective at the centre of the legal advice. We would rather give a client a clear, usable position than an exhaustive memorandum that leaves the decision unmade.

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Who we act for

Domestic and multinational companies; promoters, directors, and family-owned businesses; founders and early-stage companies; and private clients structuring their commercial interests.