Areas of Practice

Counsel across the commercial, criminal and constitutional bar.

Instructions are accepted in the areas set out below. Each matter is conducted personally, with junior counsel engaged where it warrants.

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Corporate & Commercial

Advisory and contentious work for companies at every stage — from formation and shareholder arrangements through commercial contracting, banking and finance documentation, and mergers and acquisitions. Ongoing corporate advisory is provided under the Companies Act and allied enactments.

Business LawCorporate LawBusiness FormationCommercial LawContractsBanking & FinanceMergers & AcquisitionsConsumer Law

Criminal Defence

Defence at trial and on appeal, bail and anticipatory bail, petitions for quashing, and representation through investigation and remand. Economic and white-collar offences are handled alongside proceedings under special enactments including the NIA Act.

Criminal DefenceWhite Collar CrimeBail & Anticipatory BailQuashing PetitionsNIA Act MattersAppeals & Revisions

Litigation & Arbitration

Civil, commercial and corporate litigation before the High Courts and district courts, together with domestic and international arbitration under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act. Mediation is pursued where it serves the client better than a contested hearing.

Civil LitigationCommercial LitigationCorporate LitigationBusiness LitigationArbitrationInternational ArbitrationMediation

Insolvency & NCLT

Appearances before the National Company Law Tribunal, New Delhi. Work covers corporate insolvency resolution, applications by financial and operational creditors, claims and resolution plans under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, and company matters under the Companies Act.

Insolvency & Bankruptcy CodeCorporate Insolvency ResolutionCompany MattersNCLT New DelhiCreditor Applications

Property & Land

Land acquisition and compensation, consolidation proceedings, title and partition disputes, landlord and tenant matters, construction and development disputes, and matters concerning co-operative societies.

Property LawLand AcquisitionConsolidationLandlord & TenantConstruction LawCo-operative SocietiesReal Estate

Constitutional & Service

Writ petitions before the High Courts under Articles 226 and 227, service matters including departmental proceedings, promotion and seniority disputes, education matters, contempt proceedings, and administrative law generally.

Constitutional WritsService MattersEducation MattersContempt ProceedingsAdministrative Law

Employment

Advice and representation for both employers and employees — wrongful termination, workplace discrimination, complaints of sexual harassment and the internal committee process, and whistleblower protection.

EmploymentWrongful TerminationDiscriminationSexual HarassmentWhistleblower

Intellectual Property & Estate

Trademark, copyright and patent matters including prosecution support, oppositions and infringement proceedings; technology and industry advisory; and estate planning including wills and probate.

TrademarkCopyrightPatentsScience & TechnologyEstate PlanningWill & ProbateInternational Law

Engagement

How a matter is taken on.

Step one

Consultation

The facts, the documents and the forum are established.

Step two

Assessment

A candid reading of the merits, the likely timeline and the cost.

Step three

Engagement

Terms are recorded in writing before any filing is made.

Step four

Conduct

The matter is argued by the counsel you instructed.

Consultation

Discuss your matter in confidence.

An initial conversation establishes the facts, the forum and the realistic course available to you.

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