What we advise on

Representation in civil, commercial and criminal proceedings from institution through to appeal and execution, before the District Courts, the High Court of Delhi, the Supreme Court of India and statutory tribunals.

• Commercial suits, recovery proceedings and summary suits under Order XXXVII CPC
• Civil appeals, revisions and writ petitions
• Execution and enforcement proceedings
• Criminal complaints and defence, including proceedings under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act
• Consumer disputes before District, State and National Commissions
• Interim relief — injunctions, attachment before judgment, and appointment of receivers

Advice and representation across the life of an arbitration under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — from the drafting of the clause through to realising the money under an award.

• Drafting and review of arbitration clauses
• Appointment of arbitrators and applications under Section 11
• Interim measures under Sections 9 and 17
• Conduct of ad hoc and institutional arbitrations, including pleadings, evidence and final hearing
• Challenges to awards under Section 34 and appeals under Section 37
• Enforcement and execution of domestic and foreign awards, including stamping and registration requirements

Transactional and advisory work for companies, LLPs and proprietors — the documentation a business runs on, and the compliance that keeps it out of difficulty.

• Drafting, review and negotiation of commercial contracts — supply, distribution, services, licensing, employment and non-disclosure
• Incorporation and structuring of companies and LLPs; shareholder and partnership agreements
• Secretarial and regulatory compliance under the Companies Act, 2013
• Legal due diligence for transactions, investments and acquisitions
• Recovery of commercial dues, demand notices and pre-litigation negotiation
• Insolvency and bankruptcy — advice on proceedings before the NCLT

Matters that concern a home, a family or an estate. These are handled with a degree of privacy and continuity that the subject matter requires.

• Title due diligence, sale deeds, conveyancing and lease documentation
• Complaints and appeals under RERA; disputes with builders and developers
• Landlord and tenant disputes, eviction and rent proceedings
• Matrimonial matters — divorce, maintenance, custody and settlement
• Succession — wills, probate, letters of administration and succession certificates
• Partition of ancestral and jointly held property