IndusLaw

Website:www.induslaw.com

Tel: +91 11 4782 1000/+91 80 4072 6600

Email: [email protected]

Number of partners worldwide: 60 partners

Number of other lawyers worldwide: 400+

Languages:English, Hindi and major regional Indian languages

IndusLaw is a top-tier full service Indian law firm, providing legal services to a wide range of international and domestic clients across a variety of sectors on legal issues relating to their business, strategy, litigation and transactional goals. IndusLaw has been fortunate to partner with, and contribute significantly to, many established businesses and new economy companies. The firm’s multidisciplinary teams work across offices to provide seamless and focused advice, and to assist clients in taking informed decisions to reach effective outcomes.

The firm and its lawyers have been, consistently recognised across practice areas, by all leading legal and industry specific publications.

• Chambers & Partners India Awards 2019 - Client Service Firm of the Year
• Asialaw - Client Service Excellence Award 2020
• Asialaw – Client Choice Awards 2024 – India Firm of the Year
• IBLJ Indian Law Firm Awards - one of the Best Overall Law Firm 2023, 2022 & 2021 (included amongst the top 7 Law firms in India)
• IFLR1000 India Awards 2021 - Challenger Firm of the Year
• ALB Asia’s 50 Largest Law Firm 2023 – 6th largest Law Firm in India

Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption:

The firm advises on investigations and compliance in the context of Indian and global anti-corruption law.

Banking & Finance:

The firm advises lenders, borrowers, issuers, guarantors, and other stakeholders, providing strategic counsel across a wide spectrum of financial transactions. Its expertise encompasses syndicated lending, acquisition and structured financing, project finance, bond and debenture issuances (both listed and unlisted), security structuring, debt restructuring, securitization, and regulatory compliance. Renowned for delivering tailored solutions, the firm adeptly navigates the challenges of an evolving financial ecosystem.

Capital Markets:

The firm advises companies looking at raising equity capital and debt funding, both domestically and overseas, including IPOs, QIPs, Preferential Issues (including PIPEs), ADR and GDR issuances, Indian and overseas (including GIFT City) listed bond offerings and SPACs.

Competition/Antitrust:

The firm provides comprehensive, cutting-edge competition and antitrust solutions to its clients including on issues involving:abuse of dominance;bid rigging and public procurement;cartels and horizontal agreements; assessment of commercial agreements; and general compliance with competition law.

Corporate/M&A:

The firm advises on private and public acquisitions, business and asset transfers, carve-outs, creeping acquisitions, demergers, management buyouts, regulatory matters relating to the Takeover Code, slump sales, stock purchases and statutory mergers and amalgamations.

Data Protection:

The firm advises on the regulatory environment relating to the collection and storage of data, data privacy, security requirements, safeguards and compliance, and risk mitigation.

Dispute Resolution:

The firm advises clients across sectors, and all practices, right from early-stage counselling and strategy to conducting conciliation, arbitration, mediation, and litigation across a variety of courts and tribunals.

Employment:

The firm advises on employment contracts, policies, internal disciplinary procedures, compensation and benefits, investigations, comprehensive employment law audits, reduction-in-force exercises, and general employment related matters.

Private Client:

The firm has acted for several high net-worth individuals on a range of private client matters including establishing and running family offices, wealth and succession management and not-for-profit activities.

Private Equity & Venture Capital:

The firm advises clients on investments across the entire cycle from strategy and structuring to term sheet, due diligence, documentation, negotiation and closing, and exits. Recently it has been particularly active across the e-commerce and technology sectors.

Gaming & Sports:

The firm advises on the whole spectrum of work relevant to the gaming industry ranging from regulatory, IP, advisory and tax including advising on commercial transactions and issues, policy advisory, structuring and documentation for cross-border ventures, technology collaborations, licensing agreements and opinions on viability of game formats.

Insolvency & Restructuring:

The firm advises creditors, debtors, guarantors, directors, insolvency professionals, resolution applicants and trustees in relation to the restructuring, liquidation and winding up of businesses under the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code.

Intellectual Property:

The firm specializes in intellectual property rights matters, by offering comprehensive support in India, including protection strategies, corporate transaction advisory, licensing arrangements, and due diligence. We also effectively handle IP disputes in both digital and traditional contexts.

Projects, Infrastructure & Energy:

The firm advises developers, contractors, borrowers, lenders, acquirers, and investors across the entire project life cycle from bidding to project development, concession agreements, EPC contracts, Off-take agreements, operating contracts, regulatory, financing, security, dispute (including regulatory disputes) resolution, refinancing and exits.

Real Estate:

The firm advises developers, corporates and individuals on a range of transactions and regulatory issues including land due diligence, title documentation, transaction structuring, documentation, post-closing activities and disputes.

Technology, Media, Telecoms:

The firm advises on regulations, transactions and commercial issues involving the telecom, technology and media sectors, including e-commerce, Fin-tech, data privacy, general contractual arrangements, and related disputes.

Tax:

The firm advises clients on both direct and indirect tax issues pertaining to mergers & acquisitions, structuring inbound and outbound investments, group restructurings, private equity and venture capital advisory, divestments, corporate reorganization, tax due diligences, tax related disputes across all forums and Courts, succession planning, classification under Customs and GST (i.e., Goods and Services Tax), legal opinions on tax issues, audit and investigation support including handholding through the entire process. The firm also advises clients on import and export control issues including on anti-dumping, supply chain optimization and on Free Trade Agreements, as well.

KEY CLIENTS:

360 One Asset, Accel Partners, Accor S.A., Abbott Laboratories, Adani Group, Aditya Birla Group, Adobe India, Air India, Amazon Web Services, Axis Bank, Azure Power, B Capital, BPCL, BGR Energy, Blue Leaf Energy, Borosil, Brigade, Carl Zeiss, Cashfree Payments, Circle Logistics, Citibank, Coca Cola India, CureFit, Credit Suisse, Clarivate, CorroHealth, CRISIL, CX Partners, Dabur India, DataCore, Decathlon, Delhivery, Denso, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Diageo, Dream 11, DSP Merrill Lynch, DupOnt, Edelweiss Financial Services, Elevar, Elevation Capital, Exotel, FedEx, FirstCry, Fujitsu India, GAIL, Gate Global, Generali Global, Godfrey Phillips, Google, Goldman Sachs, Google India, Grab Holdings Groww, HCL Infosystems, HDFC, Honeywell, HP, HUL, HT Media, IBM India, ICICI Bank, IndusInd Bank, Infosys, InterGlobe, ITC Limited, J&K Cements, Johnson & Johnson, Juniper Inc., Kia Motors, Kontoor Brands, Korea Investment Partners, Krafton, Lightspeed, LinkedIn, Mahindra Group, McKinsey & Company, Meltwater, Meta, Microsoft, Miniso, Morgan Stanley, Naspers Group, Nestle, New York University, NielsenIQ, Nike, Noritake, OrbiMed, Oyo, PayU, PeakSpan Capital, Peak XV, PhonePe, Pine Labs, Premji Invest, Red Hat, Reliance Entertainment, RTP Global, Ribbit Capital, ShareChat, Shell India, Shunwei Capital, Siemens India, Spinny, S&P Global, Standard Charted Bank, Suez India, Suzlon Energy, Tata Communications, Temasek Holdings, Tencent Holdings, Times Internet, Titan Company, UBS Switzerland, Ubisoft Entertainment SA, Uber India, Unacademy, Unilever Ventures, Upstox, Varun Beverages, Vatika, Vertex Ventures, Welspun Energy, Wipro, Xpressbees, Yes Bank, Yulu Bikes, Zomato.

INDIA

Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi & NCR, Hyderabad, Mumbai