Shipping                        

We handle both contentious and non-contentious shipping and admiralty matters, and ship financing. Our clientele include medium and larger-sized vessel owners and operators. Charterers, Major Banks, International liner and tramp operators, P & I clubs, hull and cargo underwriters, steamer agents, ship chandlers, ship repairers, crew, International Maritime Associations and foreign maritime law firms.

Our services encompass advising and representing our clients on all shipping related matters, including:

• Arrest of ships
• Cargo claims
• Charter party disputes
• Enforcement of ship mortgages
• Sale and purchase of ships and ship financing
• Collisions, salvage, damage, and other interrelated claims
• Shipbuilding and ship repair contract disputes
• Pollution and environmental damage claims
• Ship chandler, ship repairer and steamer agent claims
• Crew claims

Corporate Law

We handle a wide range of corporate and securities law matters for both domestic and foreign clients. Our key areas of practice are in the foreign investment, mergers & acquisitions, schemes of arrangement, privatization and fund management. We represent our clients before the Company Law Board, Company Courts and all statutory authorities under the Companies Act. We also provide comprehensive corporate secretarial service with full support for all corporate secretarial functions and requirements.

Banking & Finance             

We have advised and are on the panel of all the major banks and Non-Banking Financial Institutions in India. We offer a wide range of services to borrowers and lenders which includes:

• Title opinions, creation and enforceability of Mortgages, Non-performing assets and recovery procedures

• Individual or private and corporate banking transactions

• Project financing, syndicated loans and other forms of major project funding

• Housing Finance, infrastructure finance and other estate financing (Including use of statutory funds for financing the acquisition of real estate)

• General corporate financing, trade financing, money market transactions and other forms of negotiable instruments

• Receivables financing, factoring financing, leasing and any other asset or non-asset financing
• Creation of asset-based securities as well as advising on unsecured lending
• Reverse mortgages and their financing

Arbitration

We have a wide range of experience in Alternate Dispute Resolution (Arbitration) matters. We represent our clients in all Commercial and Maritime Arbitrations. 
We represent all matters coming under the purview of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Our services include:

• Representing our Clients in Arbitration

• Approaching the court for obtaining interim orders which includes attachments, injunctions, seizures, garnishee orders e.t.c to secure the amount in dispute

• Approaching the Court for Appointment of Arbitrator/s

• Challenging the validity of Arbitration

• Challenging Arbitral Awards

• Enforcement of both Domestic and Foreign Awards

Information Technology

The rapid growth of the internet and E-Commerce has brought about several changes to various substantive and Procedural Laws. The legislators have to keep pace with the rapid advancement in Information Technology. India is one of the very few countries which has enacted a separate law on Information Technology which is called as The Information Technology Act, 2000. 

In order to achieve the objects of the IT Act, 2000 amendments has been made to the Indian Penal Code, Indian Evidence Act, Bankers Books Evidence Act and Reserve Bank of India Act. Even though the area of Information Technology law is rudimentary in India, the pace at which IT is growing will see a different story in the near feature. Our firm intends to handle contentious and non-contentious matters relating to:

• Protecting and Exploiting Rights in Software

• Claims arising out of Defective Software

• E-Commerce

• Software Piracy

• Copyright, design and Patent violations

• Drafting of all Computer Agreements

Real Estate

We have a good real estate practice servicing the property needs of our local and overseas clients. 

We have an established reputation in this area of law, and advice clients on areas such as:

• Sale and purchase of properties of buildings (residential, commercial and Industrial) by individuals and corporations (both local and foreign)

• Sale and purchase by major property developers or condominiums, housing estates, commercial shopping complexes/ office units, Industrial warehouse / factories

• Problems relating to tide of real estate

• Joint ventures relating to lands for developments, tenders of land by government, public and private tenders/ auctions, en bloc (collective) sales by individual owners

• Leasing and management of residential, industrial and commercial estates

• Matters relating to building or planning requirements, land subdivision, strata schemes and strata subdivision of buildings

• Corporate and related tax issues of all land transactions

• All land disputes and inheritance of real estates

• Based on our vast and varied portfolio, our solutions are practical and catered to fit each client's requirements.

Insurance

We undertake the whole range of insurance law practice. We act mainly for insurers and re-insurers. We undertake both advisory and Litigation work on their behalf. 

Our areas of practice include:

• Marine Insurance

• Motor insurance

• Industrial insurance

• Professional negligence

• Personal injury claims

• Fire claims

Insolvency & Receivership

We are experienced in the law and practice relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and judicial management. Our services includE:

• Advising creditors on Insolvency and Bankruptcy

• Acting for creditors in their pursuit of claims against Bankrupt companies

• Acting for receivers and managers, liquidators and judicial managers

• Recovery of assets

• Advising and negotiating the restructure of assets and self-offs resulting from insolvency and Bankruptcy

• Filing Claim Petitions before the Official Assignee and Official Liquidators

Criminal Law

We advice Corporates and Multinationals on Criminal Law. We represent them before all Criminal Courts.

• We have acted for clients in a wide range of cases:

• Offences against persons and property

• Immigration offences

• Customs and excise offences

• Foreign exchange offences

• Offences under the Merchant Shipping Act and Maritime Zones of India Act

• Offences under the Companies Act, 1956

• Offences arising out of Dishonour of Cheques