Practice Areas

The firm routinely works with clients with an extensive social media presence and in highly regulated industries such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, alcohol, healthcare, and arms and ammunition. The firm’s model of staying abreast with the most recent developments has resulted in clients receiving customized and strategic advice for creative advertising within the four corners of the law. The firm has advised clients and represented them before courts, tribunals and the Advertising Standards Council of India on issues of celebrity rights, influencer endorsements and advertising of brand extensions.

The firm advocates mediation and conciliation as a philosophy, encouraging clients to explore the same to arrive at amicable and effective resolution. Clients that have benefited from the firm’s strategies include industry giants in aviation, tech innovation, healthcare and e-commerce. The firm also represents government departments and angel investors in arbitration appeals before courts in Delhi.

The firm has argued cases before the Competition Commission of India and appellate forums, building a holistic strategy for clients from inception till the conclusion of a matter. The firm’s practice also builds on extensive experience in commercial law such as intellectual property and insolvency to provide comprehensive advice in areas of overlap. The firm has experience representing goods and services providers from varied industries such as paper, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, alcohol and alternative medicine manufacturers.

The firm advises clients on best practices to navigate international and domestic data privacy regulation. The firm has actively participated in consultations for the enactment of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and advises clients on the ever-evolving landscape of data privacy legislation in India. Since the firm frequently represents both brand owners and intermediaries who are data controllers in litigation matters, the firm draws on its expertise in achieving a workable balance between competing legitimate interests and restrictions on disclosure of personal data with each client’s objective in mind.

The firm’s commercial dispute resolution practice encompasses client representation in intellectual property disputes, contractual disputes, proceedings under sectoral laws, money recovery disputes, insolvency proceedings, liquidation proceedings, consumer disputes. One of the firm’s undoubted strengths is its experienced team of litigators who are equally comfortable appearing as first chair as they are assisting senior counsel. The firm’s attorneys have appeared and argued before the Supreme Court and various High Courts, district courts and tribunals around the country in complex, high stakes mandates with large teams and also standard litigation undertaken to defend or protect a client’s rights.

The firm represents operational creditors, financial creditors and corporate debtors before the National Company Law Tribunal and the appellate forum. The firm’s skillset has resulted in unique representations where it seeks to bring nuance in areas of overlap between insolvency law, intellectual property law and competition law.

The firm provides the full range of intellectual property services including litigation, negotiations, prosecution, advisory, strategic protection and enforcement, and IP auditing and invention mining. The firm’s attorneys have played key roles in handling complex trademark, copyright, patent and design disputes, SEP litigation and licensing negotiations, trade secret litigation, anti-counterfeiting campaigns, and advice on the scope and protection of geographical indications and plant varieties.

The firm helps clients stay ahead of the curve by establishing guidelines for innovation and protection with an eye on emerging policy and legislative changes. The firm has represented some of the world’s largest companies and Indian e-commerce unicorns on cutting edge issues in AI, online gaming and NFTs and has helped define the contours of direct liability, intermediary liability and compliance with India’s current and proposed IT laws through litigation. The firm regularly engages with government bodies and participates in stakeholder consultations.