Corporate, commercial and civil matters under one roof
This practice area brings together two connected strands of work: transactional and advisory support for businesses on one hand, and civil and commercial litigation arising out of business relationships on the other. Both strands draw on the same underlying body of company, contract and procedural law, which is why they are typically handled together rather than as entirely separate practices.
On the advisory and transactional side, the work begins at the formation stage — assisting with company incorporation under the Companies Act, 2013, and registration of Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) under the LLP Act, 2008, including selection of an appropriate structure based on the promoters' objectives. As a business grows, this extends to structuring for mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances, drafting and negotiating shareholder and share purchase agreements, and advising on corporate governance and secretarial compliance obligations that continue throughout a company's life — board processes, statutory filings, and regulatory audits among them.
Where a company faces financial distress, the practice extends into insolvency and bankruptcy advisory under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC), including representation in matters before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) — whether the company itself is the subject of insolvency proceedings, or is a creditor seeking to recover dues through the IBC's Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process. Startups and MSMEs are supported separately with advisory tailored to their scale — reviewing early-stage contracts, cap tables, and regulatory registrations that larger transactional practices sometimes overlook.
On the litigation side, the practice represents parties in civil and commercial disputes arising from contracts and business dealings before the appropriate civil courts and commercial forums, including money recovery suits where a business is owed payment under an invoice, purchase order, or service agreement, and disputes over the interpretation or breach of commercial contracts. Shareholder disputes — whether over valuation, oppression and mismanagement allegations, or breaches of a shareholders' agreement — are handled with attention to both the commercial relationship and the underlying corporate law framework.
Commercial disputes in India frequently move between negotiation, litigation, and (where the underlying contract provides for it) arbitration, and the practical strategy in any given matter depends heavily on the specific contractual terms, the value at stake, and the commercial relationship between the parties. This overview describes the general scope of the practice area and is not intended as legal advice on any specific transaction, contract, or dispute.
