India

Firm overview

ThinkLaw is a new age law firm, established with an objective of delivering deeply thought through, high quality research-based & strategy-driven advice with a detail oriented personalized attention by a team of highly driven professionals living up to our approach of "Navigating the Complex".

The firm started in 2021 and primarily has 2 broad verticals – corporate and commercial and dispute resolution. These verticals include various practice areas i.e., Corporate and Commercial Advisory, Digital Forensics and Fraud Investigations, Information Technology & Intellectual Property, Labour and Employment Laws, Mergers and Acquisitions, Pre-Litigation Strategy & Dispute Resolution, Venture Capital and Private Equity. The firm specialises in carefully crafting the entire pre-litigation and dispute resolution strategy for clients, to be comprehensively adopted across multiple fora and regulators. the firm has a unique practice vertical that specializes in advising and representing promoters, high net worth individuals and large families in respect of various aspects of promoter/family disputes. Our lawyers have significant experience in transaction structuring and advisory across a wide range of key sectors such as manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, e-commerce, technology, ed-tech, agriculture and food processing, F&B, etc., across different geographies. The firm also has an active commercial arbitration practice and has several high stakes matters before the SIAC, Bengaluru Arbitration Centre and other ad-hoc arbitrations presided over by retired judges. In the last year, the firm has gained traction for the orders received by its clients against SEBI where SEBI has been asked by SAT to pay costs of INR 5,00,000/- for its lackadaisical attitude and failure to act despite court orders. The firm is also on a path to expand its digital forensics & fraud investigations practice.

Firm overview

Firm overview

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (cam) is India’s leading law firm with a global reputation of being trusted advisers to its clients. The Firm advises a large and diverse set of clients, including domestic and foreign commercial enterprises, financial institutions, private equity and venture capital funds, start-ups, government and regulatory bodies.

The Firm generalists, specialists and senior ex-regulators expertly guide clients across a spectrum of transactions, sectors and regulations. With 1000 lawyers and 160 Partners, the Firm is the largest full-service law firm in India and offices in key business centres at Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chennai, GIFT City and also in Singapore.

The Firm received “Innovation in Advancing Markets” award at the FT Innovative Lawyers Asia Pacific 2022, the “National Law Firm of the Year: India” award at the IFLR Asia Pacific 2022 awards ceremony and “Firm of the Year” at the IFLR1000 India Awards in 2022.

Firm overview

Established in 1986, Dua Associates is one of India’s prominent law firms, serving a wide spectrum of clients .The Firm is well known for its experience in complex litigation and arbitration matters, delivering high standards of quality across a variety of litigation disciplines ranging from high value contractual disputes to white-collar/regulatory investigations to complex disputes involving the environment, constitution and administrative laws, intellectual property, M&A, and other commercial litigation. The Firm recognizes the impact any litigation has on business and manages the disputes with a clear understanding of the client’s commercial objectives. The key litigation lawyers of the firm are Sr Solicitor Shiraz Patodia, Partner L.K. Bhushan, Partner Amit Dhingra, Partner Ganesh Chandru, Partner Rajdeep Panda, Partner George Joseph, Partner Robin David. Key clients for the Dispute Resolution practice include The Dow Chemical Company Eastman Kodak Company , Commercial Bank of Dubai, TransAsia Private Capital LimitedDuPont , ELCA Cosmetics Pvt Ltd, Decathlon Sports India, Sadara Chemical CompanySWAMIH Investment Fund - Govt. of IndiaPiramal Capital and Housing Finance Limited, ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited, HSBC and Altico Capital India Limited among others. Dua Associates’ litigation and arbitration/ alternative dispute resolution practice represents companies involved in business-critical lawsuits including IPR, taxation, white collar with focus on helping clients’ businesses succeed. Additionally, several partners of the Firm continue to be individually ranked and awarded for stellar contributions in Dispute Resolution. This practice group across the major cities in India works collaboratively with one another while building productive relationships with eminent Senior Counsels to effectively assist clients in the most complex and high-stakes disputes. The team comprises of courtroom-tested lawyers who have appeared in significant and challenging cases around the country. The Firm also has a robust and dedicated Supreme Court presence through “Dua Associates AoR”, a firm of Advocates-on-Record registered with the Supreme Court. The Advocates-on-Record of the firm forms the bulwark of the Supreme Court practice, ably supported by other partners of the Firm. The other seven offices of the Firm are in complete sync with the Supreme Court practice of the Firm and work seamlessly with the team in Delhi.

The firm has acted on behalf of clients from sectors as varied as aviation, corporates, asset reconstruction firms, non-banking financial companies and banks, amongst others. The experience in addressing complex issues with reference to stakeholders including committee of creditors, public sector, international banks and distressed debtors in corporate restructurings, enables the team to offer valuable insights and perspective to clients. Dua Associates’ Insolvency& Bankruptcy practice has grown significantly, and the firm represents all stakeholders in the insolvency process, be it a financial creditor, corporate debtor, resolution professional, homebuyers and so on.