Expertise

• GST Litigations: Representing clients in complex GST disputes, Input Tax Credit denials, and other issues before the Authority for Advance Ruling, Appellate Authorities, GST Appellate Tribunal, High Courts and Supreme Court.
• Investigation: Strategic handholding in DGGI/GST searches, seizures, and the critical summons stage to mitigate future litigation risks.
• Providing robust representation in GST-related offences and quashing of prosecution proceedings.
• Legacy Tax Resolution: Handling pending disputes under erstwhile Service Tax, Central Excise, and VAT laws.
• Disputes under Income Tax, International tax and Transfer Pricing

• Trade Dispute, DRI investigations, SVB (Special Valuation Branch) proceedings, and disputes involving classification and valuation under Customs law.
• Advising on the eligibility and realization of benefits under schemes like RoDTEP, EPCG, and SEZ/EOU frameworks.
• Classification and Duty optimization
• Government incentives, subsidies and related Policy advisory and disputes

• Strategizing responses to investigations and attachment proceedings under PMLA/FEMA to protect business assets and reputation.
• Advising on the compounding of offences under FEMA and representing clients in adjudication proceedings related to foreign direct investments and outbound remittances.
• Representing corporate entities and CXOs in investigations involving the SFIO, EOW, and anti-corruption agencies
• Conducting internal Fiscal Health checkups to identify potential regulatory gaps in international financial transactions and related advisory

• Handling the entire life cycle of domestic and international arbitrations.
• Shareholder & Post-M&A Disputes: Resolving high-friction conflicts within family-owned businesses, shareholder agreements, and joint venture exits.
• Amalgamation approvals from NCLT
• Utilizing specialized forums viz., MSEFC, NCLT, NCLAT, DRT and ADR mechanism to ensure swift recovery of commercial dues and resolution of breach-of-contract claims.
• Preparing and negotiating related documentation and transaction Agreements

• Strategizing high-level exits, severance negotiations, and the enforcement of non-compete and non-solicitation covenants.
• Preparation of bespoke policies and internal procedures including structuring of HR functions.
• Advising on the transition to new Labor Codes, contract labor structuring, and POSH (Prevention of Sexual Harassment) compliance.
• Conducting sensitive internal disciplinary inquiries and defending against claims of wrongful termination or industrial disputes.

Our goal is to keep the family together while keeping the business strong. We understand the plight of family businesses and work with such families to advise them on:

• Family Governance Framework: Crafting Family Constitutions, family boards, Shareholder/Partner agreements, role-clarity documents
• Succession & Transition Planning: Ownership and management transition memorandums where everyone's role is specific and clear.
• Family Mediation and resolving disputes: Family settlements, amicable partition of family business and property.
• Wealth & Estate Structuring: Wills, Private Trusts, Asset protection, Estate planning
• Business Restructuring within the Family: Dividing business branches, establishing departments, training next generation
• Financial Agreements / Affidavits / Documentations / Pre-nuptial Agreements before marriages and preserving wealth and reputation in disturbed marriages/divorce (Alimony and maintenance planning).