Practice Area
Anand has a wide range of practice which includes both litigation as well as non-litigation
work (advisory and transactional work).
Arbitration / Dispute Resolution / Litigation
The litigation practice area covers a wide and challenging spectrum of matters including
Commercial Contractual Disputes, Company Matters, Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint
Venture Disputes, Consumer Disputes, Debt Recovery, Employment and Human Resources,
Unfair and Restrictive Trade Practices, Intellectual Property Disputes, Trust and
Probate, Local laws, Family disputes, Property Related Disputes, etc.
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Corporate & Commercial
Commercial
Commercial Contracts such as Equipment Purchase/ Supply Agreements, Distribution/
Franchise Arrangements, Trademark Licenses, Licensing and Technology Transfer, Master
Service Agreements, Consultancy/ Employments Contracts, Sponsorship/ Brand Ambassador
Agreements, Non-circumvention Agreements, Co-operation Agreements, Joint-Development
Agreements, Service Level Agreements, etc.
General Corporate Advisory
Advice regarding Corporate Structure, Compliance with Special Statutes including
Foreign Exchange Management Act, Standards of Weights and Measures Act etc.
Due Diligence to ensure compliance with law.
Advice and Assistance in Obtaining Statutory and Regulatory Permissions, Sanctions
and Approvals.
Mergers and Acquisitions / Private Equity
Joint Venture Agreements
Shareholders Agreements
Due Diligence
Impact Investment
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Employment Related
Employment Contracts & Service Contracts
Employment Litigation
Protective Agreements - Non-Competition, Non-Solicit, etc.
Employee Share Option Plans (ESOPs)
Office Manuals, Policies, Processes and Procedures
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Intellectual Property Rights
Initial investigation into potential protection of IPRs
Prosecution of applications for registration/ renewal of Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights
& Designs
Business transactions such as licensing, franchising, assignment of Intellectual
Property Rights
IP audits / Due Diligence
Protection of Domain names
Protection of Trade secrets
Strategies for Protection and Prosecution of Infringement and Passing-off actions
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Personal Laws
Adoption, Guardianship & Matrimonial Law
Succession & Estate Planning
Wills
Trusts and Endowments
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Property & Real Estate
Title verification, Encumbrance Search, Zoning and Permitted Usage of the Properties,
Vital aspects regulating construction and development, documents in connection with
acquisition, development of land such as Conveyance Deeds, Transfer Deeds, Joint
Development Agreements, Construction Agreements, Gift Deeds, Settlement Deeds, Leasing,
Advice regarding stamping and registration of documents, etc.
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Sports Law
Advising National Sports Federations
Framing of rules and regulations of sports bodies, representation in proceedings
before Sports Tribunals.
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Tax
Advising clients on structuring of transactions to optimize the incidence of tax
(Excise, Customs, Service Tax, Sales Tax, Income Tax etc.) in respect of transactions
and representing clients before the tax authorities and before various appellate
fora, including the Commissioner of Appeals, Income Tax Appellate Tribunals, Customs,
Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunals, Sales Tax Appellate Tribunals, High
Courts, Supreme Court etc.
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