Corporate Advisory

Sarvada Legal has an active practice advising corporates and promoters on various aspects of corporate, commercial & regulatory law. The General Corporate Laws team also offers legal advice and support to promoter & promoter groups on internal family arrangements and advises them on company law and corporate issues. The team also advises leading steel companies and various start-up organizations on different commercial and regulatory issues.

The team regularly advises clients on contentious and non-contentious matters relating to:

  • arbitration, 
  • banking laws, 
  • contracts, 
  • company law, 
  • competition & consumer laws, 
  • data protection,
  • technology laws,  
  • drugs and cosmetics act, 
  • electricity law, 
  • emerging technology regulation, 
  • environment laws, 
  • foreign exchange laws, 
  • food safety and standards laws, 
  • insurance laws, 
  • intellectual property laws, 
  • labour laws, 
  • legal metrology, 
  • mining laws,
  • prevention of corruption law, prevention of money laundering law, 
  • real estate,
  • securities laws, 
  • settlement agreements; and
  • Stamp duty etc.,

Sarvada Legal has actively worked with promoters on matters relating to insolvency and bankruptcy as also mediation on internal family disputes. Further, the team assists promoters in advising and assisting in transactions relating to share purchase and share transfer as also issues relating to oppression and mismanagement under the companies act. Sarvada Legal also provides advice to start-ups including disruptive start-ups regarding all pertinent issues surrounding their operations

Labour & employment issues

There are over 40 labour laws in India. This definitely creates a myriad of challenges for businesses especially relating to compliance with the legal requirements that vary widely from one State law to the other.

Sarvada provides holistic solutions ranging from creating company specific labour policies, employee retention, retrenchment, restructuring, employee disputes including fraud investigation support, to sexual harassment at workplace issues.

Legal Metrology

In India, metrology is governed by the Legal Metrology Act, 2009. There are also packaging laws and regulations to safeguard the interests of consumers.

Sarvada has an able team to assist clients in compliance related issues regarding licensing and Declaration on Pre-packaged commodities among others as also assist clients in notices issued by the authorities and consequent litigation relating thereto.

Intellectual Property Rights

All businesses as well as individuals are in search of protecting their ideas, products or brands as their assets. Intellectual property rights help in such protection, not only to gain legal rights but also to face growing infringement threats from sophisticated infringers.

Sarvada Legal assists domestic as well as international businesses in obtaining and enforcing intellectual property rights like Trade Marks and Copyrights in India and internationally. The team is adept at filing, prosecution, licensing, as well as defending the rights against infringement. For international filing, the team takes support from its network of international lawyers in the relevant jurisdiction.

Our advocates represent clients from various spheres like hospitality and management, wellness, nutrition and fitness, sporting league operators (both national and international),international sporting governing bodies, national sports federations and trade unions/ confederations.

Investigations 

We have relations with experienced investigators for IPR related raids, market investigations and like actions who are also efficient in handling police actions for IPR issues.

Data Privacy

Data breaches and cyber attacks have drastically increased over the years ensuring that companies worldwide take their privacy seriously. With globalisation and emergence of MNCs, it has become necessary for all to comply with multiple international laws in order to sustain their businesses globally.

Our team at Sarvada assists clients in being compliant with different international data privacy laws like the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) , California Consumer Privacy Act Monitor (CCPA) etc.

White Collar Crimes

The team at Sarvada assists clients in conducting and/or supervising internal investigations relating to money laundering and other financial crimes apart from matters relating to corporate governance, due diligence under anti-corruption and anti-fraud laws and reviewing and drafting of compliance policies, keeping in mind sector specific requirements.

Start Up Advisory

There is a lot of emphasis on start up in the present eco system. We advise startups and assist founders in running their businesses, starting from incorporation, drafting founders’ agreement and various commercial agreements, setting up employment policies, employment contracts and ESOPS, advising on transactions, protection of their intellectual property etc. Sarvada Legal has assisted multiple startups across industry spectrums including e-commerce, edtech, fintech etc.