Practice Areas
General Corporate Advisory
NLC’s expertise, with its collaboration with various professionals, lies in providing end-to-end support through all stages of a business from the genesis of your Idea through the entire life of the business including Exit and Winding Up including.
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Regulatory, statutory advisory and execution on structuring and restructuring of business entity.
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Advisory on Inbound and Outbound investments, day to day advisory on various business laws with commercial implications.
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Compliance audit for HR, POSH, Data Privacy.
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Transactional Support agreements and documents including term-sheets, business purchase agreements, shareholders agreements, non-compete agreements.
Private Equity
Our NLC team works across sectors including e-commerce, real estate, technology and finance providing.
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Regulatory and Statutory transaction structuring.
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Legal due diligence and Compliance.
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Advisory and assistance to seek requisite regulatory approvals.
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Identifying legal risks for the investor.
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Identifying regulatory issues and guidance on the practicalities of doing business in India.
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Regulatory advisory on day-to-day compliance.
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Deal documentation including Drafting, review and negotiation term sheets, confidentiality agreements, share subscription agreements, share purchase agreements and shareholders agreements.
Technology, Media & Telecommunications
NLC has an all-inclusive expertise across sectors in providing assistance under TMT laws.
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Advisory, strategizing and execution on data privacy and protection laws, intellectual property laws, web mail policies.
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Due Diligence and Compliance hygiene check of websites vis-a-visa regulatory and statutory requirements.
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Drafting, reviewing and negotiating documents pertaining to transactions in Media and Technology including web-hosting, technology transfer, content license, distribution agreements, franchising, intellectual property development, licensing and assignment sponsorship agreements, endorsement agreements, publishing agreements, recording agreements, consultancy agreements for print, internet, TV and radio.
Dispute Resolution
With multi-level collaborations across India, NLC advises and assists on a variety of contentious matters through gamut of sectors.
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The services include dispute resolution through litigation and alternate dispute resolution in matters of commercial contracts, civil disputes, recovery of debt, insolvency, testamentary matters, labour and employment laws and family disputes across all forums including the Supreme Court of India, High Courts of various States, Lowers Courts, NCLT, NCLAT and various tribunals.
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Advisory on quantification of claims in infrastructure projects.
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Assists in pre-litigation counselling and Alternate Dispute Resolution including Arbitration and Mediation.
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Assists during re-arbitration strategy, settlement discussions, representation during arbitral proceedings and recognition and enforcement of awards or challenges.​
Intellectual Property
NLC provides advisory and assistance for both contentious and non-contentious matters for all forms of Intellectual property such as Trademark, Copyright, Designs and Patents
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Strategizing and counselling on protection and acquiring licenses in both domestic and international jurisdiction including prosecution.
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Providing legal opinions on complex IP issues arising from emerging technologies.
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Advisory on co-branding, internet and domain name dispute.
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Drafting, reviewing and negotiating diverse range of intellectual property agreements involving transfer and use of IP rights such as copyright acquisitions, franchising models, trade mark licenses, technology transfer and software development agreement.
Corporate Insolvency & Restructuring
NLC provides advisory on corporate restructuring in distressed situations including documentation.
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Advisory and assistance to insolvency professional and corporate debtors, both financial and operational creditors.
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Advisory and assistance through allied practice areas including general corporate, regulatory, litigation and intellectual property, which are relevant in any restructuring.
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Advisory on pre-IBC (including review and analysis) to IBC initiation (application process), insolvency process (Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process), liquidation process, implementation of the resolution plan, documentation, corporate, regulatory, and tax compliance, as well as personal insolvency and bankruptcy.
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Representing clients before NCLT, NCLAT, High Courts and the Supreme Court.
Employment and Industrial Relations
NLC advises both individuals as well as business organisations on both contentious and non-contentious matter pertaining to labour and employment laws including
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Advisory and relevant documentation relating to employment agreements and policies, employee severance in case of termination or downsizing, consulting and secondment arrangements, confidentiality and non-compete arrangements, employee communication, drafting service regulations and handbooks.
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Advisory and assistance in preparing HR policies such as Leave Policy, IT and Data Privacy Policies, Anti-Sexual harassment Policy, Anti-Bullying Policy, Code of Conduct, customised employee handbook.
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Audit and Compliance for HR, POSH including conducting disciplinary.
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Representing Client, (for and against), in dispute resolution cases including arbitration and mediation.
ESTATE PLANING
NLC, with its collaborations across network of professionals provides advisory to Private Clients and Business Families vis-à-vis succession planning, asset protection, trust formation, philanthropy and other business-related concerns to hedge risks.
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Advisory on complex family functions and generational differences.
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Assistance and execution in liaising with various service providers in multiple jurisdictions in order to provide holistic solutions for resident and non-resident Indians having global assets.
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The Estate Planning services of NLC offers guidance and execution on creating wills, trusts, and family arrangements including seeking Probate, Succession Certificate and Letters of Administration from relevant Courts across jurisdictions.