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Our specialization

Our specialization guarantees you our expertise….We assure you the partner involvement and capabilities when we highlight our specialization…It is our privilege to offer you our Specialised Services in your most needed branches of law….

Information Technology Law

Information technology, communications and e-commerce group is at the forefront of this rapidly evolving area of law and technology. The growth of the Internet, broadband services and wireless telecommunication technologies has raised novel and complex legal issues, including tax and commercial law.

The practice focuses on emerging information technology and electronic commerce legal issues such as doing business on the internet, electronic contracting, encryption, digital signatures, export issues, software, electronic publishing, software piracy, multimedia, data security, electronic fund transfers, electronic record keeping, electronic licensing and distribution and interactive on-line services.

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997, National Telecom Policy of 1999 and consequent legislations ignited a rapid expansion and deployment of technologies and services in India, it attracts new competitors and creating a new landscape for documenting legal relationships and a potential for litigation. Biz&legis's Info-Communications and Technology Business Practice Group represents a range of industry players and brings varied knowledge to bear on this evolving industry by virtue of the volume and complexity of the transactions we have handled. We represent clients who provide or purchase voice, video, data, and all kind of Info- Communication and Technology related services. Attorneys from all relevant legal areas with experience in telecommunications industry transactions and cases coordinate the transactions. The Principal Partner of Biz&legis leads Info-Communications and Technology Business Practice Group and specializes in Information Technology, telecommunications and Broadcasting Law (both regulatory and transactional).

Shipping Law

The full complement of shipping-related work is offered by Biz&legis, including purchases and sales, cargo-claims, casualties, charter parties, collisions and marine insurance. Ship arrests and releases are where the firm particularly excels, where young and committed partners are specifically involved.

Our Specialty Services in Shipping law includes:

Arrests or Release of Vessel in Mumbai, Kochi and other ports in India
Arbitration Bunker disputes
Cargo claims
Liner operations
Marine insurance
Maritime litigation
Ownership disputes.
P&I settlement Claim for the building, equipping or repairing of any ship
Claim for the possession or ownership of a ship
Claim in the nature of salvage services
Claim for damage done by any ship
Claim for damage received by any ship or sea-going vessel
Claim for necessaries supplied to any ship CIF and FOB contracts

Claim and cause of action in respect of any mortgage
Claim in the nature of towage
Claim by a master in respect of disbursements
Claim by a master or crew for wages, etc.
Demise, time, and space charter agreements
Freezing injunctions/ ship arrest or release
Lay time and demurrage disputes
Performance warranties
Port regulations
Purchase and sale of vessels and other maritime assets
Resolving maritime lien and ship mortgage disputes
Unsafe port or berth claims Vessel repair litigation

Intellectual Property Law

Competing and succeeding in today's market place requires an in-depth understanding of IP- its use as a weapon, as a shield, and as a monetizable asset. We understand how much intellectual property matters to your business.
We have a strong Intellectual Property Practice Group, and apart from our practice in India, we have over the years built strong relationships with intellectual property law firms in the region and worldwide, so as to be better able to serve our clients' needs.

Our practice encompasses a broad spectrum of matters, ranging from prosecuting registrations for trade marks, patents and designs, drafting patent specifications, negotiating and drafting licenses and franchise agreements, to providing advice on trade marks, patents, domain names, copyright, design, confidential information and computer law, as well as advertising and product labeling. In addition, as having wide litigation network all over India, we enforce and defend our clients' intellectual property rights in the courts in both civil suits and criminal prosecutions.

Our expert services include, but not limited to:

Patents Trade Marks
Design Protection
Brand Management
Copyright, Domain Name and Data Protection
IP and Technology Commercialization
IP Asset Valuation
Litigation and Enforcement
Telecommunications

Litigation

Litigation is an art, for a lawyer and a win or die event for a client. Expertise, experience, thorough legal knowledge, commitment and wide net work are essential for effective litigation practice.

We have a strong Litigation team who can cater the requirement of corporate as well as the individual clients. It is important for a law firm in a jurisdiction like India to have wide network all over the nation, to have a timely and effective presence in all Courts across the country. We are privileged to have best contacts in each state, so as to have presence in all states of the country, so that we can ensure our clients that whatever may be their requirement, and which court they may need our presence, we can assist them.

Our team has thorough litigation experience in the Courts of Original Jurisdictions, Appellate Courts, High courts and Supreme Court. Our experience before various Tribunals and Forums are equally important considering the diversified judicial system in India.

Arbitration

Disputes are quite often in business as long as interactions and transactions are part of it. It may be due to lack of clear understanding or due to wrong interpretations or due to constructive violation of contracts or regulations. Whatever it be a remedy is required by way of final settlement. Court proceedings do not offer a satisfactory method for settlement of commercial disputes as it involves inevitable delays, costs and technicalities.

On the other hand arbitration provides an economic, expeditious and informal remedy for settlement of commercial disputes. Proceedings in Courts also involve notoriety and expose the Internal and private affairs of the parties to public. Arbitration proceedings are conducted in privacy and the awards are kept confidential.

The Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 is the governing arbitration statute in India. It is based on the Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration adopted by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) in 1985.

Our arbitration lawyers include those who have undertaken study and practice in International Commercial Arbitration from NUS Singapore. They understand the multi-cultural and the multi-jurisdictional aspects of international business in this age of globalization. They have vast experience in dealing the issue of Multinational Clients.
We assist our clients with resolution of disputes in all areas of general and special practices, including commerce, Technology, construction shipping, finance and industry. Our highly trained & experienced lawyers endeavor to prevent disputes by ensuring proper documentation and by tactfully handling the matter.

Negotiations
Conciliation
Drafting arbitration agreements
Comprehensive legal advice
Preparing and presenting the case before arbitrator
Domestic Arbitration
International Commercial Arbitration
Liaise with Singapore International Arbitration Center, Singapore/New Delhi
Enforcement of Awards in India

Real Estate

Over the past decade, India has emerged as a leader in the global economy. Now India is one among the most favored destination for FDI for many reasons including regulatory consistency. Thus, Real estate is one of the fastest growing sectors in India.
For the domestic companies and investors those who are keen in the Real Estate transactions the doors are more open and obviously, the opportunities are more.

But at the same time they may have to go through high risk factors while dealing with the complex land laws and restrictive regulatory practices in various states. Than the well known land laws there are localized laws pertaining to the state and local self governments. Our team consisting of experts in various land boards and legislative wings adds credibility and certainty for each transaction. We give special attention to each transaction with full attention to avoid any kind of shortfall in the transactions.

FDI in Real Estate is a high potential area where there are many entrants and players. Timely advice for our foreign investors is led by our well known FDI consultant who is an expert with international experience.

Corporate Law

The firm is actively involved in general corporate law advice to its domestic and multinational clients. We assist our clients in drafting as well as negotiating commercial contracts for various kinds of transactions such as shareholder agreements; business process outsourcing arrangements; software development agreements; marketing tie-ups; agency and franchise etc.

We have been advising on a wide range of matters starting from establishing a corporate presence in India to various corporate law issues faced by its clients in their day to day business. Please visit Our Services to know more about our Corporate Services

Tax Law

It is the corporate responsibility to pay tax to the state for the benefits given by the state and to strengthen the economy for welfare as well as development activities. It is equally important to be answerable to the investors to give them maximum returns and to save each penny to your business account and hence to save tax legally. Thus, an equilibrium is highly essential to strictly comply the corporate governance & responsibility and to have maximum tax savings for your investors.

Biz&legis believes in the above corporate tax policy. Our Corporate Finance-Tax practice group continuously updates themselves with the latest changes in the corporate tax regime. The Indian Taxation system is well organized but so complicated with the rapid changes happening with its global counterparts. So the task remains upon our team to advise you on the latest policy/regulatory changes so as to streamline the impacts and to minimize any risk involved.

International Investment Law

In the Globalized economy, the entire market is driven around the concept of sourcing the capital where it is cheap, produce it where it is most cost effective and sell it in the most profitable market. Thus, cross border investment plays an important role in the process of globalization and prosperity & development of different countries, especially developing countries.

Foreign Investment involves the transfer of tangible or intangible assets from one country to another for the purpose of their use in that country to generate wealth under the total or partial control of the owner of the assets.

Either it be manufacturing sector, financial sector or intellectual property Transfer we very well understand the historical and economic reasons and principles of foreign investment in India. We understand well the ideological hostility in certain regions and states, the effect of nationalistic feelings, changes due to industry patterns, regulation of the economy, the prevailing legal system etc.

Our team would be capable and ready to advise you on any requirement related to your Foreign Investment related issues either it be the pre negotiation stage or project implementation or any kind of dispute resolution or settlement/execution proceedings. The thorough understanding of Indian economy, politics and legal system is an added advantage for us to provide you better and accurate advice on your Foreign Investment related issues.

Industrial Law

India is the best destination in the recent years to do business, and obviously for all kind of industries. India is a country having it's uniqueness through the centuries long cultural mix up and tradition from various entrants as well as the inhabitants. It has its own industrial culture not only developed under the different colonial rulers but also through its own religious and social norms.

The whole pattern of dealing the industrial sector in India is possible only if you know the customized western industrial practices as well as the very old industrial and social culture that prevails in India.
The emphasis that being given by the constitution and the legislations from time to time upon the various social security measures and the pro-labour activities now gets blended with the liberalized economic policies of recent governments. This being the situation advising the domestic and the internationals clients on Industrial law becomes a very skillful exercise for our team and the experts having decade spread experience in Industrial law. We are proud to help you on your every need of Industry related issues, either on litigation or for taking policy decisions on your day today affairs.

Media Law

Though media plays a vital but distributed role in the development and maintenance of any society, it varies according to the political system, economy, culture and religious setup of various societies. The filmmakers of certain countries are much celebrated as masters despite of the strict regulatory and economical restrictions. Another strong mass media, the press is regulated and controlled in each jurisdiction in different manner which obviously controls its functions and procedures.

Either it be the entertainment industry or most serious activities related to press, it is very important to have strict compliance or local regulations both for creating profit out of it and to avoid any unpleasant regulatory clutches.

The Media Law is collage of various branches, including intellectual property, press, freedom of expression, economic & political policies, contractual obligations & liabilities etc. You may be a celebrity, artist, performer, writer, producer, distributor, publisher, broadcaster, pod caster, or any one having activities in media industry, our team shall be ready and happy to alert you on your rights and liabilities, to secure your valuable rights and to help you to comply and regulatory requirements.

Foreign Direct investment

The Recent history of the role of FDI in the economic growth of India relates back to the economic and financial reforms in 1991.According to AT Kearney, India ranks second in the world in terms of attractiveness for FDI. AT Kearney's 2007 Global Services Location Index ranks India as the most preferred destination in terms of financial attractiveness, people and skills availability and business environment. Similarly, UNCTAD's World Investment Report, 2005 considers India the 2nd most attractive investment destination among the Transnational Corporations (TNCs).

The Government of India in March 2005 amended existing norms to allow 100 per cent FDI in the construction business. This liberalization act cleared the path for foreign investment to meet the demand into development of the commercial and residential real estate sectors. It has also encouraged several large financial firms and private equity funds to launch exclusive funds targeting the Indian real estate sector. Until now, only Non Resident Indians (NRIs) and Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) were permitted to invest in the housing and the real estate sectors. Foreign investors other than NRIs were allowed to invest only in development of integrated townships and settlements either through a wholly owned subsidiary or through a joint venture company in India along with a local partner. FDI is not permitted in the following industrial sectors:

Arms and ammunition.
Atomic Energy.
Railway Transport.
Coal and lignite.
Mining of iron, manganese, chrome, gypsum, sulphur, gold, diamonds, copper, zinc.

Biz&legis has a committed, qualified and experienced FDI Advise Group, which can assist and advise you on all your FDI Projects/Plans.

Company Law

In India, the Companies Act, 1956, deals the entire law relating to a company- from its incorporation to its winding up. Companies Act primarily regulates the formation, financing, functioning and winding up of the companies. Regulatory mechanisms regarding all relevant aspects including the organizational, financial and managerial aspects of the company are detailed in the Act.

Biz & Legis is actively involved in advising our corporate clients on various aspects of the company law. Thorough knowledge and expertise of the company law is required at every stages of the functioning of the company. And we offer you our expertise and experience we gathered through years.

The Company Law practice group in Biz & Legis provides you with their support in any legal issues relating to the formation and running of the company. The foreign investors who wish to set up a new company in India or opening a subsidiary company can approach Biz & Legis for any legal assistance in addition to the business set up services provided by us.