Our Expertise's

Services Offered By Us

AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Corporate Law

• Intellectual Property Matters

• Litigation and Arbitration

• Banking

• Real Estate

• Telecommunication

• Information Technology

• Infrastructure Projects

• Media and Entertainment

• Taxation

• NRI Services

• Employment

• Research

CORPORATE LAW

Foreign Collaborations & Joint Ventures:

• Due diligence and feasibility analysis of probable collaborators

• Advising on the best possible technology and financial partners

• Negotiating and structuring Joint Venture terms & contracts

• Drafting of joint venture, collaboration, trade mark license agreements

Insolvency & Bankruptcy

• Representation before National Company Law Tribunal,

• Debt Recovery Tribunal

• Other authorities concerned in matters related to insolvency, voluntary liquidation, bankruptcy and winding up of Companies and LLPs.

CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING

• Amalgamation, mergers, de-mergers and reverse mergers;

• Acquisitions & takeovers;

• Reorganization of capital;

• Other modes of restructuring that include:

• Corporate restructuring, planning and execution;

• Structuring with a view to make the whole process tax-efficient;

• Valuation of assets and determination of exchange ratios;

• Liaison and coordination and obtaining approval for the same as and when required by various government bodies such as: Registrar of Companies;

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

• Patents

• Trade Marks

• Copyrights

• Designs and Trade Secrets

• Domain Name Registration

• Geographical Indications

• Layout designs

The firm offers the following services in different areas of IPR:

• Patents:

Registration of Patents: conducting research on the availability of the said Patent, drafting specifications and claims, responding to the examiners queries, drafting and filing of assignment and licensing agreements including infringement petitions;

• Trademarks:

Complying with all the formalities with respect to registration and litigation matters of Trade Marks and Service Marks.

• Copyrights:

Complying with the formalities of getting Copyright and Designs registered with the authorities, giving opinion regarding the protection of the copyright, and filing petitions of infringement as required;

• Appearance before authorities and/or courts in matters pertaining to the filing of applications; • Advising and initiating appropriate legal actions to protect the interest of our esteemed clients and their Intellectual Proprietary Rights. 'D&S Legal' also provides its clients ongoing counseling to formulate an overall licensing strategy along with a variety of other issues such as: Negotiating and drafting of agreements between buyers and sellers of a particular technology, technology license and transfer agreements of all kinds, distribution agreements, end-user licenses, joint development agreements, framing of policies related to data protection and privacy and licensing agreements; Warranties, indemnities, disclaimers of damages, limitations of liability, enforceability, ownership of intellectual property, export restrictions and license rights.

LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION

• Civil Litigation

• Commercial Litigation

• Criminal Litigation

• Domestic Arbitration

• International Commercial Arbitration, Mediation; and Reconciliation

• Family Matters

• Cheque Bounce matters under the Negotiable Instruments Act

• Matters before TRAI and TDSAT

• Consumer Disputes before National, State and District Consumer Courts

• Banking

• Legal Due Diligence

• Debt Recovery Tribunal(DRT), Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal(DRAT)

• Criminal Matters

• Recovery Suits

• Cyber laws related issues like hacking, domain names, and other cyber-crimes

• Protecting brands and ideas and leveraging rights in the software

• E-Commerce advise and contracts

• Software Piracy

• Direct Taxes

• Taxation under Start-up,

• Filing Return