Practices
We are a powerhouse boutique firm that helps global leaders navigate legal complexities, raise and invest capital, structure wealth and do business.
We represent fund managers, family offices, entrepreneurs and promoters, startups and corporates, and most importantly the visionaries of tomorrow.
We are deeply passionate about fund formation. Whether you are forming Fund VI or you are an emerging fund manager building from scratch, we would love to work with you. Our team has formed more than three dozen funds across jurisdictions and can take your idea to execution in approx 2-4 months. You will have experienced lawyers guide you through the entire fund formation process, including:
- Designing the fund architecture and structuring pooling vehicles
- Entity formations, strategic joint venture setup
- Full range of SEBI, IFSCA and GIFT city regulated fund formations
- Ongoing advisory on financial sector regulations and filings including PPM audits
- Ogoing advisory on Category I, Category II and Category III AIFs
- Offshore fund platforms in UAE, Cayman Islands, Mauritius, Singapore
- Co-investment platforms, parallel vehicles, and hybrid structures
- Fund mergers and acquisitions and fund secondaries
- Continuation vehicles with multi jurisdictional offerings
- Structuring carry vehicles and additional return structures for tax efficiency
Our clients include fund administrators, hedge fund managers, private equity and venture capital GPs interested across asset classes including private equity, venture capital, public markets, real estate, private credit, digital assets and more.
We represent limited partners and contributors in reviewing fund documents of India focused funds to identify red flags and do due diligence on invest funds / offerings. We ensure that the rights of limited partners are preserved and draft a 'side letter' with the fund to obtain special rights and economic terms.
Some of our larger clients prefer a detailed list of fund terms and conditions to be negotiated. Other clients just want a quick email with any material red flags to close deals quickly. Either case - we help expedite risk free investing in private funds.
From day to day legal counsel to major strategic initiatives, we support companies at every stage of their lifecycles. We help with:
- general corporate, contractual and commercial advisory on day-to-day business operations
- liaise with external advisors / consultants on identifying and negotiating ideal terms
- provide board advisory services and support corporate governance including on business and stakeholder relations, disputes and pre-litigation advisory
- review and comment on standard legal documentations required in day-to-day operations, including vendor and client agreements, employment-related matters; letter of intents, non-disclosure agreements, engagement letters, consultancy agreements, etc
- regulatory advisory and review of policies on an as-needed basis
- support in other general legal matters as may be required in day to day business operations.
Our clients have often retained us on a fixed fee basis for fractional services. Our fractional legal counsel services are an anchor for our clients to scale with legal functions outsourced to our team. We also offer secondment of out lawyers to Client locations.
We do fund-side, family offices-side and company-side transactions and deal work, negotiating financings for emerging and established companies. Our services include:
- Transaction structuring for seed, Series A–C, Pre-IPO, M&A and bridge financings
- Comprehensive due diligence and risk assesment
- Drafting and negotiating term sheets, letter of intent and transaction agreements (SPA / SSA / SHA / SSHA / Purchase Agreements, Framework Agreements, etc.)
- Advising on valuation, option pools, and founder dilution
- Managing board and investor consent processes
- Coordinating closing deliverables and post-financing governance including management earn-outs
Our specialisation is in putting in systems for emerging fund managers and family offices to close deals quickly from diligence to investing up to Series C financings. On company side, we specialise and excel in representing founders and promoters of emerging and established companies alike.
Our private client and estate planning practice is built on trust, discretion and strategic foresight. The firm has advised Indian and global families on a wide range of wealth structuring, succession planning, and asset management matters. This includes setting up domestic trusts, drafting mirror wills across jurisdictions, converting joint ownerships into structured LLPs, and advising on family investment funds in GIFT City.
Our key specialisations:
- Structuring Trusts, Succession Planning and Governance: We assist clients in creating robust private, family, and charitable trust structures to facilitate effective succession, asset protection, and wealth distribution. Our advisory covers both revocable and irrevocable trusts, discretionary and non- discretionary models, and dual-holding trust structures for layered ownership. We draft comprehensive trust deeds and associated governance documents, including letters of wishes, family constitutions, memoranda of understanding, and protector mechanisms. We also structure testamentary frameworks involving mirror wills and codicils aligned with personal, business, and international interests.
- Family Offices: We help families structure dedicated investment vehicles using private trusts, LLPs, AIFs, and family funds, both in India and in GIFT City. Our services include designing voting, economic, and governance rights among family members and investment professionals. We advise on co-investment structures that allow family members or branches to participate selectively in investments, as well as warehousing and carry arrangements. We assist in registering family funds with regulators, drafting fund documentation, and ensuring alignment with long-term family wealth and impact strategies.With increasingly mobile families and globally held assets, we provide integrated cross-border estate planning solutions. Our expertise spans jurisdictions like the UK, UAE (DIFC/ADGM), Singapore, the US, and Mauritius.
- Philanthropy and Impact Structures: We assist families and founders in setting up charitable and philanthropic structures, including public charitable trusts, private foundations, and Section 8 companies.Our work includes designing governance and funding models, ensuring compliance with tax exemptions under the Income Tax Act, and structuring CSR-aligned giving. We also advise on foreign funding regulations (FCRA) and help implement impact-focused investment structures where philanthropic capital is deployed for commercial return with social impact.
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We help creators, founders, brands, and investors protect, commercialize, and enforce their intellectual property rights. Our approach is pragmatic and aligned with business objectives - whether we’re safeguarding core technology, negotiating content rights, managing portfolios, or handling IP-driven transactions. We advise across the full IP spectrum, with special strength in sectors like media, entertainment, gaming, fintech, healthtech, and consumer brands.
Our key specialisations:
- IP Strategy, Protection & Portfolio Management: We advise clients on developing robust IP strategies that align with business goals, product rollout, and fundraising timelines. Our services include trademark, copyright, and design registrations; brand clearance searches; and preparing filing strategies across jurisdictions. We manage IP portfolios and ensure renewals, opposition handling, and brand use audits are aligned with enforcement strategy.
- IP Due Diligence in Transactions: We conduct IP diligence for investors, acquirers, and targets in M&A, PE/VC investments, and strategic partnerships. We help identify red flags in IP ownership, prior use, third-party claims, and licensing restrictions. We also draft representations and warranties and negotiate indemnities to manage transaction risk in IP-heavy sectors like tech, media, and pharma.
- Copyright & Content Advisory: Our team advises content creators, production houses, agencies, and talent on copyright ownership, music and script licensing, rights clearances, and royalty frameworks. We structure content use and licensing for platforms, OTT syndication, digital marketing campaigns, and user-generated content policies.
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Sector Focus
We are deeply familiar with the sectors we work with having established solid presence and developed deep relationships in government bodies and international community.
Our lawyers have deep network and association with the asset management industry in India, GIFT City, UAE, Singapore, Mauritius, and Cayman Islands. Together with our network partners, we are able to cater to full suite of asset management clients across their different service requirements at one place.
Our team regularly advises on a wide spectrum of financial regulatory frameworks administered by SEBI, RBI, IRDAI, and the IFSCA. This includes regulatory and operational support for AIFs, portfolio managers, investment advisers, mutual funds, NBFCs, payment aggregators, and fintech platforms. We assist in licensing applications, changes in control, surrender or winding up of registrations, and ongoing compliance reporting. In addition, we advise on responding to regulatory queries, managing inspections, preparing internal governance policies, and interfacing with regulators for clarifications, exemptions, or compounding reliefs.
Our Sports, Gaming, Media & Entertainment (SGME) offering combines sectoral knowledge, commercial pragmatism, and deal execution strength. We advise athletes, talent, production houses, gaming startups, digital platforms, brand managers, and venture capital funds on the full range of commercial, content, regulatory, and transactional matters across the SGME spectrum.
- Talent and Brand Representation: We advise high-profile athletes, content creators, brand ambassadors, and influencers on a variety of contracts including endorsement deals, talent agreements, licensing arrangements, and digital content monetization. Our services include structuring IP usage rights, exclusivity terms, moral rights protections, and revenue-sharing models with platforms and sponsors.
- Sponsorship, Endorsement and Merchandising Deals: We structure and negotiate celebrity and brand-driven sponsorship, endorsement, licensing, and merchandising contracts. We help brands and agencies manage risk through clear deliverables, likeness/IP clauses, usage durations, and termination triggers, particularly in high-visibility, high-risk engagements.
- Sports Rights and League Structuring: We advise leagues, teams, federations, and investors on organizing, commercializing, and monetizing sports properties. This includes drafting league governance frameworks, franchise agreements, athlete contracts, and event management agreements. We also advise on broadcasting, streaming, and OTT rights, and handle regulatory matters involving sports authorities.
- Media Rights & Content Licensing: We draft and negotiate domestic and international content licensing agreements, OTT syndication, distribution deals, and production agreements. Our advisory covers content ownership, revenue splits, exclusive/non-exclusive terms, termination, and rights reversions. We also advise on format protection and commissioning arrangements.
- IP, Image & Content Rights: We advise clients on IP strategy including trademarks, copyrights, personality rights, and licensing arrangements. This includes protection and commercialization of athlete IP, character rights, user-generated content, NFTs, and digital collectibles. We also support enforcement in case of misappropriation or piracy.
- Production & Distribution Advisory: We represent producers, studios, OTT platforms, and agencies on production structuring, content acquisition, rights clearances, and post-production agreements. We draft and review agreements for actors, directors, scriptwriters, crew, music licensors, and tech collaborators.
We partner with startups, scale-ups, and investors innovating in high-growth technology sectors such as deeptech, fintech, spacetech, and healthtech. Our practice blends regulatory insight, deal-making expertise, and IP-savvy structuring tailored to founders, venture capital funds, corporate innovation arms, and ecosystem enablers
- Regulatory Advisory for New-Age Sectors: We help clients navigate emerging and sector-specific regulatory frameworks including RBI, SEBI, IRDAI, Telemedicine Guidelines, IN-SPACe frameworks, the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, and the upcoming Digital Personal Data Protection Act. This includes mapping regulatory pathways for unregulated/grey areas, managing policy risk, and seeking clarifications or exemptions.
- Licensing & Compliance: Our team assists startups and scale-ups in obtaining and maintaining key licenses required for financial services, health, and space sector operations. These include payment aggregator (PA) registration, NBFC licensing, investment adviser (IA) or broker registration under SEBI, e-pharmacy compliance, clinical establishment registration, and IN-SPACe permissions for spacetech entities.
- Product Structuring & Commercial Contracts: We advise on the legal structuring of digital products, apps, and platforms, including terms of use, privacy policies, data collection architecture, health record integrations, platform liability, and disclaimers. We draft commercial agreements including technology licensing, API integration, R&D collaboration, payment gateway terms, and AI model access arrangements.
- IP Strategy & Technology Transfer: We support early-stage companies in securing, assigning, and licensing intellectual property developed in-house or via academic and institutional collaboration. Our services include drafting IP assignment deeds, R&D collaboration agreements, open-source software reviews, and technology transfer agreements in both domestic and cross-border contexts.
- Data Privacy, AI & Ethics Advisory: We help emerging tech platforms stay compliant with India’s evolving data privacy landscape. Our services include data mapping, structuring cross-border data transfers, drafting internal data policies, user consent flows, and AI model transparency documents. We also advise on ethical use of machine learning and algorithmic decision-making in high-risk sectors.
- Government Collaboration & Sandbox Engagements: We assist clients in engaging with regulators and government bodies such as IN-SPACe, MeitY, ICMR, NHA, SEBI Innovation Sandbox, and RBI Regulatory Sandbox. Our role includes preparing sandbox applications, reviewing impact statements, and advising on public–private pilot project frameworks.