Kochhar & Co.

The firm has a full service practice with emphasis on joint ventures, foreign collaborations, mergers and acquisitions, infrastructure with emphasis on project finance (including power, telecommunications, roads and highways, and airports), insurance, establishment of liaison and branch offices and subsidiary companies including establishment of Software Technology Park (STP) units and regulatory approvals including Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approvals. The Bangalore office of the Firm has a specialised Technology Law Practice covering all aspects of e-commerce and internet laws along with computer and software laws. The Bangalore office not only represents multinational clients in the state of Karnataka but also clients with interests in Chennai (State of Tamil Nadu), Hyderabad (State of Andhra Pradesh) and Kochi (State of Kerala). The recently established Mumbai office of the Firm is focusing on Project Finance, Venture Capital Investments, Information Technology, Capital Market Transactions, and Intellectual Property Laws, apart from advising clients on all aspects of Indian Corporate Law.
The Firm represents some of the largest multinational corporations from North America, Europe and Japan (many of which are Fortune 500 companies) in diverse areas of corporate and commercial law. The Firm has a niche practice in advising foreign corporations doing business in India on all Indian laws and regulations that are relevant to their Indian Business.

The Firm also has an active litigation practice and regularly represents clients in various matters in the Supreme Court of India, different High Courts, various District Courts as well as Consumer Courts, the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission, the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction, the Company Law Board and Income-tax Tribunals.

The Firm delivers prompt and cost-effective client oriented services and provides legal advice bearing in mind the practical and the business aspects of each transaction. The Firm places the greatest emphasis on "Quality Control" and adheres to strict standards to ensure that quality and response time of the highest international standards are maintained and "client satisfaction" is optimized. Several members of the Firm have worked with international law firms in various foreign jurisdictions including Washington, Boston, Tokyo, London and Sydney. The Firm has an active "Foreign Secondment Programme," which not only ensures diverse international exposure for the Associates but also enables the Firm to remain updated with the latest procedures, programmes and technologies that the international law firms adopt.

Statement of Practice

Business and Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Foreign Investment, Mergers and Acquisitions, Project Finance, Regulatory Approvals, Company Formation, Company Law, Joint Ventures, Technology Transfers, Infrastructure Projects, Taxation Law, Exchange Control, International Arbitration, Litigation (with emphasis on Commercial and Financial Transactions), Banking and Finance Law, Securities Law, Capital Markets and related activities (including equity placements and bought-out deals), Venture Capital Investment, Insurance Law, Broadcasting Law, Telecommunications Law, Energy Law (including Power, Oil and Gas Projects), Industrial Law, Labour and Employment Law, Shipping and Maritime Law, Real Estate and Property Law, Antitrust Law, Antidumping, Environmental Law, Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property Law, E-Commerce and Internet Law, Computers and Software Law, Franchising and Domain Name Registrations

 

S-454, Greater Kailash-II
New Delhi 110048, India

Tel: 91 11 29211606 / 29215477
Fax: 91 11 29219656 / 29214932

Email: kochhar@del2.vsnl.net.in
or
delhi@kochhar.com
Web: www.kochhar.com

Languages spoken:
English, Hindi, Punjabi, French, German. Malayalam, Tamil, Assamese, Bengali, Kashmiri, Urdu, Nepali, Spanish, Sanskrit

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