Practise Areas
M&A/ Private Equity Law
We regularly advise M&As, assetpurchases, joint ventures, post-acquisition restructuring, slump sales, mergercontrol and competition law. With a diverse network over multiplejurisdictions, we offer the ability to advise on, structure and manage crossborder deals.Our lawyers have extensive experience in advisingvarious private equity & venture capital transactions and have advisedinvestors and investee companies, investment banks, management teams andemployees on complicated investment deals in India and abroad.
Dispute Resolution
While our Dispute Resolution practice is conceived of as a general offering, we tend to specialise in shareholder disputes, insolvency matters, corporate governance, employment& labour disputes, intellectual property disputes, and technology, data protection, & media disputes. Our team represents clients in trial, appellate and regulatory courts and tribunals across the country and in domestic and international arbitral fora. Our dispute resolution team also assists our clients with pre-litigation strategy and risk mitigation.
Privacy and Data Protection
Our Privacy and Data Protectionpractice focuses on the evolving technological, business and legal issuesrelating to privacy and security of data. With India making rapid stridestowards digitization and creation of a robust legal framework dealing withprivacy and data protection, there is an unprecedented need for businesses toupgrade their privacy standards to avoid potential liabilities and meetmandatory compliance standards. Our team has consistently adopted an innovativeapproach and engaged with clients on key compliance requirements (includingconducting awareness and teach-in sessions) and on implementation of customisedsolutions for them.
Tax
We advise our clients on allaspects of tax including:·
TaxDisputes and Investigations: From pre-emptive advice to litigation, we haveexperts dedicated full time to the resolution of disputes with tax authorities.
Tradeand Customs.We have extensive experience in helping clients with all aspects of internationaltrade law, including customs, trade defence, export controls and sanctions. ·
EmployeeIncentives and Benefits.Our high-related team of specialists can design, draft and implement yourincentive arrangements and advise a wide range of clients.
WhiteCollar Crime.Our Tax practice combines tax crime lawyers, financial and forensic crimespecialists and change/behavioural management consultants to cover all areas offinancial crime.
TaxDisputes and Investigations: From pre-emptive advice to litigation, we haveexperts dedicated full time to the resolution of disputes with tax authorities.
Tradeand Customs.We have extensive experience in helping clients with all aspects of internationaltrade law, including customs, trade defence, export controls and sanctions. ·
EmployeeIncentives and Benefits.Our high-related team of specialists can design, draft and implement yourincentive arrangements and advise a wide range of clients.
WhiteCollar Crime.Our Tax practice combines tax crime lawyers, financial and forensic crimespecialists and change/behavioural management consultants to cover all areas offinancial crime.
Insolvency and Reconstruction
WhiteStone Legal has diverse and substantial expertise in the field of insolvency and restructuring. Our corporate recovery and restructuring practice works closely with the DisputeResolution practice. The wide scope of work includes:·
Formulating strategy on debt restructuring and corporate restructuring
Options and strategies in the event of counter party insolvency or financial distress
Advising financial creditors, operational creditors, corporate debtors and insolvency professionals on all aspects, including general corporate and commercial laws, specific insolvency law advice, and legal due
diligence on the company’s affairs, debts, and assets
Advising potential acquirers or sellers of distressed businesses or assets, whether through statutory insolvency, pre-packaged sales or in financially distressed situations
Advising directors and officers on the risks that arise for them in periods of financial uncertainty or actual or impending liquidation
Filing applications with NCLT and preparing claims to be filed with insolvency resolution professionals·
Preparing and reviewing the resolution plan
Implementation of the plan, including drafting the restructuring documentation, advising on a stake sale, business or asset transfer
Representing clients before NCLT, NCLAT, High Courts and the Supreme Court
Formulating strategy on debt restructuring and corporate restructuring
Options and strategies in the event of counter party insolvency or financial distress
Advising financial creditors, operational creditors, corporate debtors and insolvency professionals on all aspects, including general corporate and commercial laws, specific insolvency law advice, and legal due
diligence on the company’s affairs, debts, and assets
Advising potential acquirers or sellers of distressed businesses or assets, whether through statutory insolvency, pre-packaged sales or in financially distressed situations
Advising directors and officers on the risks that arise for them in periods of financial uncertainty or actual or impending liquidation
Filing applications with NCLT and preparing claims to be filed with insolvency resolution professionals·
Preparing and reviewing the resolution plan
Implementation of the plan, including drafting the restructuring documentation, advising on a stake sale, business or asset transfer
Representing clients before NCLT, NCLAT, High Courts and the Supreme Court
Corporate & Commercial
Our Corporate & Commercial team advises clients on every stage of their growth – from incorporation and growth to restructuring and insolvency. We regularly advise on a diverse set of domestic and cross-border matters across numerous industry sectors. Combined with our generalist transactional expertise, we also assist on a range of specialist areas such as corporate governance, anti-trust and competition advisory, financial sector regulations, data protection, intellectual property and employment and benefits.
We regularly advise on policies, laws and regulations in relation to:
Structuring of investment vehicles
Inbound and outbound investments
Exchange control regime
Strategical licences and collaborations
Technologytransfers & licensing
Technical assistance & services arrangements
Governmental& regulatory compliance and approvals
Telecom licensing & technological collaborations
ArtificialIntelligence & Machine Learning and their partnerships with different sectors
Payment systems and FinTech products/service offerings
We regularly advise on policies, laws and regulations in relation to:
Structuring of investment vehicles
Inbound and outbound investments
Exchange control regime
Strategical licences and collaborations
Technologytransfers & licensing
Technical assistance & services arrangements
Governmental& regulatory compliance and approvals
Telecom licensing & technological collaborations
ArtificialIntelligence & Machine Learning and their partnerships with different sectors
Payment systems and FinTech products/service offerings
Infrastructure
WhiteStone Legal provides legaladvice on all aspects of Turnkey Projects, Infrastructure Projects and otherheavy construction works including EPC Contracts, Supply Contracts,Installation & Commissioning Contracts, Design & Build Contracts, JointBidding & Joint Venture Agreements.
Intellectual Property
Our IP team comprises ofprofessionals with an expert grounding in every aspect of Patent,Trademark, Copyright & Design prosecution vis-à-vis businesstransactions (structuring, licensing, franchising, joint-ventures, mergers& acquisitions etc.), and litigation (including enforcement /anti-piracy).
