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Dedicated practice with a focused team that advises top Indian and multinational companies on Indian labour and employment laws 

Our Labour and Employment practice is one of the most comprehensive in the country, and has been the go-to resource for several Fortune 500 companies seeking advice on the implementation of labour codes, including the impact of the new definition of wages, managing contract worker engagements, and streamlining various obligations under labour laws.   

It is consistently rated as one of India’s best labour and employment practices by agencies such as Chambers & Partners, IBLJ, Asian Legal Business and Who’s Who Legal. 

Our employment practice provides specialised legal advice on a wide spectrum of issues. These range from routine compliance matters and complex senior management negotiations, to trade union disputes and representation before Provident Fund and other regulatory authorities. The firm is regularly involved in labour audits for clients and frequently assists them with disciplinary inquiries and termination claims. We routinely advise on bespoke compensation and benefits structuring, intellectual property protection, and investigations and inquiries arising from employee misconduct/white-collar crime. 



Chambers Review

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Employment - India

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Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Trilegal possesses an outstanding labour and employment law practice recognised for its broad handling of contentious and non-contentious work. Its employment team is favoured by a substantially international, blue-chip clientele. Trilegal offers comprehensive coverage of practice area issues, including business closures, reorganisations, drafting policies and senior management negotiations, plus specialist expertise in sexual harassment and white-collar investigations. The firm also handles relevant disciplinary proceedings and is skilled in working alongside companies' internal HR teams and active in offering training programmes.

Work Highlights

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  • Trilegal assisted a mulitnational banking and financial services corporation through Gorrissen Federspiel in relation to the sale of their Indian wholly-owned subsidiary to Infosys, including structuring advice for the transfer of critical IT assets, employees and other core assets.

Strengths

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Trilegal demonstrates deep expertise in local market labour laws and matters, while also understanding and docking into global based employee relations lens for corporates.

Employment respondent
Asia-Pacific

The team takes a pragmatic approach and they take a deep dive into the topic at hand.

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Notable Practitioners

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Atul Gupta
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Atul Gupta
1
Band 1

Atul Gupta chairs Trilegal's labour and employment law team from Bengaluru. He comes highly recommended for his broad knowledge and expertise in the employment sphere.

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Swarnima
3
Swarnima
3
Band 3

Swarnima regularly advises clients from her Bengaluru base on compliance issues, including as these relate to wages and remote and hybrid working arrangements. She also has notable expertise handling sexual harassment investigations and complaints.

Swarnima is solutions-oriented and responsive.

Swarnima has deep knowledge of our business and the challenges we face. She provides proactive updates and is responsive when urgent assistance is required.

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Veena Gopalakrishnan
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Veena Gopalakrishnan
3
Band 3

Veena Gopalakrishnan is actively building her employment practice, advising clients on a wide range of issues including senior employee exits, incentive plans and sexual harassment cases.

Veena is business-friendly while understanding the legal requirements at play.

Veena brings practical and well-informed advice to our matters. She is personable and addresses concerns head on.

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Atul Gupta
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Atul Gupta
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Band 1
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Swarnima
3
Swarnima
3
Band 3
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Veena Gopalakrishnan
3
Veena Gopalakrishnan
3
Band 3
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