AK and Partners

AK & Partners is a full-service and multi-jurisdictional law firm. The firm provides 360-degree dispute resolution services, including negotiation, neutral evaluation, arbitration, mediation and litigation at district courts, tribunals, various High Courts and the Supreme Court of India at the domestic level and also provides cross-border legal services across various jurisdictions worldwide. The firm provides advisory and dispute resolution services in civil disputes, commercial disputes, real estate disputes, and tax matters, including raids, election laws, white-collar crimes and money laundering. The firm performs title searches regarding properties across India by performing comprehensive title due diligence from retrieval and review of documents to preparing the final title due diligence report. The firm also provides end-to-end hand-holding from the startup phase to post-acquisition synergy and optimisation in equity investment (domestic and international), project finance, debt syndication, data privacy and protection and corporate insolvency rescue. Our regulatory practice strengths include banking, finance, insurance, energy and infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, healthcare, and mining. We also handhold our multinational clients in jurisdictions such as Singapore, Italy, Spain, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh through our counsels practising in these jurisdictions.

• Transaction Advisory and Fund Practice
• Financial Regulatory
• Data Privacy and Protection
• Tax, White Collar Crimes and Money Laundering
• Title Due Diligence
• Litigation
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Labour and Employment Laws
• Energy and Infrastructure
• Knowledge Development and Training

Transaction Advisory and Fund Practice

• Incorporation and Structure of Fund
• Foreign Investment (Inbound and Outbound
• Domestic & Cross Border Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
• Joint Ventures
• Project Finance
• Business Restructuring
• Trusts and Family Succession
• ESOP & Sweat Equity Structuring
• Private Equity
• Direct and indirect tax structuring
• Advising on Private Equity and Venture Capital Transactions
• International Tax Structuring in relation to fund formation and operation.
• PIPE transactions
• Formation and structuring of funds
• Start-up Advisory

Financial Regulatory

• Representation before the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and other regulators
• Registration of Non-Banking Finance Companies and Banking Companies
• License for Payment and Settlement Systems
• Mergers and Acquisitions of an NBFC by another NBFC or Bank
• Structuring of Fintech Business Structures
• FEMA advisory, structuring and compliance pertaining to FDI and ECBs in NBFCs
• Structuring of digital and innovative financial products
• Obtaining approvals for digital and innovative financial products
• Regular updates on statutory and regulatory changes
• Review of Agreements and Templates
• Appeals against orders of RBI before the Ministry of Finance
• Insolvency proceedings before NCLT and NCLAT
• Writ Petitions before various High Courts concerning Banking laws and regulations
• Special Leave Petitions (SLP) before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India concerning Banking and Insolvency issues.
• Debt Recovery proceedings before Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRT) and Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunals (DRAT).

Data Privacy and Protection

• Identification of data points
• Operationalising data protection strategies
• Drafting privacy policies
• Identifying data security risks and adopting mitigation strategies
• Compliance related to consumer data, storing and using data obtained from KYC requirements
• Framing cookie policies and adopting advertising and marketing policies
• Advisory on cross-border transfer of data.

Tax, White Collar Crimes and Money Laundering

• Direct Tax (Litigation & Advisory)
• International Taxation
• Indirect Taxation
• Goods & Service Tax (GST)
• Tax raids related to litigation
• White Collar Crimes
• Money Laundering
• Enforcement Directorate Investigations

Title Due Diligence

• Retrieval and review of local land records, revenue records, title records, and land usage information
• Preparation of detailed title due diligence report
• Review of potential litigation at various applicable forums

Litigation

• Supreme Court of India.
• Various High Courts of India, especially the Bombay High Court and Delhi High Court
• Insolvency and Bankruptcy Resolution for companies, including insurance companies, banks and NBFCs, before the National Company Law Tribunal and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal
• Stressed Asset Resolution and Debt Recovery matters.

Alternative Dispute Resolution

• Recovery and Securitization before Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRTs) and Debt
• Recovery Appellate Tribunal (DRAT)
• National Consumer Disputes Resolution Commission and other consumer forums
• Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA)
• Other regulatory tribunals
• Mediation
• Arbitration- Domestic & International
• Commercial Negotiation with cross-cultural experience in Italy, Spain,
• Catalonia, the United States of America and France
• Developing an internal case management system to reduce the company's dispute resolution cost.

Labour and Employment Laws

• Labour Law Compliances
• Employment Agreements
• Industrial Disputes
• Recruitment and Employment
• Policy
• Termination and Superannuation Policy
• Employment and Compliance Manuals
• Compliance Audit
• Wage and hour compliance advice
• State-specific labour laws
• Regulatory support

Energy and Infrastructure

• Business structuring, including hiving off, assignment of development rights, captive power plants
• Documentation including review of contractor agreements, concessionaire agreements, power purchase agreements, fuel supply agreements, EPC contracts, and operation and maintenance agreements.

Others

• Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) services in Copyright and Trademark matters.
• Mining
• Food & Agro
• Real Estate
• Water & Waste Management
• Aviation
• Pharmaceutical

International Branch Offices:

Singapore

Spain

France

Italy

Sri Lanka