Employment | Asia-Pacific

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has a pan-Indian employment practice which is well-placed to deal with state-specific employment laws. Its employment team offers broad-ranging experience spanning union issues, company closures, fraud investigations, compliance questions and litigation. The team advises extensively on the employment law aspects of global mergers and acquisitions. The firm is a popular choice for international clients, particularly those from the IT and financial services sectors.

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.

The comprehensive employment practice at IndusLaw has a broad national footprint. The team is active on a range of employment-related mandates including reduction in force exercises, internal investigations, and the structuring of both domestic and international compensation. The firm also handles contentious issues, covering internal investigations and complaints regarding wrongful termination. Its employment team is experienced in providing in-house training programmes. IndusLaw acts for a number of major multinational corporates, from TMT to energy companies.

Khaitan & Co fields an employment, labour and benefits practice that is well-equipped to support the firm's domestic and international corporate clients. The firm's employment team handles a variety of complex issues such as the exit of key employees, disputes with trade unions and disciplinary proceedings. The team also advises on drafting employment policies as well as employee transfers and employee incentive plans.

Kochhar & Co.'s substantial labour and employment practice has an India-wide spread of offices. The firm fields considerable expertise regarding employment litigation and is a noted pioneer in sexual harassment prevention. Its employment team regularly acts for multinational and domestic clients on large workforce restructuring and reduction matters as well as employee transfer, and is notably active on behalf of clients from the finance and technology sectors. The team advises on sensitive trade union disputes as well as internal employee investigations.

AZB & Partners houses a notable employment law group which assists domestic and multinational clients with a broad range of non-contentious employment issues, including workforce structuring and employment documentation, employee compensation and retrenchment issues. Its employment team is also able to advise on maternity benefit policies and anti-sexual harassment policy and practices as well as contentious employment matters. Its client base includes major corporates active in the technology and finance sectors.

The employment team at JSA advises on the full range of employment issues, regularly assisting with regulatory compliance as well as contentious matters. The team is also noted for transactional support work, particularly for clients in the TMT industry. Additionally, the team advises major Indian and international corporations on restructuring and employee termination exercises, enjoying an especially strong reputation for its representation of American companies. JSA is also active assisting clients with internal investigations.

The active labour and employment arm of full-service law firm Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co advises domestic and international clients on employment policies, audits and investigations. The firm is skilled in handling such contentious issues as employee misconduct, and is regularly engaged on compensation and workforce structuring mandates. Its prestigious clientele includes leading names from the financial services, manufacturing and technology sectors. Other areas of strength cover assisting with maternity benefit and provident fund matters.

The employment law department at Bharucha & Partners draws on its dispute resolution strength to offer domestic and foreign corporates and individuals support on labour court matters. It frequently handles wrongful termination matters and disputes against unions. The firm is experienced in advising clients on HR policies and the employment aspects of corporate transactions.

The labour and employment team at Samvad Partners is able to advise clients on fraud and employee stock option schemes, as well as internal investigations relating to sexual harassment. The team is notably strong on contentious employee terminations such as senior management exits.