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The Firm has been consistently recognized as a ‘Tier -1’ law firm in Aviation by Legal 500 and as a leading law firm by other publications.

Luthra and Luthra Law Offices India has been actively involved in advising clients on aircraft purchase contracts, aircraft leasing contracts, aircraft financing transactions, syndicated loan agreements in relation to cross border aircraft financing and related security documentation, fleet-wide maintenance contracts, contracts for purchasing aircraft equipment, buyer furnished equipment (BFE) purchase contracts, and in restructuring of airline companies.

The Firm has extensive experience in dealing with the regulatory authorities in the aviation sector including Directorate General of Civil Aviation. It has advised and assisted several prominent companies in the aviation sector in negotiating various aircraft purchase agreements, aircraft leasing contracts, vendor contracts, maintenance contracts for the engines, general maintenance agreements for its aircraft, maintenance, repair and overhaul (“MRO”) agreements, ticketing software contracts, code-sharing arrangements, etc. The Firm has also advised on the restructuring and modernization of some major airports in India.

We foresaw ESG as a mainstream before it became an integral part of the business. Both from corporate practice as well as social responsibility perspectives, we systemically invested in the ESG practice as a long-term play and have gradually built a full-bench of 25 lawyers who specialise in different aspects of ESG.

We assist clients to achieve business objectives and tackle challenges presented by the changing landscape. The Team is well-versed with statutory guidelines and standards and help mitigate climate risks through adoption of sustainable practices. The Team has advised multinationals and business conglomerates on issues around human rights and corporate social responsibility.

The Firm has one of the largest competition law practices in India with over 20 years of experience under the modernized competition regime in India. We were one of the first firms to identify this new area of law and set up a dedicated practice in the year 2003.

The team advises on the full bouquet of antitrust and competition issues, including competition investigations, litigation, compliance, advisory, merger control, and structured numerous transactions relating to acquisitions, mergers, and amalgamations. We represent clients before the Competition Commission of India (CCI), the Competition Appellate Tribunal, the High Court, and the Supreme Court of India.

The Firm has been involved in a large majority of behavioural investigations conducted by the CCI and has conducted compliance programs and antitrust risk assessments for various organizations across sectors. 

The Firm’s Corporate and Commercial practice is well-equipped to steer a transaction from start to finish. Known for our expertise in all ancillary aspects of a transaction such as given below, and ongoing compliance matters, we use an integrated approach working with multiple practice experts to identify the optimal strategy and structure for a client.

The team advises companies, directors, shareholders, partnerships, limited liability partnerships, trusts and other business entities on a range of transactional and regulatory matters, and provides strategic, tailor-made, and comprehensive corporate advisory services.

The Firm has assisted a number of clients across the globe in setting up their business presence in India in various business spheres, associated implementation, and post-set-up compliances/registrations under one roof.

The direct tax team at the firm has established itself as a leading expert for businesses and organizations on all aspects of their tax requirements. Our team consists of experienced attorneys and chartered accountants, who understand the complex legal aspects of direct taxation, and specific issues that emanate from an evolving tax environment globally.

We provide tax advisory on complex issues and transactions, assistance in controversy management on a wide gamut of domestic and international tax issues. On the advisory front, the team regularly advises on issues pertaining to corporate tax and transfer pricing, cross-border transactions for both inbound and outbound investments, indirect transfers, spin-offs, share sales, asset sales, business transfers, group restructuring, structuring of revenue and capital flows, establishment of private equity funds and undertakes comprehensive tax due diligences. We provide advice to start-ups on various tax issues, tax advice to individuals and family offices on succession and estate planning and advice our clients on the special tax regimes.

The Only Firm in India to have an exhaustive practice across all areas of dispute resolution starting from traditional litigation between individuals, estates and property, corporate litigation, regulatory practice, constitutional law, white collar crimes and competition law.

Our Dispute Resolution Practices, being one of the largest in India, with over two decades of experience, helps our clients effectively manage their businesses through strategic risk management advice and mitigating risk at the outset.

The team represents individuals and companies in the biggest graft prosecutions in India and boasts of handling white-collar prosecutions which are on a rise in India. The Firm provides specialized advisory and represents parties in high-stake commercial and civil disputes, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), and international commercial and domestic arbitrations.

The Tax Practice of the Firm is one of the largest among full service law firms in India, and comprises experienced and committed professionals with added competencies/qualifications in accounting, management and economic theory. The inter-disciplinary team provides comprehensive advice and contemporary solutions to its clients on both direct and indirect taxation issues.

The Firm advises several overseas, domestic and multinational clients operating in diverse sectors including aviation, automobile, auto-ancillary industry, retail, real estate, infrastructure projects, media and entertainment, hospitality, Information Technology, and investment funds.

The Team offers legal advisory and representation services across the entire spectrum of indirect taxes, including taxes levied by the central and state governments. The Team also advises and represents clients in matters relating to foreign trade regulatory laws and trade protection measures such as anti-dumping and safeguard duties.

The Intellectual Property Law Practice is a highly-ranked practice, among general practice law firms in India. The IP practice employs a global approach, wholly integrated into the multidisciplinary full-service practice of the firm.

The IP team at Luthra and Luthra Law Offices India comprises professionals with years of experience and an expert grounding in Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Design prosecution, Business transactions (advisory, structuring, licensing, franchising, joint-ventures, mergers & acquisitions, IP audits / due diligence, etc.) and Litigation (including advisory, infringement disputes, enforcement / anti- piracy). In addition, members of the team also consistently advise clients on Pharmaceutical regulatory laws in India.

The Firm’s clients range from small business concerns (including start-ups and individual based corporations) to large domestic and international corporations. The firm expertise’s in providing pragmatic, cost-effective and workable solutions regarding issues involving client products and IP portfolios, independently or related to IP based business-transactional advisory in other practice areas of Law.

Ours is one of the few firms in India having a dedicated International Trade/ WTO practice group. The practice group consists of leading legal practitioners including lawyers who as government officers in the past have contributed to the evolution of the trade policy in India. The practice group is therefore well-positioned to understand the complexities involved in these matters and accordingly provide assistance to clients.

The services offered by the International Trade/ WTO practice group includes assistance in anti-dumping investigations, safeguard investigations and other types of trade remedial investigations WTO Dispute and WTO Policy advisory. The Group has extensive experience in the area of Customs laws as well as the Foreign Trade Policy.

The Firm has represented clients in antidumping, safeguards, and countervailing proceedings before authorities, including the Directorate General of Antidumping, Directorate General of Safeguards, Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, High Courts of India, The Supreme Court of India, and the European Commission.

The Firm advises on all aspects of employment law including litigation, transactional and advisory matters, and represents clients before various courts and tribunals, ranging from basic domestic inquiries to cases before the Supreme Court of India.

We assist in the management of employment risks for a number of multinational companies across diverse sectors at all levels in addition to providing strategic, high-level advice on crucial employment-related and compliance issues, as well as day-to-day support for human resources departments and in-house counsel teams.

The Firm has also successfully conducted numerous human resource audits, analysed complaints pertaining to sexual harassment, and provided assistance in possible liabilities of the company in case of any employee-related dispute.

A pioneer in commercial legal advice, our M&A practice is a powerhouse of exclusive, complex M&A activity and corporate advisory matters. We understand our client’s businesses and have the ability to visualize a deal to eventually see it through seamlessly in a timely manner.

Our team has worked on some of the most challenging cross-border and domestic deals, with a strong sectoral focus addressing all of our client’s legal requirements, combined with deep regulatory and market understanding.

The Firm advises buyers and sellers on a range of share purchase and asset purchase transactions across a variety of business sectors, involving private and public listed companies, such as pharma and health, retail, hydro power, oil and gas, automotive, education, real estate, information technology, e-commerce, start-ups, infrastructure, construction, financial services, broadcasting and news media, telecom, etc.

Our dedicated 40 plus lawyers Private Equity team with their in-depth local knowledge and appreciation of cross-border legal requirements, advises venture capital firms, hedge funds, private equity funds, mezzanine funds, and infrastructure funds on structuring investment vehicles.

The Firm has worked on many of the complex and trend-setting transactions in various industries including agriculture, broadcasting and news media, e-commerce, education, energy – solar, wind, conventional and nuclear, financial services, food and beverages, healthcare, infrastructure, insurance, real estate, retail and sports.

We use a versatile approach for this practice and draw on the strength of our other practices. This approach has led us to complete the most challenging transactions in an agile and responsive manner, helping our clients through the full life cycle of investments — from fund formation to exit and everything in between.

Luthra & Luthra Law Offices India acknowledges the faith, appreciation and acceptance that its clients bestow upon the Firm. To return back the same, the firm actively engages with the society and provides pro bono legal services by way of advising, assisting and legally representing various not-for-profit and charitable organisations.

From their establishment to their fund utilization, from commercial contracts to the protection of their intellectual property rights, the Firm advises such organisations at every step involving legal implications and guidance.

Mr. Rajiv K Luthra, founded LIFE Foundation, as a setup to follow up on the implementation of progressive court orders on a wide range of issues and attempts to ensure bureaucratic accountability.

The Firm has assisted various stakeholders such as project developers, contractors, Indian and foreign investors, regulatory authorities, multilateral institutions, international banks, and financial institutions.

The Team has provided advisory and legal assistance in connection with more than 100 projects across sectors (Power, Oil and Gas, Transport, Urban Social Infrastructure, Nulcear and Mining) in India, People’s Republic of China, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Our energy practice includes advice on thermal and renewable energy projects including solar, wind, hydro, oil, gas, mining, and biomass projects. Our infrastructure practice includes advice on the construction, financing, and operation of roads, railways, airports, ports, logistics, water, and waste management projects.

The Team has extensive experience in drafting, negotiation and vetting of project agreements and project financing documents, bidding process, undertaking due diligence exercise on projects and preparation of risk matrix and ascertaining regulatory compliances under Indian law.

The Firm distinguishes itself by housing a specialized team advising on multifarious and multitudinous real estate issues on a pan India basis. The Firm focuses on client’s needs and objectives in a transaction and evaluates issues involved, formulates risk matrix, identify areas and issues which could be deal breakers and suggest appropriate rehabilitative measures and way forward strategy.

The Team has in-depth understanding of the commercial and legal complexities pertaining to the ownership of land, acquisition of land, land use and conversion, regulatory and approval issues, foreign investment, etc. assisting clients in planning the structure of and negotiating complex transactions. The Firm also advises clients on real estate financing and assists in the structuring and documentation of real estate mortgages, trust deeds, contracts of sale, and other financing transactions.

The Firm renders legal advice to both international and domestic real estate developers, venture capitalists, private equity funds and investors all types of real estate development, including commercial centres, industrial and residential complexes, hotels, resorts, golf courses, Information technology parks, multiplex entertainment centres, Special Economic Zone etc.

The Restructuring and Insolvency Practice Group is known for its solution-oriented approach, navigating through the complex legal landscape in India, without losing sight of the commercial and business objectives, and continues to enjoy the reputation of being able to deliver effective advice and provide guidance on complex restructurings and insolvency proceedings.

As a full-service law firm, we are able to draw on our expertise across different practice areas in order to provide our clients with top-quality service. The most notable feature of The Firm’s practice is the integrated corporate restructuring and disputes offering, allowing us to service clients right from board room discussions to courtroom proceedings.

Our Team has built up significant expertise in acting for distressed funds, bidders/resolution applicants, foreign and domestic lenders/Committee of Creditors and the insolvency professionals in restructurings, insolvency resolution processes and liquidations under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (“Code”).

Our dedicated Telecommunications, Media & Technology (TMT) practice is a multi-disciplinary group of lawyers with significant experience and in-depth expertise in the sector.

Our key areas of expertise include telecom, broadcasting & entertainment, fin-tech, data protection and privacy, and a host of other emerging technologies such as crypto and virtual currency, blockchain, OTT platforms, e-commerce, online gaming, IoT, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, health tech, AR/VR, digital maps, drones, robotics.

We offer regulatory and transactional advice to some of the largest telecom and software companies as well as technology players in India and the world. Our specialist lawyers allow us to provide industry-specific and tailored advice and work seamlessly with the other core practices of the Firm enabling us to provide practical and cutting-edge solutions to our clients.