Profile Overview
2007 onwards: FIRST LEGAL, ADVOCATES, NEW DELHI
Founder and Principal Attorney: Advise individual and corporate clients on a wide range of Corporate and Commercial laws including:
Representing individual and corporate clients in various types of Civil, Company, Criminal and Intellectual Property litigation, under the original, appellate and writ jurisdictions of the Courts at Delhi and neighbouring jurisdictions;
Drafting Arbitration Petitions and Claims and related pleadings, representing clients to contest and defend arbitration proceedings in a wide variety of disciplines;
Regularly appearing and presenting cases before the Supreme Court, High Courts (Delhi) and District Courts (Delhi and Haryana) before Chandigarh High Court as well;
Drafting, reviewing and negotiating all types of Contractual Documentation including Mergers and Acquisition transactions, Joint Venture Agreements, Loan Facility Agreements, License Agreements including Intellectual Property and Software Licensing and Secrecy and Confidentiality Agreements;
Advising clients on Property and Inheritance laws;
Advising clients on Matrimonial Issues;
Negotiation and Documentation of Real Property, Due Diligences and Regulatory Approvals.
2002-2006: Working as an independent counsel to the firm Koura & Company on client accounts and advising other independent clients on a variety of legal issues.
1999: MILBANK TWEED HADLEY & MCCLOY, LONDON
Worked on Project Finance relating work on an Indian Power Project
1995–2001: KOURA & CO., ADVOCATES & BARRISTERS, NEW DELHI
Have worked extensively for major Indian Oil Companies and Banks in India
Advising clients including Banks and Oil Companies on a variety of legal issues concerning their business transactions, litigation, on contractual matters and commercial and legal issues;
Drafting, reviewing and negotiating Mergers and Acquisition transactions, Joint Venture Agreements, Loan Facility Agreements, License Agreements including Intellectual Property and Software Licensing and Secrecy and Confidentiality Agreements;
Appearing and presenting cases before the Supreme Court, High Court (Delhi), District Courts, Company Law Board, Monopolies & Restrictive Trade Practices Commission;
Drafting and reviewing and negotiating Oil Exploration and related contracts and Production Sharing Contracts;
Drafting, reviewing and negotiating Mergers and Acquisition transactions, Loan Facility Agreements;
Conducting Due Diligence.
1995: LALL, LAHIRI & SALHOTRA, ADVOCATES, NEW DELHI
Filing trademark registration applications, opposition and rectification applications before the Registrar of Trademarks, Delhi
1993-95: Interned with Rajinder Narain& Co. and P.H. Parekh & Co in New Delhi on a part time basis.