Litigation Support Services

Owing to the various liberal policies, incentives and schemes being introduced by the Government, India is becoming a hub of economic activity. With the “Make in India” initiative, India is now attracting investors from across the globe in almost every sector. However, India has a stringent compliance landscape and every sector comes with it’s unique set of challenges in terms of legalities involved.

Our team of corporate lawyers and legal advisors have an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the volatile landscapes under which organizations function and focus on developing sustainable solutions depending upon the requirements of the clients within the given regulatory framework.

Our team of legal consultants and corporate lawyers at PMH caters to clients across various sectors which include – aerospace & defense, entertainment, media & broadcasting, healthcare, food and beverage, real estate, retail, automobile, agriculture, banking, construction, financial services, tourism, education, infrastructure, manufacturing among others.

PMH offers legal services and advisory in the areas of Corporate and Commercial Law, Dispute Resolutions, Tax (Direct and Indirect) Intellectual Property Rights and trademarks, Patent Registration, Copyright Registration, Labour and Employment laws, arbitration, litigation, legal due diligence.
We provide legal services in the following areas :

Corporate & Commercial Law

With our expertise and multi-dimensional approach, depending upon the business goals of organizations, PMH advises / assists clients with :

Business and operational restructuring based on mergers and acquisition/ joint venture/management buy-outs/business transfer and sale of assets in both domestic and cross border transactions.
Conducting financial and legal due – diligence
Identifying strategic investors / business partners
Ensuring ongoing legal and regulatory compliances
Working through dissolutions and winding ups
Advising and drafting of various commercial agreements, contracts, MOUs
Drafting, vetting and advising of national & international business agreements, license agreements, business transfer agreements (BTA), shareholders agreements (SHA)

PMH advises clients on mergers, joint ventures, acquisitions and sales of controlling interest, minority sales and investment, pre-IPO placements, public takeover offers, hostile takeovers, management buy-outs, business transfers and asset sales in both domestic and cross-border transactions.

Dispute Resolution And Arbitration

Our team of lawyers and legal advisors make an endeavor to assist clients resolving their disputes efficiently and cost effectively. Our team of professionals support clients through litigation process and advices on complex issues such as disputes relating to joint ventures, shareholder rights, real estate transactions, tax matters, commercial and infrastructure contracts , company law matters, regulatory matters, securities law matters.

We assist clients in drafting arbitration agreements as well as advice clients on handling arbitration cases relating to commercial contracts, contractual disputes, collaboration disputes, service agreements, supply agreements and the like.

Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property (IP) is gaining utmost importance in today’s dynamic and competitive environment. With a host of organizations and entrepreneurs, innovating and coming up with path breaking discoveries, it becomes essential to create a right on such IPs in order to determine a value to give it a competitive and an economic advantage.

Our team of experts have vast experience in areas of :

Trademark and names
Copyright
Design
Patents (including drafting and filing of patent specifications in all disciplines of science and technology/engineering)
Internet domain names and internet related IP issues
Confidential information and trade secrets

Likewise, we also advise clients on a variety of intellectual property agreements including IP acquisition and transfer related agreements, partnerships/JVs with an aim to transfer/develop IP, IP related aspects of franchising transactions, IP property agreements. We also conduct due diligence on portfolio of patents, trademarks and copyright works.

Labour and Employment Laws

PMH provides practical and workable solutions on various employment related issues. Our areas of assistance include:

Reviewing/ drafting employment related agreements, expatriate employment and secondment agreements, data privacy, confidentiality and protection policies
Non – compete arrangements
Advise in managing human resource related crises, sensitive terminations
Advise on employment related issues due to mergers and acquisitions, transfer of business assets, internal restructuring
Advise on developing strategy/documentation for exit of senior management
Other regulatory compliances

PMH advises clients on employment related agreements, engagement of consultants, executive compensation, statutory compliances (including employee benefits, maternity benefits, statutory bonus and other liabilities)

Company Law, Secreterial Advisory and Support

We map the best services for you so that as a business owner you only focus on the core business.

We assist the corporates in planning and designing the corporate structures, assisting them in corporate restructuring exercise, valuations, mergers, demergers and take overs.

Our team provides company secretarial services in a range of jurisdictions ensuring we meet all local requirements and keep informed of all the regulatory changes.

We work with our clients in a coordinated approach and ensure the highest standard of corporate governance is maintained.

Range of services offered includes the following :

Incorporation of New companies and Limited Liability Partnerships.
Compliances Services under the Companies Act, 2013.
Maintaining statutory secretarial records and statutory books.
Secretarial Audit as required under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013.
Certification of Annual Return in accordance with the provisions of Companies Act, 2013.
Advisory Services on the constitution of Board of Directors, Independent Directors, women Directors, small shareholders Directors, Audit Committee, Remuneration and Grievance Committee.
Complete support and advisory services for implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility in compliance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2013.
Drafting Director’s Report and Board Evaluation Statement as required under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013.
Procedural filings with the regulatory authority (Registrar of Companies) on behalf of Indian and Foreign companies operating as a Branch office in India.
Organising and conducting Board Meetings via Video Conferencing for Companies and circulating minutes.
Organising Annual General Meetings and Proxy Management Services for Companies.
Organising Postal ballot and e-ballot services and working as scrutinizers for certifying the voting results.
Charge filings and Search Reports for lending banks and Financial Institutions from Registrar of Companies).
Conducting due diligence on a company or generating any other specific search reports in respect of the companies from the records available with the regulatory authorities (Registrar of Companies).
Complete company Law legal advisory and transactional services for amalgamation, reconstruction, reorganization and winding up of companies.
Preparation for full set of AGM documents and filling annual return with the regulatory authority.
Preparation and maintenance of minutes of the meeting of Directors and Shareholders, drafting up standard directors’ resolutions.

Services under Foreign Exchange Management Act 1999:

Complete support to Foreign Companies who wish to start business in India under the government’s Foreign Direct Investment Policy and all allied legal activities related thereto.
Complete support to Foreign Institutional Investors who wish to invest in Indian Capital Market and allied compliance with SEBI and RBI.
Complete support and transaction services in the External Commercial Borrowings, Listing of Shares in Foreign Stock Exchanges, Raising Funds via ADR / GDR / IDR and compliance services towards RBI under the FEMA.

Foreign Trade Policy Matters

Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) was introduced by the Government to promote Indian export of goods and services, generating employment and increasing value addition to the country.

Our services here assisting exporters in availing the various incentives under the FTP

Export Promotion Capital Goods – The exporters are entitled for import of new capital goods under this scheme without payment of custom duties. The exporter can also purchase domestic capital goods under this scheme by obtaining Invalidation letter.
Export Promotion Scheme – The exporters are entitled for various export promotion schemes under Foreign Trade Policy like Merchandise Export Incentive Scrip (MEIS), Service Exports from India Scheme (SEIS).
Duty Remission Scheme – Duty Remission schemes like Duty Drawback enables exporter to get remission of the duties on inputs used in exported goods. Under the duty drawback there are two ways by which the duty remission can be obtained.