Practice Areas
Argus Partners offers industry leading legal advice across a wide range of practice areas. Our specialist team of lawyers have a reputation for delivering insightful knowledge with a high degree of multidisciplinary expertise and experience.
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Corporate and M&A
Argus Partners is well known for its general corporate and mergers & acquisitions practice. Our lawyers have regularly advised in complex transactions, both domestic and cross border. Our M&A team consists of highly skilled lawyers who have developed significant expertise in this area of practice and offers creative and pragmatic solutions on all matters. Understanding our clients’ business coupled with a strong understanding of accounting, financial and tax matters gives us the added advantage of identifying, comprehending and mitigating risks.
Our expertise includes mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, asset sale & purchase, joint ventures, court/NCLT sanctioned scheme of amalgamation & arrangement, group…
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Finance
The Firm’s practice in banking and finance is demonstrated by the depth of its clientele across sectors. We advise leading national and international banks, financial institutions, NBFCs, debt funds and corporate houses in almost all forms of banking and finance transactions including structured finance, securitization, project finance, promoter funding/loan against shares, syndicated lending, consortium lending, bonds, debentures and commercial papers. Whilst a large majority of our assignments are as lenders’ or investors’ counsel, we have also acted as borrowers' or issuers' counsel in various transactions.
The banking and finance practice has expanded significantly with the merger of the law firm…
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Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency
The Firm has deep knowledge and comprehensive experience of handling intricate legal issues pertaining to distressed assets and corporate restructuring. With the onset of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 ('Code'), the Firm has actively advised several clients on the new Code extensively. We are currently advising investors, funds, asset reconstruction companies and financial institutions as well as committee of creditors in several bids for distressed acquisitions in the RBI mandated cases. The Firm also advises clients on matters pertaining to applications as financial creditor/operational creditor/corporate debtor and keeps itself abreast with recent developments in the Code on a regular…
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Disputes
Expeditious enforcement of contracts is the lifeline of any investor friendly market. For this purpose, it is imperative that commercial disputes are disposed of speedily. The current economic scenario has brought with itself an optimistic investor sentiment in the country. As a result, we have seen a spate of recent government initiatives to inspire investor confidence. From the amendments to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, to consolidation of the insolvency and bankruptcy laws to introduction of the Commercial Courts, all efforts are directed towards alleviating the impediments in the path of conducting business.
Our disputes practice is primarily focused…
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Private Equity & Venture Capital
Private equity investments in India are subject to a complex web of regulations. The law on this subject is constantly evolving and structuring of private equity transactions is getting more and more complex and sophisticated by the day. Our lawyers possess extensive knowledge and understanding of the key issues that our clients may face. This enables us to provide our clients with bespoke solutions and creative strategies. We have both the technical as well as practical expertise to meet the requirements of our clients and their business necessities.
We have regularly advised clients on venture capital and private equity investments.…
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Energy and Infrastructure
The tremendous impetus in the energy and infrastructure sector and global interest in the area in our country strengthens our position to have this particular practice as one of our core practice areas.
We have extensively advised both public and private sector players in: corporate/ M&A/ foreign investments, bids/ tender assistance, project development and advisory, due diligence, contract negotiations and finalisation including concessions, EPC and O&M contracts and various other types of project contracts, project operations, financing, land issues, regulatory and tariff issues and disputes across various sectors such as:
Electricity (Thermal – generation, distribution and transmission)
Ports…
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Technology and Data Privacy
Technology has been the driving force behind the Indian economy for the last two decades. After the dot-com era, tech start-ups took over the pivotal task of bringing in foreign investment and creating jobs in India. Indian lawyers who understand the technology and tech-driven transactions have played a significant role in supporting the growth and development of Indian technology MNCs. India has had the SPDI Rules since 2011 and now a proposed data privacy statute – the Data Protection Bill, on par with GDPR, is being deliberated upon in Parliament.
Argus Partners has developed a strong and robust technology and…
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Real Estate
The tremendous significance of the real estate sector and its impact on other sectors like infrastructure and industry strengthens our position to have this particular practice as one of our core practice areas. The Indian real estate industry is constantly evolving and the regulatory environment demands greater accountability from developers which augurs well for the sector in the long run.
The structuring and financing of real estate transactions is getting more and more complex and sophisticated by the day. Deal structuring in this space requires not only an excellent understanding of the relevant regulations but also an in depth knowledge…
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Competition
We have developed a robust and sophisticated competition law practice. We work closely with economists, accountants and other professionals to offer our clients a one stop shop for all competition law matters. Our competition practice consists of the entire spectrum of competition law including merger control, investigation and enforcement actions, reviewing agreements to ensure compliance with competition law and providing advisory services on all aspects of competition law.
We regularly represent our clients before the Competition Commission of India ('CCI') and the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), High Court as well as Supreme Court for alleged anti competitive practices…
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Indirect Tax
Indirect taxation is a niche subject, which requires concurrent knowledge and information, as the statutes provide ample power to the Government to administer the provisions through various enabling provisions and procedures by issuing rules, regulations, notifications, tariff advise, trade notices, circulars and other administrative guidelines and manuals.
Our Firm has a robust practice in indirect taxation pursued by dedicated professionals who are adept in handling various aspects of indirect tax. The practice includes GST, foreign trade policy and procedures and other allied legislations. We also advise on anti-dumping matters. We have a vast experience, having executed work in matters of classification, valuation,…
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Labour & Employment
The Firm has an employment and labour law team, which has developed significant expertise in this area of practice and well poised to address and provide practical and solution oriented advice to all kind of employment and labour related issues faced by corporates, be it contentious or drafting of employment policies and procedures, or drafting of stock option related documents.
We have advised some of the leading corporates in addressing various employee related issues. The range of offerings involves providing opinion on various contentious issues, advising on applicability of a particular legislation to a client, strategizing with the client to…
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Estate & Succession Planning
Our estate and succession planning practice involves advising individuals as well as corporate clients on estate planning, family business restructuring, tax planning, estate litigation, creation of family trusts, family arrangements and drafting wills.
We work closely with our clients to understand their goals for succession and conduct of closely held family businesses to effectively structure their family enterprises. We develop a governance structure to tailor the needs of our clients. We offer practical solutions to our clients facing a challenge on succession planning for their closely held family businesses.
Our estate and succession planning practice works closely with the disputes…
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