Legal Consultant
Confidential
Total years of experience :24 years, 6 Months
Currently heading the Corporate team and Arbitration. Responsible for all non-litigation assignments and DIFC, DIAC Arbitration.
My expertise covers drafting and vetting of Joint venture Agreements, Service Provider Agreements, Distributor Agreements, Sale & purchase Agreements, Lease Agreements, Developer Agreements, Supply-Purchase Agreements, Lease Agreements, Content agreement, International Agreements of British Petroleum & Castrol India, software licensing agreement, software/hardware maintenance agreement, data subscription agreement, web site legal notice/terms & conditions/data protection agreement, online privacy agreement, online distribution agreement, web development and hosting agreement, compliance with statutory directives for agri-loans as well as responsible for drafting and vetting various agri-loan agreements, MOUs, indemnity bonds, master facility agreements, corporate guarantee and confidentiality agreements and ensuring strong legal checks and balances for warehouse stock funding and liquidation process. Also provided end to end solutions in documentation and litigation of Corporate Finance, Project Finance, Private Equity and Securities, finalizing Corporate Debt Restructuring Documentation, Share Holder’s and Share Subscription Agreements, Options Agreement etc.
• Corporate documentation, Advisory & Litigation
• Corporate portfolio of my Client, AMEX (Middle East) B.S.C. (c) which includes vetting contracts and providing opinions regarding their activities in the MENA region.
• Leading the litigation team for all recovery litigations of AMEX (Middle East) B.S.C. (c). Recovered 35% of their written off debts so far.
• Giving opinion on Incorporation of new Companies in UAE
• Giving opinion on UAE bankruptcy Law and introduction of VAT.
• Giving opinion on UAE labour law and drafting the Hr policies.
• Giving opinion on expat adoption issues.
• Giving opinion to Companies and expats on legal heirs issues in UAE.
• Giving opinion to Employers on breach of confidentiality by employees.
• Drafting Legal Notices for breach of contract, recovery, Trademark infringement etc.
• Drafting and vetting Agreements like Share Purchase Agreements, MOUs relating to Sale of Shares, Purchase Supply Agreements, Franchisee Agreement, Distributor & Marketing Agreements, Software licence Agreements, Promotion Agreements, Service Provider Agreements etc.
• Agreement for permanent recruitment in UAE from abroad
• Drafting Non-circumvention and Non-Disclosure Agreement.
• Drafting amendments to Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association
Lawyer
•Corporate documentation of Castrol India Limited, British Petroleum plc. namely Agency Agreements, Service Provider Agreements, Distributor Agreements, Umbrella Contracts, Corporate Grant Agreements, Sale & Purchase Agreements with Government entities like BPCL, HPCL etc and with Private entities like Essar, Maruti, Volkswagen, Halliburton etc, Car Lease Agreements, Leave & Licence Agreements, Food & Beverages Agreement with Taj Sats, NDA and Software Development Agreements comprising various scope of work for business development.
•Litigation matters of National Spot Exchange Limited, SEBI, Divorce cases, summary suits, Recovery suits, Arbitration, Winding Up matters etc
•Providing end to end solutions in documentation and litigation of Corporate Finance, Project Finance, Private Equity and Securities.
•Finalizing Corporate Debt Restructuring Documentation, Share Holder’s and Share Subscription Agreements, Options Agreement etc.
•Strategic consulting into business development and Negotiation relating to contractual obligations. Drafting Privacy policies for new products and structuring commercial transactions.
•Advising on strategies and documentation in the aftermath and/or possibility of Corporate Debt Restructuring in compliance with The Companies Act 1956
•Leading the team in various litigations like Scheme of Amalgamation, Winding Up, summary suits, Redemption of Debentures before Company Law Board etc. and Arbitration
• Contract drafting mainly Concession agreements MOUs, deeds and bonds.
• Contract Management which includes vetting, assessing risk, reviewing, drafting negotiating Contracts/Agreements (EPC, JVC, Licence Agreements, Perishable Cargo Operations Agreements, Performance Security Agreements, Advertising Rights Agreement, Deed of Novation of Concession, Common Utilities Agreement, Substitution Agreement, Trust & Retention Accounts Agreement, Common Loans Agreement, Security Trustee Appointment Letter, Service Level Agreements, Software Licensing Agreement, Concession Agreements, Non-Disclosure, Non-compete Agreement etc.),
• Reviewing RFP, RFQ.
• Commercial Litigations across Supreme Court of India, High Courts & tribunals.
• Regulatory matters and litigations related to it.
• Drafting appeals against orders passed by Airport Economic Regulatory Authority of India (AERA).
• Preparing cases and conferencing with Senior Counsels of High Court and Supreme Court.
Arbitration matters of SBI Capital Markets, Consumer matters of Jet Airways and recovery matters of Kotak Mahindra Bank at Mumbai
Legal
•Content agreement, software licensing agreement, software/hardware maintenance agreement, data subscription agreement, web site legal notice/terms & conditions/data protection agreement, online privacy agreement, online distribution agreement, web development and hosting agreement.
•Disclaimer of research reports, back office reports, risk calculator and web page contents.
•Inbound & outbound SMS facility agreement, non-discretionary portfolio management services agreement.
Lease deeds of Branches.
•Drafting, filing and attending arbitration cases before NSE and BSE as well as drafting replies to SEBI regarding customer complaints
Responsible for drafting and vetting suits for DRT, petitions, criminal complaints and applications, replies to RBI Ombudsman, Branch Banking and Senior Management cases in consumer courts.
•Checked compliance with RBI’s directives for agri-loans as well as responsible for drafting and vetting various agri-loan agreements, MOUs, indemnity bonds, master facility agreements, corporate guarantee and confidentiality agreements.
•Ensured strong legal checks and balances for warehouse stock funding and liquidation process.
•Landmark cases: ICICI Bank Ltd. vs Prakash Kaur & ors reported in (2007)2 SCC 711 & Tapan Bose vs ICICI bank Ltd.
Key Highlights:
Nominated for “Leadership Mentoring Programme” & recovered Rs.39 crores through litigation.
• Taxation matters, Constitutional matters, medical negligence matter, Arbitration matters. Drafted Special Leave Petitions, Writ Petitions, Plaints, Written Statements, Claim petitions in Arbitration, DRT etc. Drafted Winding Up Petitions and assisted Mr. Sudipta Sarkar, Mr.Gopal Mukherjee, Sr. Advocate in other Petitions before Company Law Board. Appeared in TDSAT in cable dispute matters. Conducted matter for Manthan Broadband in Star vs Manthan. Drafted Criminal Proceedings under Section 138 of N.I. Act as amended, complaint cases under Section 200 of Cr.P.C. and under Section 156 (3) of Cr.P.C. & appeared individually before the respective Courts.
• Consumer Forum Cases
I passed the LL.B. course in the year 1999.
I passed Masters in Law in English literature in the year 1996.