India (asialaw)

ASP Advocates is a full-service national law firm comprising lawyers, company secretaries, chartered accountants and industry-specific consultants. Based in New Delhi, ASP Advocates has a network of associate offices across India, including in Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Chandigarh, Bangalore, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Pune, Patna, Raipur and Gangtok. ASP Advocates’ lawyers are licensed to practice throughout India.

The core practice areas of the firm include mergers & acquisitions, commercial litigation and international arbitration, competition laws, banking & finance, aviation & maritime laws, capital markets & securities, general corporate commercial including advisory and transactional support, intellectual property and confidentiality including protection & enforcement of intellectual property, private equity, projects, labour & employment law, regulatory & policy, and taxation.

The firm has a strong dispute resolution practice focusing on international arbitrations, commercial litigation, debt recovery, competition laws, criminal law, joint venture disputes, disputes relating to commercial contracts, licensing, construction contracts, and technology transfer agreements. Lawyers of the firm have in depth knowledge and specialisation in regulatory issues and legislations impacting the food & beverage industry and have extensively advised corporates on matters relating to product labelling, permissibility of ingredients, legal metrology and weights and measures.

The firm extensively advises both Indian and multinational corporations, including Fortune Global 500 companies. ASP Advocates and its lawyers have represented and continue to represent many of the world’s leading companies in complex litigation and other high-stakes disputes, cross-border and other strategic transactions, and crucial regulatory matters.

Partners of the firm have been recognised for their unique experience in both transactional and litigation practice, including in the sectors of asset management and financial institutions, advertising, telecommunication, construction and engineering, education, energy including power and oil and gas, hospitality and leisure, insurance, knowledge-based IT/ITES/life sciences, pharmaceuticals, food and beverages, manufacturing, media, entertainment and sports, mining, real estate, retail and franchising, service and infrastructure projects.

ASP Advocates has grown and continues to grow largely because of its singular commitment to delivering high-quality service and developing long-term client relationships. Our lawyers’ approach to service begins by understanding clients’ business goals and objectives and then applying the resources necessary to achieve them. The firm has an uncommon understanding of middle-market clients and insight into the issues facing both large clients and those seeking to establish a foothold in India. The firm also works closely with international law and consulting firms in translating and implementing the clients’ objectives in the Indian legal and regulatory regime.

The firm aims to be an instrumental part of each client’s success; and to recruit, retain and advance the brightest legal talent.

• Aviation & maritime
• Banking & finance
• Capital markets
• Competition
• Dispute resolution
• General corporate commercial including advisory and transactional support
• Intellectual property (IP) and confidentiality including protection & enforcement of IP
• International arbitration
• Labour & employment
• Mergers & acquisitions
• Private equity
• Projects
• Regulatory & taxation