Practice Areas

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Our Practice Areas

At Divekar & Co., we offer end-to-end legal solutions across litigation, corporate, commercial and advisory mandates. Irrespective of the size or complexity of a matter, we bring the same diligence, commercial understanding and personal attention to every client. Our work spans courtrooms and tribunals, boardrooms and negotiating tables, supporting individuals, families, businesses and institutions through every stage of a legal or commercial challenge.
Divekar and Co. being part of the Worldwide Independent Lawyers League (WILL) has a robust network in 75 plus countries and 315 countries . This makes it very easy to help companies and businesses start and expand in India and Indian companies and businesses to set shop anywhere in the world.
Divekar and Co. also has the support of Chartered Accountants, Company Secretaries, Project Management Consultants, Structural Engineers and Registered Clerks who can help with a wide variety of services.

Please Find Our Practice Areas Outlined Below:

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Alternate Dispute Resolution

Alternate dispute resolution offers parties a faster, more private and often more commercially sensible path than traditional litigation. We help clients choose the right mechanism for their dispute and represent them effectively through the process.

a. Arbitration (Domestic & International)

We advise on and conduct domestic and international commercial arbitrations, including drafting arbitration agreements, constituting tribunals, representing parties through hearings, and handling enforcement and challenge proceedings before the courts. We are equipped to handle both ad hoc and institutional arbitrations.

b. Mediation

We represent and guide clients through mediation, working towards negotiated settlements that preserve commercial relationships and avoid the time and cost of contested proceedings.

c. Conciliation

We assist parties in conciliation proceedings, helping structure and document settlements that are practical, enforceable and acceptable to all sides.

Antitrust & Competition Law

We help businesses operate within the bounds of competition law and respond effectively when scrutiny arises. Our advice is geared towards keeping clients compliant in their everyday conduct and prepared for regulatory engagement.

Our Competition Work Includes:

  • Advisory on anti-competitive agreements and abuse of dominance
  • Competition-law compliance programmes, audits and training
  • Merger-control / combination assessment and notification support
  • Advice on day-to-day commercial conduct, pricing and distribution from a competition perspective
  • Representation in proceedings before the competition authority [confirm scope with firm]

Aviation Law

We advise airlines, aviation businesses, operators, and individuals on regulatory compliance, licensing, aircraft transactions, and aviation-related disputes. Our services also include contract drafting, risk management, and representation before relevant authorities and tribunals.

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Banking and Financial Institutions

We provide legal support to banks, financial institutions, businesses, and borrowers in matters involving lending, financing, security creation, debt recovery, and regulatory compliance. Our team also assists in structuring financial transactions and resolving banking disputes.

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Commercial Deals

We advise businesses on structuring, negotiating, and documenting commercial transactions. Our services include commercial advisory, service and licensing agreements, supply and distribution arrangements, collaboration and franchise agreements, and transaction documentation from term sheets to closing.
We also support businesses through the commercial transactions that drive their growth. From early structuring to final closing, we help clients negotiate balanced terms, document arrangements clearly, and manage legal and regulatory risk.
Our Commercial Work Includes:
  • Structuring and negotiating commercial transactions
  • Supply, distribution, agency, franchise and vendor arrangements
  • Service, licensing and collaboration agreements
  • Term sheets, definitive agreements and closing support
  • Commercial advisory on risk allocation, compliance and dispute avoidance
Escrow Services: We offer secure and legally structured escrow arrangements for commercial transactions, mergers, acquisitions, real estate deals, and other financial transactions. Our services help safeguard the interests of all parties by ensuring funds and documents are released only upon fulfilment of agreed conditions.

Corporate Legal Work

We advise companies, promoters, investors, and boards across the corporate lifecycle, from incorporation and governance to restructuring, acquisitions, and exit strategies. Our services combine legal expertise with commercial insight to support informed business decisions.
a. Corporate Documentation
Drafting and reviewing shareholders’ agreements, joint ventures, share purchase agreements, corporate resolutions, governance policies, and secretarial documentation.
b. Due Diligence
Drafting and reviewing shareholders’ agreements, joint ventures, share purchase agreements, corporate resolutions, governance policies, and secretarial documentation.
c. Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
Advising on mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, demergers, strategic investments, and transaction structuring, negotiation, documentation, and closing.
d. NCLT / NCLAT Representation
Representing stakeholders before the NCLT and NCLAT in corporate insolvency, restructuring, shareholder disputes, schemes of arrangement, and other company law matters.

D

Data Protection & Privacy

We advise businesses on data protection and privacy compliance, helping them meet obligations under Indian and international data protection laws.
a. DPDP Act (India)
Advising on compliance with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, including consent management, privacy notices, data principal rights, and compliance frameworks.
b. GDPR (Europe)
Supporting GDPR compliance through data processing agreements, cross-border data transfers, privacy documentation, and regulatory advise.

Documentation

All types of legal documentation
Well-drafted documents are the foundation of every successful transaction and relationship. We prepare clear, enforceable and purpose-fit documentation across the full range of legal and commercial needs — drafted to protect our clients’ interests and to anticipate, rather than react to, disputes.
Our Documentation Work Includes:
  • Agreements and contracts of every kind
  • Memorandums of understanding and letters of intent
  • Deeds — sale, gift, lease, mortgage, conveyance, trust and others
  • Powers of attorney, undertakings and declarations
  • Notices, replies and legal correspondence
  • Review, vetting and standardisation of existing documents and templates

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Employment & Labour Law

We advise employers and organisations on all aspects of employment and labour law, helping them build compliant, structured, and fair workplace practices.
a. Employee Benefits
Advisory on statutory and contractual benefits including provident fund, gratuity, insurance, incentives, and compensation structuring.
b. Labour Relations
Drafting and advising on employment contracts, workplace policies, disciplinary processes, terminations, industrial relations, and labour law compliance, including dispute representation.
c. Litigation
We have considerable experience litigating employment and labour disputes before labour courts, industrial tribunals and the higher judiciary. Our work in this area includes acting for statutory labour welfare boards (including the Mathadi Board and the Security Guards Board) alongside employers and establishments, in matters arising under labour and industrial legislation.
d. Workplace Safety
Guidance on workplace health and safety obligations, statutory compliance, and prevention frameworks — including policies under the law on prevention of sexual harassment at the workplace (POSH).
e. EPF & Labour Fund Matters
We assist employers and employees with Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) matters, including compliance, audits, recovery proceedings, dispute resolution, and representation before relevant authorities, along with advisory on statutory obligations.

Energy Laws – Electricity & Power

We support clients in the power, renewable energy, and infrastructure sectors with a wide range of legal and regulatory needs. Our services include regulatory compliance, obtaining licences and approvals, project development, joint ventures, and preparing and negotiating key project and commercial contracts.
In addition, we assist clients with disputes, particularly those involving power purchase agreements and related contracts. We represent clients before regulatory authorities, courts, and arbitral tribunals, helping them resolve issues efficiently and effectively.

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Family Law, HUF & Estate Planning

We advise individuals and families on a broad range of personal and wealth-related legal matters, with particular expertise in Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) structures, succession, and estate planning. Our approach combines legal precision with sensitivity, recognising the personal nature of family arrangements and the importance of preserving relationships while protecting rights.
Our practice covers the creation, management, and restructuring of family wealth, including inter generational planning and governance frameworks. We work closely with clients to design tailored solutions that ensure clarity, continuity, and tax efficiency in accordance with Indian law.
Our Services Include:
  • Formation, management, and dissolution of Hindu Undivided Families (HUF).
  • Partition and division of HUF and joint family property.
  • Advice on coparcenary rights, succession, and inheritance under personal laws.
  • Family settlements, arrangements, and dispute resolution.
  • Drafting of wills, codicils, and succession planning instruments.
  • Creation and structuring of private and family trusts.
  • Comprehensive estate and wealth planning, including inter-generational transfers.
  • Related documentation and representation in disputes, where required.

H

Healthcare Law

We provide comprehensive legal advisory services to hospitals, clinics, medical practitioners, and healthcare organisations on a wide range of regulatory and operational matters. Our expertise includes regulatory compliance, licensing and approvals, patient rights, and healthcare governance frameworks. We also advise on contractual arrangements and risk management in the delivery of healthcare services.
Our practice extends to representing clients in medical negligence and professional liability claims, as well as broader healthcare disputes. We regularly appear before regulatory authorities and other adjudicatory bodies, offering strategic and effective representation in complex healthcare-related proceedings.

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Immigration Laws

We provide legal assistance in matters relating to visas, work permits, business immigration, residency, and immigration compliance. Our team advises individuals and businesses on navigating Indian immigration laws and cross-border mobility requirements.

Information Technology Law

We advise technology companies and users on software licensing, data protection, cybersecurity, cloud computing agreements, and digital regulatory compliance. Our practice includes structuring IT contracts and handling technology-related disputes.

Intellectual Property Law

We help clients protect, commercialise, and enforce their intellectual property as key business assets.
a. Copyrights
We help clients with Registration, licensing, assignment, and protection of creative, literary, artistic, and software works.
b. Infringement Litigation
Assistance is provided to clients in regards with enforcement and defence of IP rights through cease-and-desist actions, civil suits, injunctions, and proceedings before courts and authorities.
c. Patents
We provide advice on patent strategy, filing, prosecution, and enforcement, in coordination with registered patent agents.
d. Product Liability (IP-related)
Advisory on branding, labelling, and consumer-facing risks linked to IP.
e. Trade Secrets
We ensure protection of confidential information through agreements, policies, and enforcement strategies.
f. Trademarks
Search, registration, prosecution, renewal, licensing, assignment, and brand protection advisory.

International Law

We advise clients on cross-border legal matters involving international trade, commercial transactions, treaties, jurisdictional issues, and regulatory compliance. Our services are tailored to help businesses and individuals manage legal risks in international dealings.

Immigration Law

We advise individuals, professionals and businesses on visas, work permits, residency, immigration compliance and cross-border mobility, ensuring smooth navigation through Indian immigration laws.

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Litigation

We maintain a robust litigation practice and appear across the full spectrum of judicial forums in India. Our team represents clients in civil, commercial, criminal, constitutional and regulatory disputes — from the trial stage through to appeals and revisions. We act before the Supreme Court of India, High Courts, district and subordinate courts, and a wide range of tribunals and statutory authorities.
We combine thorough preparation with clear, strategic advice, helping clients understand the realistic course of a dispute, weigh the costs and benefits of litigating, and pursue the most effective route to resolution — whether that means a hard-fought trial or an early settlement.
Our Litigation Work Includes:
  • Civil and commercial suits, recovery and injunction proceedings
  • Criminal matters, including economic offences and white-collar defence
  • Write petitions and constitutional challenges before the High Courts and Supreme Court
  • Appeals, revisions and review petitions across forums
  • Representation before tribunals and statutory / regulatory authorities
  • Interim relief, execution and enforcement of decrees

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MahaRERA

We advise developers, homebuyers, housing societies, and real estate stakeholders on matters under the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA). Our services include project registration, regulatory compliance, dispute resolution, and representation before the Authority and Appellate Tribunal.

MHADA

We provide legal assistance in matters relating to MHADA properties, redevelopment, transfers, eligibility, allotments, and disputes. Our team represents clients before MHADA authorities and other relevant forums to protect their legal rights and interests.

O

Occupational Legal Services

Legal services related to workplace rights, employment regulations, and occupational health and safety. These services assist employers and employees with compliance, workplace safety standards, labor laws, employee benefits, workplace investigations, and the resolution of employment-related disputes.

Ownership Related Disputes

We represent clients in disputes concerning ownership, title, possession, co-ownership, inheritance, partition, adverse possession and boundary issues. Our lawyers provide strategic solutions through negotiation, documentation and litigation where necessary.

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Product Liability Law

We advise manufacturers, sellers, and service providers on managing product liability risk, combining preventive and defensive strategies to reduce exposure and address claims when they arise.
Our work includes advisory under consumer protection law, coordination with IP, contractual and insurance considerations, defence of product liability and consumer claims, review of warnings, labelling, instructions and documentation, and development of recall and risk management frameworks.

Partnership Disputes

We advise partners and firms on disputes relating to partnership rights, management, dissolution, profit sharing, retirement and breach of partnership obligations, working towards commercially viable resolutions.

Public Interest Litigation (PIL)

We represent individuals, institutions and public bodies in matters involving constitutional rights, public welfare and issues of significant public importance before constitutional courts.

R

Real Estate

We provide end-to-end real estate legal support across acquisition, development, disputes, and exit, covering transactional, advisory, litigation, and documentation work.
a. Documentation

Drafting and vetting of sale and conveyance deeds, lease and leave-and-licence agreements, development and joint-development agreements, and related instruments — alongside title
investigation and due diligence.

b. Litigation
Representation in property disputes before civil courts and other authorities.
c. Transactional
Acquisition and sale of land and developed property, leasing and licensing, joint development arrangements, title structuring, and transaction management for both individual and institutional clients.

Redevelopment Projects

Redevelopment is one of the most document- and consent-intensive areas of property law, balancing the interests of societies, members, developers and authorities. We guide all stakeholders through the process — from feasibility and developer selection to documentation, execution and possession.
Our Redevelopment Work Includes:
  • Advising housing societies, members and developers on redevelopment
  • Developer / society agreements and development agreements
  • Permanent alternate accommodation agreements and related undertakings
  • Review of terms, FSI / TDR and statutory approvals [confirm scope with firm]
  • Handling disputes arising during or after redevelopment
  • We offer end-to-end services for redevelopment projects for society members and developers

Rent Act & Tenancy Disputes

We advise landlords, tenants and property owners on disputes arising under rent control legislation, tenancy rights, eviction proceedings, recovery of possession and lease enforcement.

S

Setting Up in India / Cross-Border

We assist foreign businesses in establishing and structuring their presence in India, and Indian businesses in expanding abroad. From entity selection and incorporation to regulatory approvals, documentation and ongoing compliance, we act as a single point of contact for clients navigating an unfamiliar legal environment.
Our Cross-Border Work Includes:
  • Entity structuring and incorporation in India
  • Foreign investment and regulatory advisory [confirm scope — e.g. FEMA / FDI]
  • Drafting and negotiation of cross-border agreements
  • Ongoing corporate, tax-adjacent and regulatory compliance [confirm scope with firm]
  • Supporting Indian businesses establishing operations overseas

T

Taxation

We advise individuals, businesses, and organisations on direct and indirect taxation, tax planning, regulatory compliance, and dispute resolution. Our services include representation before tax authorities and assistance in tax assessments, appeals, and advisory matters.

Technology Contracts

We draft, review, and negotiate technology-related agreements, including software development contracts, SaaS agreements, licensing arrangements, data protection clauses, and IT service agreements. Our approach ensures legal certainty while protecting intellectual property and commercial interests.

W

Wills, Codicils & Related Disputes

We assist clients in drafting wills, codicils, and other estate planning documents to ensure the smooth transfer of assets according to their intentions. We also represent clients in probate proceedings, succession matters, will contests, and inheritance-related disputes.