Practice Areas
Money Laundering Matters
The Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA): It is a criminal law enacted to prevent money laundering and to provide for confiscation of property derived from, or involved in, money-laundering and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. ED has been given the responsibility to enforce the provisions of the PMLA by conducting investigation to trace the assets derived from proceeds of crime, to provisionally attach the property and to ensure prosecution of the offenders and confiscation of the property by the Special court.
ASA Lawyers, led by Ms. Arti Singh has its own expert team dealing with Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) all over India and handling Advisory, adjudication of attachments before the PMLA Adjudicating Authority, Appellate Tribunals & High Courts, trial/s of the offence of money laundering under PMLA, Handling of matters before Special Court under PMLA, proving legal Opinion on the same and so on and so forth.
Dispute Resolution
Arti Singh & Associates (ASA Lawyers) is one of the premier law firms in India dealing in the areas of Corporate, Banking, Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property laws.
The firm has also established an impressive work footprint in Alternative Dispute Resolution. Our team has extensive experience of handling complex domestic and international commercial arbitration matters. The range of our service offerings in this area include pre-arbitration strategy, representation during arbitral proceedings, negotiations, recognition and enforcement of awards, and challenges there to.
Regardless of the potential challenges in a case or geographical constraints, we work closely with our clients to manage these disputes efficiently and economically.
- Arbitration under Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 and UNCITRAL Model; Institutionalized arbitration
- Mediation
- Negotiating settlements
- Pre-litigation preparation
- Litigation across different jurisdictions in diverse for a, courts and tribunals in all over India
- Disputes under contracts; money recovery by business houses, banks and other financial/institutional lenders; injunctions; disputes relating to immovable property; Industrial Disputes and Labour Court proceedings; writ petitions assailing action taken by Government Bodies and quasi-judicial forums; cases relating to anti-competitive agreements; appeals and revisions; petitions for winding up of companies
Litigation
Litigation is the practice of settling disputes in the Courts of Law. In India, due to the complex judicial structure, litigation as such can be a complicated and time-consuming process. The judiciary, further, follows a hierarchical system in India. The Hon’ble Supreme Court is the apex court for the entire nation and the Hon’ble high courts oversee the judicial proceedings at the state level. The next in order are the subordinate courts like the civil courts, criminal courts, and district and family courts. In essence, the judiciary adopts a pyramidal structure with the Hon’ble Supreme Court at the highest level, carrying out the appellate jurisdiction.
“ARTI SINGH & ASSOCIATES” is ranked among the top Litigation Law Firms in Delhi NCR, India and serving its clients before several Courts in different parts of the country as well as Internationally. The firm has built a robust practice and is recognized as one of the Best Litigation Law Firms providing its services across India anchoring upon its vast experience, established expertise and diverse capabilities in handling litigation matters for its client’s before several District Courts, Hon’ble High Courts and Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. Our services include handling various commercial, Criminal, Civil and White collar matters before the courts, judicial, quasi-judicial authorities, and tribunals.
The firm provides its services to its domestic as well as international clients at cost effective fee in India. The Litigation team at the firm consists of highly experience advocates with outstanding record. Our firm is registered with the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India and is one of the highly ranked firm filing several cases before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India.
Arbitration & Mediation
Our firm has a thriving alternate disputes resolution practice. We handle arbitration matters both in India and abroad, including the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA). We have been successful at resolving various matters through mediation and conciliation. Our lawyers are well-experienced and thorough with the procedures involved in arbitration, mediation and conciliation.
“ARTI SINGH & ASSOCIATES” believes in a creative, proactive litigation management process with the objective of encouraging negotiated resolutions. Our attorneys have significant experience in both international and domestic arbitration , offline and online mediation, and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. Our attorneys have acted as counsels and arbitrators in high stake arbitrations and are well recognized as experts in all areas of general and special practice, including finance, commerce, contractual, building, construction, domain name disputes online dispute resolution as well as industry and employment related disputes.
Our arbitration specialists are members of the Indian Council of Arbitration, a leading organization furthering arbitration practices in India and regularly contribute to the field by speaking at special seminars and by writing articles in leading Arbitration Journals.
ADR provides a viable option for those who prefer to stay out of court and has many potential advantages for most litigants. Given a rich pool of human resources, the firm has the ability to readily assemble dedicated teams of professionals with the industry specific expertise to meet the client’s requirements and handle complex arbitration matters both in India and abroad.
Insolvency & Restructuring
Non-performing loans and distressed assets continue to surge in a market fraught with growing uncertainty. Our restructuring and insolvency team has extensively worked on most restructuring platforms such as SICA, DRT, CDR, SARFAESI, SDR, S4A and more recently, on a vast majority of matters involving the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. We’ve closely engaged with clients on either side of loans and assets, in the domestic and international markets. Successful debt restructuring warrants a sound understanding of issues along the lifecycle of loans and, critically, the borrower business. We leverage our nuanced commercial understanding of the objectives of diverse stakeholders such as banks, lenders, creditors, borrowers, investors, etc. to drive optimal and objective solutions in such distressed situations. The success of our restructuring and insolvency practice is built around an inclusive approach of expert lawyers across diverse practices. Our practioners have regulatory, corporate, commercial, banking, finance, dispute, M&A and sector domain experience that helps push viable and comprehensive restructuring solutions.
White Collar Crimes
Our multifaceted team is uniquely placed to advise on a plethora of white-collar issues, and regularly represents clients in some of the largest anti-corruption matters in the country.
We in White-Collar Crime practice represent clients in high-profile matters, such as bribery, corruption, conflict of interest, financial statements fraud, Multilateral Development Bank sanctions, and other irregularities with consequences in the contractual, criminal law, and public law spheres.
In addition to a commercially sound approach, our clients value the mature and refined strategies we devise, which are vital to handling sensitive and politically charged matters. We are well equipped to advise on and conduct the volume of litigation that such matters generally entail, across diverse forums, including arbitration. Our clients include majors in industries such as banking, construction, automobile, information technology, insurance, pharmaceuticals, alcoholic beverages, manufacturing, and equity funds.
Intellectual Property Rights
We have specialized attorneys providing complete range of services according to the requirements of its clients in order to safeguard their intellectual property rights (IPR) .
Our firm provides for a wide range of services in the areas of
Trademark Registration
Copyright Registration
Patent Registration
designs, IT laws and related IP laws. It goes beyond its gamut of Intellectual Property services to assist clients with matters related to litigation, merger and acquisition and contract management. With an associated office in London, we provide for global services with our structured team work and extensive research to our international clients. A well build network of overseas associates assist us with Intellectual Property matters making us one of the leading firms in this sector. We aim to provide customised and comprehensive solutions thereby maintaining the highest standard of professional ethics among our clients.
Banking & Finance
Banking and Financial Services consists of various areas that are complex and constantly on a run. We at Arti Singh & Associates (ASA Lawyers) represent and advice our clients in a wide spectrum of services ranging from retail banking documentation to strategic legal advice to borrowers, lenders, financial institutions and security providers.
The partners offer personalized handholding towards the needs of every client and swear by simplicity of advice, turnaround time and the ability to function with foreign companies and clients.
We also work with a network of professionals including Asset and Wealth managers, Project Infrastructure Businesses and FinTech corporations. We also represent our clients in contentious and regulatory matters, including enforcement matters like multi-party investigations and actions that involve regulators and agencies.
- Retail banking documentation and legal advisory
- Project Financing for various sectors
- Debenture Issues
- Private Equity Advisory and documentation
- Venture Capital Fund incorporation
Competition Law
Arti Singh & Associates (ASA Lawyers) competition law practice services clients across various business and industry sectors. The firm provides cutting-edge assistance to its clients by combining their sectoral expertise and providing the solutions for the competition law issues including cartels and anti-competitive agreements, bid-rigging, abuse of dominance and monopolization, vertical restraints and pricing disputes, unfair trade practices, price discrimination, intellectual property, combination filings, and compliance/policy programs.
With our forward-thinking and business-centric approach the firm also assists clients with any disputes arising from the issues. The Firm has represented clients in various foras in India in relation to disputes relating to Competition Law including the Competition Commission of India, the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, and various Hon’ble High Courts. The Firm is backed by a broad knowledge base and ensures to keep up with all legal, regulatory, and commercial changes and developments not only in India but also in other countries. The Firm uses this knowledge base to offer several strategies that are most suited for the Indian market.
- Preparation and assistance in the implementation of Competition Compliance Program
- Review of documents from the Competition Law aspect
- Advisory at policy-making stage
- Handling Investigations
- Handling CCI applications
- Developing comprehensive antitrust policies.
- Advising clients on market structures, agreements, and abusive practices.
- Conducting legal audits and review of documents, non-compete agreements, non-disclosure agreements, definitive agreements, franchise agreements, term sheets, and employment agreements to identify potential antitrust issues.
- Drafting and representation before The Competition Commission of India, Appellate Tribunal, the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, and various Hon’ble high courts.
- Litigation support in relation to cartels, anti-competitive agreements, bid-rigging, abuse of dominance, monopolization, and discriminatory and unfair trade practices.
Labour & Employment
Matters pertaining to Labour and Employment law has become one of the major concerns that many companies and industries deal with. At Arti Singh & Associates (ASA Lawyers) we have significant expertise to 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.
The firm advises clients across the globe on regulatory and legal aspects of employment and labour laws in India. The firm is well-versed in drafting and reviewing employment-related documentation and contracts. We also structure HR policies and manuals, ESOPs, termination and exits, non-compete and non-solicitation issues, etc.
In addition, our Labour and Employment practice focuses on facilitating the client’s business growth keeping in mind their reputation in the market. Apart from handling employment litigation, we advise on strategy to amicably resolve the same.
We often suggest utilizing Alternative Dispute Resolution mechanisms to reach a settlement without resorting to time-consuming litigation process. We have represented and defended clients before various judicial fora including Labour Courts, Hon’ble High Courts and Hon’ble Supreme Court.
- Advisory in relation to employment and Labour laws
- Dealing with day-to-day discipline issues and advise in relation to conducting domestic inquiries
- Documentation, including Appointment Letters, Employment Agreements (executives, managerial and senior personnel), Stock –Options, Sweat Equity Offerings
Joint Venture & Acquisition
Arti Singh & Associates (ASA Lawyers) is well known in the industry for its joint venture & acquisition practice area. Our advice on structuring acquisitions includes the entire bouquet of services, including structuring issues, drafting transactional documents, compliance with regulatory requirements, government approvals, statutory filings etc.
We provide leading business ventures with a broad spectrum of services involving corporate and commercial issues. From the entity’s formation to day-to-day corporate transactions, we advise companies regularly on their business and legal difficulties, and aid and advise them on diverse transactions.
Our lawyers have extensively dealt with matters involving Inbound and Outbound Investment, Joint Ventures and Acquisitions, Corporate and Commercial Laws.
We provide our clients with a worldwide perspective and a wealth of industry-specific knowledge, allowing us to offer them a variety of different choices for their individual transactions. Our ongoing knowledge in the sector of mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures enables us to foresee potential transaction risks in order to provide effective and appropriate solutions for our customers.
- Providing end-to-end advice and assistance, including advising on structuring, conducting due diligence, and participating in negotiations
- Drafting documentation such as Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), term sheets, share purchase agreements, joint venture agreements, corporate resolutions, and schemes of arrangements
- Representing before the National Company Law Tribunals, Hon’ble Supreme Court, Hon’ble High Courts, and other statutory authorities
Legal Risk Management & Compliance
With the advancement of regulatory interest, there is an increased requirement of organizational risk framework. At Arti Singh & Associates (ASA Lawyers), we partner with the management of companies, organizations, or ventures to provide them with outside support so that they are in compliance with the updated rules and regulations
In addition to the risk management tools, our team also has access to local resource pool, particularly for inspection of records with relevant authorities in Delhi, Haryana, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Cochin and Bhubaneshwar.
- Legal Audit and Gap Analysis
- Master Checklist for applicable, laws at central, state, and local level
- Compliance Manual
- Code of Conduct for Employees / Best Practices
- Documentary Legal Due Diligence
- Legal Due Diligence of records with Relevant Authorities
Consumer Laws
“ARTI SINGH & ASSOCIATES” has also established an extensive Consumer Litigation Practice backed by a team of exceptionally experienced and talented lawyers having expertise in the crucial Consumer Law Sector. The consumer law practice has seen huge evolution with the service providers put in place to be more accountable and responsible for their commitments. Consequently, the consumers are at a front foot today with getting their grievances redressed in a time bound manner.
We advise and represent individual consumers, developers, various public sector undertakings, corporate houses etc. with all aspects of consumer law from the District Forum(s), State Commissions, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (“NCDRC”) to the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India level. In addition, we also provide end to end solutions to developers and agents under RERA and assist our clients with registration as well as compliances under RERA.
Our team is experienced in handling multifarious consumer litigation on pan India level. We are known for our skills in drafting pleadings, and doing appearances successfully defending interests of our clients.
We also provide solicitor services to our clients in engaging and briefing various senior advocates. In the past few years, the Firm’s active consumer practice has made the Firm, a leading law Firm for consumers across India. The Firm is widely recognized as a pioneer in the field of consumer litigation on behalf of groups/associations of home buyers/ public sector undertakings etc. on pan India level.