Practice Areas
The partners have over the years acquired considerable experience and expertise in each of the said areas of practice. With our firm’s philosophy in mind, we seek to combine innovative thinking with a practical, solution based approach to find creative solutions to service our client’s business needs, coupled with the necessary guidance to implement them.
Real Estate Law
Our real estate team provides comprehensive assistance and support in all aspects of the real estate industry. We aim to deliver solutions that help our clients achieve their financial and strategic objectives in the best possible way.
Our expertise includes acquisitions/transfers of immovable property, drafting and negotiating transactional documents, conducting due diligence and title investigations, and advising on transactions including development/redevelopment/joint development / integrated township development / real estate project finance / commercial and residential leave and license / leasing transactions (including build to suit leases). Furthermore, we have been representing our clients across private and commercial disputes and providing representation against the government and statutory bodies. Our firm provides end-to-end support for clients involved in various aspects of real estate transactions and projects. Our firm also provides assistances and advise in formation of associations of allottees (condominiums / societies / limited companies/ apex bodies).
Litigation, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution
We represent clients on Civil and Criminal matters. DDCM’s expertise extends to representing our clients in various courts across the country, including but not limited to the Supreme Court of India, various High Courts of India, National Company Law Tribunal and Enforcement Directorate.
Furthermore, over the years, we have established a dispute resolution practice along with specific expertise in commercial arbitration which has quickly emerged as the preferred dispute resolution mechanism in India. Our clients range from multinationals and professional organizations to high-profile individuals and local organizations. Our partners are in the legal industry for generations which has enabled them to build not only a good team for the firm but also a good network of legal counsels working in the Bombay High Court and all major civil and criminal courts across the country.
Corporate Law
Mergers & Acquisitions
DDCM’s practice comprises M&A transactions which include asset/share transactions, listed and private company takeovers, corporate reconstructions, leveraged buyouts, and management buyouts. The firm has experience in advising leading buyers, sellers, and investors acting in areas such as real estate, financial services, and asset management, and a strong record assisting with exchange control regulations, contract law, and Takeover Code issues.
Our clients range from private equity and venture capital funds and their respective portfolio companies to non-banking financial institutions, multinational companies, and other strategic investors to investor networks, privately held companies, and family offices.
Joint Ventures and Foreign Collaborations
Private Equity Investments
Pharma and Life Sciences/ Drug Price Control
DDCM regularly advises various pharma organisations regarding issues ranging from the manufacturing of products to wholesale distribution. Our team has, over the decades of practice gained expertise in the commercial and legal aspects of this sector.
We help our clients navigate the complex regulatory environment with clear advice. We help them with compliance on regulatory and policy issues, ethics, data exclusivity and protection, labelling, legal metrology, intellectual property matters as well as general litigations faced by pharmaceutical companies.
Sexual Harassment at Workplace (POSH)
Labour & Employment
Aviation Laws
Offshore Funds and Venture Capital Funds
Banking and Finance
Intellectual Property Law
Hospitality
DDCM regularly assists and advices our client from the hospitality sector in matters pertaining to acquisitions, due diligence, documentation, financing, various contracts, franchises, joint ventures and alliances, multi-use project development; Tenders, corporate governance, IPR protection and all other agreements, dispute resolution and litigation and dealing with various government organisations and departments.
The firm has a niche presence in the hospitality sector.
E-Commerce & Retail
Estate Planning, Wills,Trusts & Personal Law
Our team has years of expertise and experience on areas like trusts, taxation, wills and other testamentary instruments, obtaining probates, approvals from regulators, advice pertaining to corporate and securities laws and court related dispute resolution.
Our private client practice advises a range of national and international clients including large promoters, global Indian families, banks and financial institutions with respect to their private client needs, trustees, family offices, and High Net Worth Individuals on their private wealth and estate planning. It includes the formation and governance of trust structures, family business successions, settlement of family disputes.
Capital Market
Admiralty & Shipping
Media & Entertainment
Energy & Petroleum laws
Infrastructure contracts/ EPC contracts
Art advisory
Our firm regularly advises our private clients in the management of specialized assets such as art and artifacts and high–value bequests. This becomes especially important in the current scenario wherein art is viewed not only as a commodity but also as a viable option of investment.
Our work details in assisting various artists, art galleries, auction houses in myriad legal concerns revolving around the creation, ownership and transfer of art and antiquities, including valuation, sale and transfer of property, and civil and criminal liability, resolution of conflicting claims/ inconclusive documentation and application of archaic law, representation of art gallerist/ artists/ curators in the criminal proceedings.
Our team has a deep understanding and perspective of the distinctive nature of the arts community and is equipped to give advice and provide solutions for its challenges and meet its expectations of the law.