Corporate practice

Corporate Advisory & Compliance

Practical legal support for the way a business runs: the agreements it signs, the policies it needs, and the people who have to understand them.

Contract structuring and negotiation, corporate policies, outsourced counsel, and corporate training on IP, POSH and the DPDP Act.

Contract structuring and negotiation

We structure, negotiate and review high-value commercial agreements so that they record the deal the business actually wants: who does what, who owns what, how the price works, and what happens when something goes wrong. That means liability caps and indemnities that will be read the way they were meant, liquidated damages that stand up under section 74 of the Indian Contract Act, the right stamp duty, and dispute resolution clauses that work in Indian courts and arbitration. See also our commercial contracts practice.

Corporate policies

Policies a business can actually follow: privacy notices and internal data protection policies for the DPDP Act, information security and acceptable use, the anti-sexual harassment policy and Internal Committee that the POSH Act requires, whistle-blower and code of conduct policies, and codes for vendors and suppliers.

Outsourced counsel

For businesses without an in-house legal team, we provide ongoing support on terms agreed in advance: reviewing contracts as they come in, answering day-to-day legal questions, and flagging issues before they become disputes.

Corporate training

Training for boards, managers and staff on the law they deal with every day, drawn from our own practice:

Intellectual property: protecting brands, inventions, designs and confidential information, and avoiding infringing the rights of others.
POSH: awareness sessions for employees, and orientation for Internal Committee members. Section 19 of the POSH Act requires employers to hold both at regular intervals.
Data protection: what the DPDP Act and the DPDP Rules, 2025 mean for the teams that handle personal data, from marketing and HR to IT and customer support.

How we help

Contract structuring and negotiation
Corporate policies
Outsourced legal counsel
IP training
POSH training
DPDP training

Key laws

Indian Contract Act, 1872
Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023
Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013
The four Labour Codes

Frequently asked questions

Is POSH training mandatory for employers in India?

Yes. Section 19 of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 requires every employer to organise workshops and awareness programmes at regular intervals to sensitise employees to the Act, and orientation programmes for members of the Internal Committee. Every employer with ten or more employees must also constitute an Internal Committee.

Which policies does a business need for the DPDP Act?

At a minimum: a notice for the people whose personal data it collects, a way to obtain and record consent where consent is relied on, security safeguards, a procedure for responding to personal data breaches, rules on retention and erasure, a process for individuals’ requests and grievances, and written contracts with its data processors. Most of the Act’s obligations apply from 13 May 2027.

What is outsourced legal counsel?

A business without its own legal team engages a law firm for ongoing support, such as reviewing contracts, answering day-to-day legal questions and keeping policies up to date, on terms set out in an engagement letter. Larger matters, such as a dispute, are scoped separately.